A complete guide to Cloud kitchens in 2021

Single brand Cloud kitchens mean one location (rented or owned), one food brand and the pros are limited manpower, reduced fixed expenses and focused marketing budget

Multi branded cloud kitchens mean one location (owned or rented) and multiple brands from operating within the same kitchen for example a north Indian brand, a biryani brand and a wraps and rolls brand all operating from within the same kitchen but being 3 different outlets in the eyes of the customer and on aggregators.

Pros of this are more leverage in revenue generation, capturing more digital real estate and the cons are higher costs because of different packaging required, higher manpower costs because of skill sets required and higher marketing budgets because each brand is treated as a separate entity

Hybrid Cloud kitchens are places which have a physical store front combined with a delivery model built in and the pros are dual avenues of revenue generation and the cons are higher rental and higher CAPEX since the storefront need to be presentable as well

Hub and spoke – Owned Cloud kitchens are brands which have a central kitchen for manufacturing to bring in economies of scale to food production and multiple cloud kitchen locations around a geography selling the same things under a single brand entity.

Pros are Economies of scale and reduction of manpower at unit level and cons are higher fixed costs at central facility and of rental at multiple unit level

Project X is a venture of Cloud kitchen Exchange using Kitchens as a service model to enable brands to scale in newer geographies with Zero CAPEX*

We are a network of strategically located licensed kitchens in delivery hotspots in major cities & an operating system of  Culinary innovation, Industrialisation of complex Food formats, Cold chain setup & robust technology

Hub and spoke – Hosted kitchens are brands which have an owned central kitchen facility of their own or outsourced to a commissary kitchen and their outlets are usually hosted inside managed kitchens instead of their own rented kitchens.

Also usually called KIK (Kitchen in kitchen)  these usually carry a lower fixed cost burden at unit level as they are mostly revenue share arrangements with the hosts

Project X is a venture of Cloud kitchen Exchange using Kitchens as a service model to enable brands to scale in newer geographies with Zero CAPEX*

We are a network of strategically located licensed kitchens in delivery hotspots in major cities & an operating system of  Culinary innovation, Industrialisation of complex Food formats, Cold chain setup & robust technology

Co working or shared cloud kitchen spaces are large kitchen areas which are leased out and developed by an organized player like Kitchens centre, Kitchen Plus, Kitchens@ ,and many more further divided into 300 square feet blocks and leased out to different brands with common services and basic infrastructure

These are quite low cost and take care of most of the CAPEX requirement by food brands thus coming out as the most sensible choice while starting a cloud kitchen

Managed kitchens are kitchens which are fully equipped facilities designed to host enterprise or well established brands and the food is prepared by hosts for them with all costs being taken care of by the hosts

Cloud kitchen Exchange runs a network of managed kitchens across Delhi NCR currently offering managed kitchen services to brands looking to expand 

If you are an existing kitchen owner and wish to sign up to be on our network and earn more revenue out of your kitchen, click here 

Franchised cloud kitchens are cloud kitchens which franchise a brand and operate it from within their existing or newly setup cloud kitchens

Pros are lesser effort and money required to build a new brand and cons are the high setup fee and a recurring loyalty fee or revenue share paid to the the franchisor.

To take a franchise click here