Cloud Kitchen

Ola has officially launched its cloud kitchen services

Ola’s food business is now focussed on building a portfolio of own food brands

Ola has a network of 50 kitchens in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR and Chennai

DataLabs By Inc42 estimates cloud kitchen to have a projected market size of $1.05 Bn by 2023 on the back of rising disposable income and changing consumer mindset

With easy access to discounts and apps, 60% of millennials order food or dine out at least once a month

But are cloud kitchens too dependent on aggregators and will this dent their margins in the long run?

This article discusses how the organisation of front-end is going to impact the rest of the supply chain

Zomato and Swiggy, in particular, have managed to trigger tectonic behavioural shift among Indian consumer

The pre-harvest leg of the food supply chain is also gradually but surely getting more organized

This is part of the company’s ongoing Series D round

So far, the company has raised $20.9 Mn in its ongoing Series D

Rebel Foods owns an array of cloud kitchen brands including Faasos, Oven Story etc

Coatue is expected to invest $100 Mn in the Series D round

The company raised $16 Mn from existing investors in March

The funds will be used to expand cloud kitchens to 500

Faasos last raised $4.2 Mn from Alteria Capital in January

Faasos has nine in-house brands

Recently, OYO is experimenting with its own cloud kitchens

OYO has tied up with Zomato, Swiggy and UberEATS

It is a pilot project in Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR

OYO was in talks to acquire FreshMenu

The investment talks are in the early stage

It looks to further expand its presence in local markets

Faasos last raised $15 Mn in an extended Series C round

Zomato Is Now Looking To Fnction Its Cloud Kitchen Model Through Captive Units With Strategic Investments

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With First Offline Outlet At Bengaluru Airport, FreshMenu Looks To Expand Order Base

Swiggy Launched Its Private Label Cloud Kitchen 'The Bowl Company' In January 2017, 2 Months Before Zomato