Kitchen United
Total Raised
$150M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
82
Year Collapsed
2023
Business model
Ghost kitchen facilities renting commercial kitchen space to restaurants for delivery-only meal preparation, located inside grocery stores, malls, and standalone facilities.
In brief
A pioneer of the ghost kitchen category, partnering with major brands like Kroger and Restaurant Brands International to place delivery-only kitchen facilities inside grocery stores and other retail locations. As pandemic-era delivery demand normalized and Uber Eats purged thousa…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2017
- Closed
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Pasadena, USA
- Industry
- Food Tech
- Employees
- 82
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Jim Collins, Atul Sood
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