The Next Wave: Why it rained at your favourite cloud kitchen

The Next Wave: Why it rained at your favourite cloud kitchen

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First published on July 19, 2026

I used to be a FoodCourt customer. At one point, every week, I would order the same Korean chicken burger as a treat from the consumer app of Y Combinator-backed CoKitchen. I always had reservations about the delivery times, but the food was good enough to make me stick around—at least until I moved outside the app’s delivery area.

In March, one of my favourite apps went offline after the kitchen staff behind the juicy burger went on strike over months of unpaid salaries. By April 19, all of FoodCourt had paused operations entirely. TechCabal reported the full sequence of events.

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