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A few weeks ago we talked about Dark Stores, and today we will talk about another similar big trend, which are the Dark Kitchens.
According to Euromonitor, Dark Kitchens could generate a market worth over $1 trillion worldwide by 2030.. In Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, there are more than 400 such kitchens.
After the pandemicone of the most affected sectors was restaurants and bars. restaurants and barsdue to the sanctions and quarantines applied worldwide, which forced them to close to the public for long periods of time. But it is here where a new business model is born, known as Dark Kitchens, or Ghost Kitchens in Spanish.. This concept is about restaurants focused only on deliveryThe only thing they need is a kitchen, which usually range from 12 m2 to 20 m2. That is to say, are restaurants without tables, chairs or waiters.. This has led to generate great savings in personnel and rents..
At the same time, it has favored the emergence of new competitionbecause the implementation of a new brand is a new brand is more economical than with the traditional business model.. In general, all that is needed to start are the basic cooking utensils. According to several entrepreneurs who have ventured into these areas, the equipment for these kitchens is around 6 million pesos, and it goes up from there.and from there it goes up according to the degree of specialization.
Today in Chile there are several companies that rent space for Dark Kitchens for entrepreneurs and / or large restaurant chains.. These complexes of several ghost kitchens are called Hubs. Some of the companies that provide these services in Chile are Kitchen Center, Pop Kitchen, Oficina Central, and Kitchen And Go, among others..
The main advantages of a Phantom Kitchen compared to a traditional restaurant are:
Rents are around 2.4 UF/m2 - 2.6 UF/m2, so with a monthly rent of 36 UF, plus 6 million pesos, you can start a business of this type.
AGF Team
