Dark kitchen: new market soon almost double in Europe

When the restaurants are closed, customers order food online. Revolut's data shows that only in March this year Glovo recorded over 120 percent more transactions, Volt 49 percent more and Uber Eats 46 percent. 

The concept of dark kitchen (or cloud kitchen), i.e. a place that brings together several restaurants, comes with the help. CBRE forecasts show that in 2020, the multi-kitchen market in Europe will be worth almost $400 million, i.e. almost 85% percent more than in 2019. In 2021, however, the market value will exceed $600 million.

“Dark kitchens are most often located in major cities, thus the delivery process is much faster. In one place there can be even a dozen restaurants, which in periods of growing number of orders, strive to increase their efficiency, range and income, but at the same time reduce costs. Certainly, the current epidemic will intensify the trend of creating dark kitchen, especially since the concept has done well before. For example, Deliveroo has approx. 250 multi-kitchens in as many as 35 locations around the world, including 81 dark kitchens in London, 20 in Paris, 12 in Madrid, and 3 in Amsterdam,” Renata Kamińska, Associate Director, A&T Retail High Street, CBRE, commented.

(WBJ)