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This week's top 10: Everytable wins $25.M investment, Kitopi cloud kitchen gets $60M investment

Also trending, executive changes at Union Square Hospitality Group, an acquisition from the parent of Smith & Wollensky and more

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

February 6, 2020

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It seems like there was money growing on trees this week as two concepts won large amounts of funding. Everytable, the for-profit mission-driven restaurant concept plans to expand to 25 units in the next year and they just got a $2.5 million investment to do so. What makes this brand so special is that the investment will go directly to franchising efforts in underserved neighborhoods that will be operated by entrepreneurs of color. 

Also, Kitopi the "managed cloud kitchen" raised $60 million to expand in the U.S. showing that the trend of ghost and cloud kitchens is far from over. 

The buzz around the coronavirus is also building but restauranteurs don't need to be worried. This week, health experts spoke with us about the concerns surrounding the disease's hysteria and why restaurants and employees shouldn't be afraid.

There were executives named at Union Square Hospitality Group and Hai Hospitality Group signaling that the flurry of restaurant execs moving on inn January is sure to continue into February.

See what else was trending on Restaurant Hospitality this week.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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