Kitchen United’s longtime CEO, Michael Montagano, is stepping down from the ghost kitchen pioneer and is taking the reins of Dog Haus after wo…
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Kitchen United raised $100 million and announced plans to grow from 15 to 500 locations in the coming years, partly with Circle K, a partnership that could rival its work with Kroger.
Seven years after it began franchising, The Halal Guys is closing in on 100 worldwide locations as it anticipates opening 30 to 40 new units o…
A Kitchen United rendering showing the waiting area for customers and drivers.
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As the restaurant industry figures out how to best utilize ghost kitchens or virtual restaurants, franchised brands are also testing the concept to see if it really is the incremental, operationally freeing opportunity the kitchen companies tout.
Cali Group CEO John Miller and one of his newest babies, the updated, rail-based Flippy. The new model can move between multiple stations to f…
From left, Miso Robotics leaders Rob Anderson, Buck Jordan and Ryan Sinnet talk through the logistics of the mobile Flippy cart, designed to m…
Flippy at the fry station inside a Dodger Stadium concession stand.
In a world where ‘chef techs' monitor and assist a burger-flipping robot, dramatic decreases in employee turnover mean lower labor costs for restaurants and workers who actually enjoy their jobs. That's part of John Miller's vision for Cali Group, the parent company behind CaliBurger, Miso Robotics and robotic kitchen assistant Flippy, who's already cooking inside some CaliBurger locations. Bringing this futuristic restaurant operating system to the masses, however, means lowering the $20K-plus price tag and finding more partners to play guinea pig. Cali Group is up to the task, says Miller.
