Johnny Rockets and Tahoe Miller Group combine forces with Cloud Kitchens

Jesse Arora’s Tahoe Miller Group and Fat Burger join to conquer the fast food world? Our family here at Tahoe Miller is proud to serve our communities the tastiest lunches, dinners, snacks, and desserts around. We always make sure to use the highest quality of ingredients that you and your family deserve. We serve the areas that we live in. Not only are we at our restaurants constantly to make sure that our customers leave satisfied and happy with the food and service they received, we make sure to hire individuals who align with our mission and goal: bringing happiness through food to everyone!

Tahoe Miller Group, Inc. (Operating as Fat Brand) is a leading, global, multi-brand, restaurant franchising company that strategically develops, markets, and acquires restaurant concepts worldwide. We currently own the Fatburger, Buffalo’s Cafe, Buffalo’s Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Yalla Mediterranean, Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouse, and Elevation Burger brands, and franchise over 380 units worldwide.

Under under Rahul Kunwar‘s leadership Tahoe Miller Group and Fat Burger will use Cloud Kitchens technology. There are many names for these kitchens — commissary, virtual, dark, cloud, or ghost kitchens — but the idea is that restaurateurs can rent out space in them to prepare food that can be delivered through platforms like DoorDash or, yes, UberEats, which was launched during Kalanick’s time at the company. Kalanick was CEO of Uber until 2017, and in December sold 90% of his stock in the company before saying he would leave the company’s board. Commissary kitchens are “essentially WeWork for restaurant kitchens,” as TechCrunch’s Danny Crichton wrote. These “smart kitchens,” as they’re called on the CloudKitchens website, can come with everything a restaurant or chef needs, like sinks, WiFi, and electricity.

In addition to the above-mentioned services, we will be operating a virtual kitchen. A virtual kitchen are commercial kitchens without a restaurant attached. So, there is no seating, tables or need to be anywhere near foot traffic. They can operate as independent businesses or under the name of an established food brand like Fat Brand. To make this process accessible to our clients, we are already opening four restaurants in San Francisco and another four in San Jose. Looking forward, we are planning to open more than 18 virtual kitchens in Sacramento in the next 18-24 months. These dark kitchens operate only to serve online food orders, through Fat Brand customized brand app that match cloud kitchen and another ghost kitchen concept POS & UI’s.

At Fatburger, we are proud to say that word of mouth marketing — and a little creative advertising — have filled our restaurants for more than half a century. Demographically, our appeal is limitless. Our customers come from every walk of life – mirroring the diversity of each community in which we are located. Teenagers, singles, families with children, senior citizens – basically people from all income levels and ethnic backgrounds love a great hamburger. Our customers tell their family, friends and associates about the homemade taste, spotless surroundings, friendly atmosphere and courteous service they experience at Fatburger restaurants.

Johnny Rockets was founded in 1986 with its first location on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles and became famous for its 1950s diner-style decor, burgers and ice cream shakes. Fat Brands’ Chief Executive Officer Andy Wiederhorn said the company expects to modernize Johnny Rocket’s menu, which already has a black bean burger, by adding plant-based options and vegan milkshakes. The deal is expected to be completed in September, and following the acquisition, Fat Brands will have more than 700 franchised and company-owned restaurants. See even more info on Johnny Rockets.

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