What Are Different Cloud Kitchen Business Models?

All cloud kitchens have the same operational process, wherein an order is received, food is prepared and delivered at the customer's doorstep. However, there is a difference in the way their operations are executed. There are different business models for these delivery-only restaurants.

Cloud Kitchen -

These are the independent kitchens where one brand owns or rents a single kitchen location without offering a dining space. These restaurants generally focus on a single type of cuisine and rely on different food aggregators or delivery channels.

Multi-brand Cloud kitchen -

In this business model, multiple brands under one parent company share one kitchen, keeping operational costs down. Every brand/restaurant is cuisine-specific and caters to different customer needs sharing a large kitchen space, under one roof.

Commissary (Aggregator) Kitchen -

Leveraging on the robust online delivery market, many delivery aggregators have kicked off their own cloud kitchen models, offering empty kitchen space and minimal infrastructure that restaurant businesses can rent. Restaurants can use these fully stacked or a shell kitchen depending upon their requirement on a shared basis. So basically, many small kitchens can operate within one larger kitchen space, with multiple restaurant brands cooking at any given moment.