Kitchen United is a
ghost kitchen company based in
Pasadena, California,[3] providing equipped professional kitchen space to restaurants for the preparation of delivery-only meals.[4] This allows brick-and-mortar restaurants to expand their food delivery business without adding extra staff or space and allows the creation of restaurants with no dine-in service.[5] In addition to commercial kitchen space, it provides back of house automation and ordering software that accommodates the main delivery services (
DoorDash,
GrubHub,
Uber Eats, etc.).[6][7]
The company was initially funded by GV (formerly
Google Ventures), which invested $10 million. GV also contributed to a $40-million series B round of funding that included
Fidelity Investments, G Squared Capital and RXR Realty.[8][9] The company raised a $100-million series C round of funding in July 2021 that included
Restaurant Brands International,
Kroger, and Couche-Tard /
Circle K.[10]
References
^"California Business Search"(PDF). businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/. Secretary of State of California. May 15, 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2019.