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by kongolongo 1477 days ago
Are those the same as ghost kitchens?
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Yeah same concept basically. Take over a strip mall space, paper over the windows, set up the inside in a way that's optimized for delivery only.

There's some interesting reporting on the various optimizations like all the isle being half width and one way to save floor space, or they don't put like items together so all the different ketchup brands (for example) are distrusted throughout the store so if it tells a picker to go to isle 5 shelf W and get heinz ketchup, there won't be any other similar items/brands near the heinz ketchup to confuse the picker with. They also arrange the stores in roughly descending weight so that heavy things go in first and light/fragile at the end.

Interesting, I saw a wendy's "Food truck" doing that near me. I suspect it was for delivery only, not even takeout.
It's the same concept yes. A grocery "store" (localized warehouse) accessible only to delivery services.