Cloud Kitchen as a Service (CKaaS): Third wave in the food industry

A 20,000 ft kitchen space where each brand is provided with 250–300 sq. ft.

Why go for this?

Starting your own restaurant requires renting real estate space, buying equipment, hiring staff & partnering with Swiggy/Zomato

This is highly cost intensive

CKaaS platforms like Kitchens@, Kitchens Center provide you with:

- you can launch your brand/product in a week
- data: customer food choices, spending power
- kitchen space, equipments with notice period as low as one month
- cleaning, garbage disposal
- sourcing raw materials, marketing etc
- breakeven @ 50 orders/day

(CKaaS doesn’t promote their brand to avoid conflict of interest)

Numbers:

Total Addressable Market: $2 Billion by 2024 (livemint)
Rent charged: Rs 100–200/sq ft or 12% monthly revenue (higher)

Another business model

Virtual food court
CKaaS platforms partner with Dunzo (still at nascent stage)

Biggest Player

Rebel Foods with 325 kitchens
Funding: $342 mil @ $820 mil valuation
Brands under it: Faasos, Behrouz Biryani etc

Not so successful cloud kitchens
Swiggy Access, Zomato Infrastructure Services