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For those that haven't been following this, CloudKitchens[0] is a still somewhat stealth "startup". It was started by Travis Kalanick (of Uber fame) and he has

by kyrra 6y ago

For those that haven't been following this, CloudKitchens[0] is a still somewhat stealth "startup". It was started by Travis Kalanick (of Uber fame) and he has been doing a fairly good job keeping it hidden[1]. [0] https://www.cloudkitchens.com/ https://www.cloudkitchens.com/ [1] https://www.ft.com/content/769409f1-fb0b-4761-b2aa-e75b9792c514 https://www.ft.com/content/769409f1-fb0b-4761-b2aa-e75b9792c...

RankingMember 6y ago
Here's hoping they can keep the culture from being as toxic as Uber's was under his tenure.
raghavtoshniwal 6y ago
Fwiw, the guy who wrote this article is ex-Uber and was involved in Policy and Strategy for Uber India. Probably has privileged access to Kalanick’s new venture.
foobarian 6y ago
Wonder if one part of their secret sauce will be skirting health code.
- thebean11 6y ago
  Do you mean the kitchen skirting codes or the tenants? I don't know that much about health codes, but my guess is that they are not expensive to follow beyond the cost of having suitable equipment, which is something they probably won't be able to avoid.
  - notyourday 6y ago
    Health codes in saner municipalities which are the municipalities occupied with people that have the most disposable income are extremely expensive to follow as they dictate enormous number of variables, ranging from what can be stored and how to what kind of cooking process one must follow. For example, AC banned partially pre-cooking of poultry around 2012(?) at which point Revel's restaurant had to can its most ordered and one of the most profitable dishes as its guests were not interested in waiting for nearly an hour for a chicken to be cooked from scratch. They used to partially cook it, stick it into the fridge, wait for the order and finish cooking it in ~15-20 minutes. It was a total disaster for the restaurant.
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- frabbit 6y ago
  Interesting re-framing of this sort of operation as 'Dark Kitchens' which facilitate worker abuse in this discussion on Trashfuture: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iaxgv-e4084a?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iaxgv-e4084a?utm_camp...
doktorhladnjak 6y ago
It's a company that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars, has a known name, known business model and has had articles written about it. Not sure how anyone can consider it "stealth".

by kyrra 6y ago

RankingMember 6y ago

Here's hoping they can keep the culture from being as toxic as Uber's was under his tenure.

raghavtoshniwal 6y ago

Fwiw, the guy who wrote this article is ex-Uber and was involved in Policy and Strategy for Uber India. Probably has privileged access to Kalanick’s new venture.

foobarian 6y ago

Wonder if one part of their secret sauce will be skirting health code.

thebean11 6y ago
Do you mean the kitchen skirting codes or the tenants? I don't know that much about health codes, but my guess is that they are not expensive to follow beyond the cost of having suitable equipment, which is something they probably won't be able to avoid.
- notyourday 6y ago
  Health codes in saner municipalities which are the municipalities occupied with people that have the most disposable income are extremely expensive to follow as they dictate enormous number of variables, ranging from what can be stored and how to what kind of cooking process one must follow. For example, AC banned partially pre-cooking of poultry around 2012(?) at which point Revel's restaurant had to can its most ordered and one of the most profitable dishes as its guests were not interested in waiting for nearly an hour for a chicken to be cooked from scratch. They used to partially cook it, stick it into the fridge, wait for the order and finish cooking it in ~15-20 minutes. It was a total disaster for the restaurant.
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frabbit 6y ago
Interesting re-framing of this sort of operation as 'Dark Kitchens' which facilitate worker abuse in this discussion on Trashfuture: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iaxgv-e4084a?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iaxgv-e4084a?utm_camp...

doktorhladnjak 6y ago

It's a company that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars, has a known name, known business model and has had articles written about it. Not sure how anyone can consider it "stealth".