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The Great Wings Rush By Josh Dzieza | June 1, 2021, 10:00am EDT Photo illustrations by Alex Castro, Amelia Holowaty Krales, Grayson Blackmon It was March 2020, and restaurants across the country were shutting down, setting up takeout windows, or doing whatever they could to absorb the shock of COVID. But it was Chuck E. Cheese, of all places, that had the foresight and steely clarity to see not just what the new era required, but what it permitted. With much of America suddenly interacting with restaurants through delivery apps, the food industry had been transformed into e-commerce, and the ...

Founder and owner of The Local Culinary, Alp Franko, had already been operating a successful ghost kitchen model out of Miami when he chose to move forward with franchising the concept. "This is a simple operation, it's profit-driven, and it's adaptable to existing restaurants," stated Franko. "Since an existing kitchen already has their overhead costs fixed, adding one of our brands simply brings additional revenue." The company currently has a portfolio of over 50 virtual restaurants. The Local Culinary has reached 30 new territories at the time of this release, but that number climbs mont...