The Hidden Food Safety Problem Behind Ghost Kitchens and Delivery-Only Restaurants

Late at night, you open your food delivery app, looking for something quick. A new restaurant pops up with a trendy name and great photos. The menu looks exciting and affordable, so you place an order. The food arrives in sleek packaging, still warm, and tastes great. Everything seems perfect.

But here is the modern twist: that restaurant might not be a restaurant at all. It could be a small rented room in a warehouse kitchen. It could be one cook making meals for ten different “brands” at once. There may be no dining room, no storefront, and no sign outside the building. You only see a logo on your phone.

Welcome to the era of ghost kitchens — delivery-only food businesses created to meet the demand for

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