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Inside India's Cloud Kitchen Boom: Five Years On
What started as a pandemic pivot has matured into a ₹19,000 crore industry. We trace how delivery-first kitchens reshaped urban dining.
By TCA Editorial26 April 2026 5 views
Five years ago, the cloud kitchen was a curiosity. Today, it is the default growth playbook for any restaurateur under thirty.
We spent six weeks talking to operators in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune to understand how unit economics, brand strategy and tech stacks have evolved...
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