Wendy’s Opens , Delivery-Only Kitchens, As Demand Grows.<br />The fast food chain plans to open <br />700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025.<br />This is due to the increasing demand from customers who would rather have their food brought to them.<br />The new kitchens will be located in big cities <br />in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.<br />Wendy's plans to open <br />its first 50 delivery <br />kitchens this year.<br />It is partnering with Reef Technology Inc., a company that runs 5,000 delivery kitchens worldwide.<br />Reef will build the locations and hire the workers while Wendy's collects royalties of about 6% of sales.<br />Third party companies like Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash will deliver the food.<br />According to NPD Group, a market research company, delivery accounted for 8.4% of U.S. restaurant traffic in the year that ended in June 2021.<br />That's up from 3.3% in June 2019
