Food services have become such trash. I almost never eat out anymore. Deception, high prices for poor quality food, and abusive exploitation of human labor abound.
I bought a Vegan burger at a Vegan restaurant and a chocolate shake. $25 just for a burger and a shake, what can I say it's a once in a lifetime. I work too hard for my money to be wasted on overpriced restaurant food.
Subject: Urgent Call to Action: Addressing Exploitation of Delivery Platform Drivers! Dear Members of the United States Congress and Respective Authorities, We urgently bring to your attention a pressing issue that demands immediate action and thorough investigation-the rampant exploitation and impunity with which delivery platforms such as Spark Driver by Walmart, Uber, Amazon, DoorDash, and others operate. These corporations function with little to no oversight, exploiting drivers who are mostly immigrants seeking better opportunities. These workers face dismal, impoverishing, and humiliating compensation while delivering goods. Significantly, many of these drivers work without the legal documentation required by U.S. law-an aspect that these corporations exploit to lower delivery payments to degrading levels, perpetuating cycles of exploitation and poverty. Alarmingly, criminal gangs are utilizing these platforms, employing purchased applications to assume others' identities, creating internal mafias concentrated in states like Florida, Washington, and New York. Following the pandemic, this situation has evolved into a lucrative operation that could be labeled as human trafficking and exploitation. This practice must be condemned and stopped. We can no longer be complicit in this silence that shatters the hopes and dreams of the most vulnerable in our society. It is imperative that law enforcement agencies, the FBI, and USCIS become aware and take action against these practices. With millions of undocumented immigrants having entered the country over the past few years, the issue has exacerbated, contributing to rising levels of criminality. We urge immediate investigation, auditing, regulation, and intervention to halt this inhumane means of generating wealth for a select few at the cost of widespread poverty and exploitation. The public information on undocumented numbers should be a guiding factor in understanding the scale and urgency of this crisis. This is a call to end the chaos, both human and social. It is time for competent authorities to step in and bring hope to those who need it most. Sincerely, We the People.
It wasn't until I worked for Uber Eats that knew the term ghost kitchen. There are sooooooo many of those in Tokyo. I'd say 40 to 50% of them are ghost kitchens.
While I was delivering, I looked on the app at the restaurants in the hot spots. It said "Melt Down". I said to myself I have never heard of that restaurant! Then I looked it up, the address and it said it was Denny's. I've never picked up food from any ghost kitchen. However, if I were to go there it's just a building then? It's not actually Denny's restaurant?
I've never ordered food through a delivery service, I don't trust the drivers, but not just that, it makes it so a cheeseburger ends up costing almost 40 dollars and it arrives ice cold. What's the point?
Exactly. Those type of people have no concept of a budget, whether it be food delivery or streaming services they sign up for and hardly use. They just love to waste money.
This complaint seems dumb to me. It doesn't affect the food quality, only increases the options available on a given area and makes a much more efficient use of space. The alternatives would be to make one of those HUGE menus on each restaurant, which would make it much harder to find what you want or to simply reduce the menu to a few options and that's all you get on that area.
@@OberynTheRedViper hehe you have too much imagination and no idea on how cooking at scale works. Your rando wouldn't be able to keep up on the required scale to actually make a profit, even less so if they intoxicate the customer.
The whole reason you go to a restaurant is for the uniqueness of the menu and the food items. So silly to me that people expect quality food when they are too lazy to even leave their home to go get it LOL
Why is this a problem? If the brand works out maybe it'll become a brick and mortar - and if you're a small business owner with a kitchen and you already deliver - open a ghost kitchen to test items you've always wanted to make but doesn't match your brick mortar business! Its not like you can start a ghost kitchen from your house. They still get taxed and pay business fees and put money into the economy.
If people just learn to cook they wouldn't have to deal with these inflated fees, it's shocking that people are willing to pay so much money for bad food.
i stopped using delivery apps altogether. now i only order through a company's personal website. that way they get all the money and i know it's a real restaurant
It doesn't matter as long as it's good. The skills of chefs really vary at most restaurants. The same restaurant could have 1 good chef, 1 average chef, and 1 bad chef.
Since when does deceiving people not matter? Are you okay with buying a BMW that's actually a relabeled Ford? If so contact me, because I have a great BMW pickup to sell you. Doesn't matter as long as it's good, right?
@@gutrali that is a very different thing. You are comparing a product that is meant to be used for years to just cooking food. The chef makes the food, not the restaurant company itself
@@soupdrinker no .... Because the chef doesn't make the food for him or herself. Instead, he must use 100% the "restaurant company's" existing location.... The equipment, kitchen facility, ingredients, money, health department rating, taxation posture, management, AND cleaning staff. If your argument was valid .... Then your cook would just sign up on his/her own and cook from their own "ghost" kitchen 🤣🤣🤣 just like Ford can't do because there's no way ford can build BMWs in their own factory. It doesn't matter if a Ford employee wants to build a BMW in their own garage from Ford parts.... Trying to do so would still be deceiving. at best. If not completely fraudulent. And so would be me; trying to sell you something labeled BMW if it was built by Ford. It doesn't matter who the person is assembling it. 100% Denny's does what was described because most people are easily deceived into paying more, and UberEATS knows it (and is complicit since they can both profit from doing so). And you are clearly a cook, who thinks this is ok somehow. When everybody wises up to this, and nobody buys fake Denny's megaMelts anymore... The cook is stuck cooking for Denny's. The way it should be. The only legit way. Or else why wouldn't they just change the name of the restaurant outright?!?! Whether it is food, housing, or a vehicle ... Fraud is very clearly described in most consumer laws. This fake company listing is skirting the edge enough for there to be a news article about it. no such company exisits. That is fraud. There's no reason for consumers to be led astray as to where their food comes from. We the people will be better able to ID and boycott fraudulent goods (of any sort) thanks to investigative journalism such as this. 👍
If you see a dish you like and are offended that it came from "some chef in a Dennys" you really need to check your attitude. If Dennys is so beneath you, I'd recommend dining out and not relying on delivery.
If you get food poisoning easier for them to shut down and open under a different name. I never order food from an app. It also makes it possible for ghost kitchen to charge you high prices for food you think is high quality when it isn't.
The KITCHEN get's closed, the virtual name is associated with a real kitchen. If the food is not good, people won't buy it and the kitchen will have to close.
This is interesting topic I too want to open my own food business but location is key I also think to cook out my own home to have pick up online order only but licensing is really difficult here
I do doordash and those are my favorite orders. Walk in, press the order on the screen, go to a little "locker" door, grab it and go. Leave it at the door and take a pic. NO. WORDS. SPOKEN. If I could drive all day I'd never look back
As long as they are clear that the restaurant is “virtual” this is absolutely okay - transparency is everything. That first guy who talked about feeling some type of way because a chef at Denny’s was cooking his food is gross. Like that customer’s opinion is grossly entitled, I mean. The vibe is that nepo lady from the SNL skit about Tarrazano’s 😂😂😂
I'm not gonna lie the guy in the interview sounds a little paranoid lol. Like it's still food from a licensed business regardless of where it's being prepared
They do this Mexico too but I suspect that it's done to a larger scale. Lots of restaurants with weird names and the pizzas look the same as other restaurants. They don't have to disclose anything other than the address to us. This eats away at competition and quality because though it might be expensive, it's still the same crap. Fast food is more expensive in Mexico actually unless you go to some stand on the street and I don't mean just the mark ups from food delivery services on restaurants. Uber eats is by far the worst because of their high fees on restaurants and also charge the driver a high commission from what we pay for delivery. They also get several deliveries at a time which makes the driver always be late even after the higher delivery wait times than the competition. No one wants to work for uber eats but everyone prefers to pay more for it when it's the same crap. For a time they didn't even have customer service here as I came to find out when I ordered boneless wings from Chillis' and the chicken was raw back in 2020 I believe.
I've been doing food deliveries for 3 years in Arizona I've never once been to this guy's ghost kitchen only corporate restaurant ghost kitchens like Denny's and IHOP. I looked into renting cooking time in this guy's type ghost kitchens it is ridiculously expensive most people that are there are prepping food to bring to other places to sell no delivery drivers are picking up from these places so the story is stupid
I always cross reference the address on with yelp. If I can’t find it there, I know its a ghost/virtual restaurant. I started doing this a while ago because I like to see real photos of my food. Uber eats fails with this.
JUST TAKE GOOD PICTURES OF THE FOOD THATS HONEST LOOKING… stop over charging … give equal portions as if ordered in person… And why can’t ghost shops just say “Brought to you by … whatever …” restaurant … stop trying to fool people .
This is misleading. But I remember when IHOP was promoting their burgers (which I never tried because IHOP should stick to breakfast); I'd imagine they can benefit from this if they think their burgers can compete with In-n-Out. 🍔
This was the stupidest topic and failed to explain why it's was bad...the apps are transparent, the food should look like the pics and I'm sure this help these little guys there talking about envision the dream of creating quality food instead of running a brick and mortar shop.nothing wrong helping already suffering restaurant or franchise owners make money using a health code space.
BRO! There should be no Grown Man preparing my food who has a full blown mustache 😲 or beard ! Without wearing a face mask furthermore all food preps should where glovessss!!!!
Food services have become such trash. I almost never eat out anymore. Deception, high prices for poor quality food, and abusive exploitation of human labor abound.
I bought a Vegan burger at a Vegan restaurant and a chocolate shake. $25 just for a burger and a shake, what can I say it's a once in a lifetime. I work too hard for my money to be wasted on overpriced restaurant food.
@@static_Tricolor_camry if you're stupid enough to buy a vegan "burger" you get what you deserve
I mean it’s the same in person also. People started going for niches hiking up prices vs wanting quantity and quality
Subject: Urgent Call to Action: Addressing Exploitation of Delivery Platform Drivers!
Dear Members of the United States Congress and Respective Authorities,
We urgently bring to your attention a pressing issue that demands immediate action and thorough investigation-the rampant exploitation and impunity with which delivery platforms such as Spark Driver by Walmart, Uber, Amazon, DoorDash, and others operate. These corporations function with little to no oversight, exploiting drivers who are mostly immigrants seeking better opportunities. These workers face dismal, impoverishing, and humiliating compensation while delivering goods.
Significantly, many of these drivers work without the legal documentation required by U.S. law-an aspect that these corporations exploit to lower delivery payments to degrading levels, perpetuating cycles of exploitation and poverty. Alarmingly, criminal gangs are utilizing these platforms, employing purchased applications to assume others' identities, creating internal mafias concentrated in states like Florida, Washington, and New York.
Following the pandemic, this situation has evolved into a lucrative operation that could be labeled as human trafficking and exploitation. This practice must be condemned and stopped. We can no longer be complicit in this silence that shatters the hopes and dreams of the most vulnerable in our society.
It is imperative that law enforcement agencies, the FBI, and USCIS become aware and take action against these practices. With millions of undocumented immigrants having entered the country over the past few years, the issue has exacerbated, contributing to rising levels of criminality.
We urge immediate investigation, auditing, regulation, and intervention to halt this inhumane means of generating wealth for a select few at the cost of widespread poverty and exploitation. The public information on undocumented numbers should be a guiding factor in understanding the scale and urgency of this crisis.
This is a call to end the chaos, both human and social. It is time for competent authorities to step in and bring hope to those who need it most.
Sincerely,
We the People.
It wasn't until I worked for Uber Eats that knew the term ghost kitchen. There are sooooooo many of those in Tokyo. I'd say 40 to 50% of them are ghost kitchens.
While I was delivering, I looked on the app at the restaurants in the hot spots. It said "Melt Down". I said to myself I have never heard of that restaurant! Then I looked it up, the address and it said it was Denny's. I've never picked up food from any ghost kitchen. However, if I were to go there it's just a building then? It's not actually Denny's restaurant?
The guy who ordered from Denny’s just had a meltdown on camera lol
Small businesses suffer 100%
But they’re also small businesses so I don’t understand your point
I've never ordered food through a delivery service, I don't trust the drivers, but not just that, it makes it so a cheeseburger ends up costing almost 40 dollars and it arrives ice cold. What's the point?
Exactly. Those type of people have no concept of a budget, whether it be food delivery or streaming services they sign up for and hardly use. They just love to waste money.
This complaint seems dumb to me. It doesn't affect the food quality, only increases the options available on a given area and makes a much more efficient use of space.
The alternatives would be to make one of those HUGE menus on each restaurant, which would make it much harder to find what you want or to simply reduce the menu to a few options and that's all you get on that area.
Yes it does! It tasted better thinking it was some cool sandwich shop than Denny's. LoL
Looks are everything we taste with our eyes.
Rich people problems
@@microscopic.caterpill more like medium class. Someone rich would go to a restaurant or have a chef :(
Because it can be some rando cooking from his house - with ZERO health department controls.
@@OberynTheRedViper hehe you have too much imagination and no idea on how cooking at scale works.
Your rando wouldn't be able to keep up on the required scale to actually make a profit, even less so if they intoxicate the customer.
The whole reason you go to a restaurant is for the uniqueness of the menu and the food items. So silly to me that people expect quality food when they are too lazy to even leave their home to go get it LOL
Why is this a problem? If the brand works out maybe it'll become a brick and mortar - and if you're a small business owner with a kitchen and you already deliver - open a ghost kitchen to test items you've always wanted to make but doesn't match your brick mortar business! Its not like you can start a ghost kitchen from your house. They still get taxed and pay business fees and put money into the economy.
If people just learn to cook they wouldn't have to deal with these inflated fees, it's shocking that people are willing to pay so much money for bad food.
If people didn't have to work 3 jobs to make rent, i'm sure they could learn to cook.
I've been delivering for 5 years. This has happened everywhere.
i stopped using delivery apps altogether. now i only order through a company's personal website. that way they get all the money and i know it's a real restaurant
It doesn't matter as long as it's good. The skills of chefs really vary at most restaurants. The same restaurant could have 1 good chef, 1 average chef, and 1 bad chef.
Lol.chefs... Mexican short order cook
Ghost kitchens are dumb. Now you have businesses impersonating chains now.
Since when does deceiving people not matter? Are you okay with buying a BMW that's actually a relabeled Ford? If so contact me, because I have a great BMW pickup to sell you. Doesn't matter as long as it's good, right?
@@gutrali that is a very different thing. You are comparing a product that is meant to be used for years to just cooking food. The chef makes the food, not the restaurant company itself
@@soupdrinker no .... Because the chef doesn't make the food for him or herself. Instead, he must use 100% the "restaurant company's" existing location.... The equipment, kitchen facility, ingredients, money, health department rating, taxation posture, management, AND cleaning staff.
If your argument was valid .... Then your cook would just sign up on his/her own and cook from their own "ghost" kitchen 🤣🤣🤣 just like Ford can't do because there's no way ford can build BMWs in their own factory. It doesn't matter if a Ford employee wants to build a BMW in their own garage from Ford parts.... Trying to do so would still be deceiving. at best. If not completely fraudulent. And so would be me; trying to sell you something labeled BMW if it was built by Ford. It doesn't matter who the person is assembling it.
100% Denny's does what was described because most people are easily deceived into paying more, and UberEATS knows it (and is complicit since they can both profit from doing so). And you are clearly a cook, who thinks this is ok somehow. When everybody wises up to this, and nobody buys fake Denny's megaMelts anymore... The cook is stuck cooking for Denny's. The way it should be. The only legit way. Or else why wouldn't they just change the name of the restaurant outright?!?!
Whether it is food, housing, or a vehicle ... Fraud is very clearly described in most consumer laws. This fake company listing is skirting the edge enough for there to be a news article about it. no such company exisits. That is fraud. There's no reason for consumers to be led astray as to where their food comes from. We the people will be better able to ID and boycott fraudulent goods (of any sort) thanks to investigative journalism such as this. 👍
Jesus man there are people with real problems then you not getting your food from a dennys
Your pizza graphic showed sextupling rather than quadrupling.
They have done this in England for years... You don't get consistency in food prep.
What they are doing is squeezing out the little guy... Again
I rented a room and come to find out they was running a ghost kitchen at the house. I moved out after three weeks
If the food is good, I would not feel duped.
Seriously, I can't see how that wouldn't be someone's priority
yes, I fail to see the problem. They are offering more variety and it's much more efficient.
yes, it fine when it comes from the “real” kitchen. A lot of those are in a shady shad beside a dumpster, literally
until that food poisoning starts, but YES it taste good ....... all that matters 🙊🙉🙈🤦
The one thing they didn’t mention was the price was it the same from the restaurant or was it more or less expensive
Definitely more expensive...
@@frankthefkintank I mean like for the food itself
If you see a dish you like and are offended that it came from "some chef in a Dennys" you really need to check your attitude.
If Dennys is so beneath you, I'd recommend dining out and not relying on delivery.
Or cook your own food
Why are you pro lying to customers??
Until one day the "gourmet" burger you ordered came from McDonald's 💀
If you get food poisoning easier for them to shut down and open under a different name. I never order food from an app. It also makes it possible for ghost kitchen to charge you high prices for food you think is high quality when it isn't.
The KITCHEN get's closed, the virtual name is associated with a real kitchen.
If the food is not good, people won't buy it and the kitchen will have to close.
Cook your own food people. Most take out is not worth the price.
Easy. Go to frozen section and put air fryer.
Mr. Beast Burger runs out of the Perkins kitchen in my hometown. They use different food, but it is prepared by Perkins.
The Mr Beast Burger in my area runs out of Red Robin.
The Mr Beast Burger near me uses On the Border for prep.
Most of these places are garbage and way overpriced. Ghost kitchens have been around for a long time.
This is interesting topic I too want to open my own food business but location is key I also think to cook out my own home to have pick up online order only but licensing is really difficult here
"out of control"? lmao people will stress about anything. this is NOT that serious. cant believe this made the news.
Its hardly a new concept, UK has lots of them from a long time called 'take-aways' which has licence but almost the whole space is used for kitchen.
Its been like this for years people dont know they just want to try things that look good to the eye.
Yup. Humans are like moths to a flame.
I do doordash and those are my favorite orders. Walk in, press the order on the screen, go to a little "locker" door, grab it and go. Leave it at the door and take a pic.
NO. WORDS. SPOKEN.
If I could drive all day I'd never look back
Omg I thought the title said Ghost Chickens 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Oops!
I guess I been living under a rock, Ghost what?
Ghost guns. Cars. Kitchens . What next
These apps need to show the real name and address of the physical location of these virtual kitchens
"The Meltdown" -> Denny's
It's not hard to look the information up. Use your brain and all... I mean, maybe it is for you...
What are
“ ghost kitchens “ ?
Cant we just call them pop up kitchens. Thats what they are.
At least it's not out of some rando's apartment kitchen or something..
Yet
This has been going on for too long.
Who orders food from somewhere they have never heard of?
Every single day. Really? How do you experience life.
Fatfish should check before he buys or better yet, go ahead and cook him or their selves, it's liberating
These large restaurants are franchise own thats why.. some owned by people which costs nothing for them to place a virtual kitchen.
Chuck E. Cheese’s does this here on Long Island. You think you’re ordering regular pizza and instead get garbage
🤣🤣
Tons of these in Brooklyn through seamless. I google the adress to make sure it's not a residential before I place my order.
So people are paying restaurant prices for tv dinners with most of these ghost restaurants
As long as they are clear that the restaurant is “virtual” this is absolutely okay - transparency is everything. That first guy who talked about feeling some type of way because a chef at Denny’s was cooking his food is gross. Like that customer’s opinion is grossly entitled, I mean. The vibe is that nepo lady from the SNL skit about Tarrazano’s 😂😂😂
lazy mf got a grilled cheese delivered
I just order from Dominos because I love their tatar tots! Yup. No abs this summer either 😂
This trend is great for operators and consumers.
I'm not gonna lie the guy in the interview sounds a little paranoid lol. Like it's still food from a licensed business regardless of where it's being prepared
the dude Abhishek Nagaraj with the green screen and the backround of a catholic looking school is hilarious
It's UC Berkeley
Virtual restaurants? Wtf?
Ghost kitchen means you can't bring your I wanna speakt to the manager bs😂
fingers crossed that the government doesn't try to regulate this.
Surprised Mr Beast Burger wasn't mentioned on this segment.
That’s why the food always sucks and they never ever follow special directions.
In Las Vegas, Dickey BBQ and Dominos have ghost kitchens
I Used to be uber eats and there's a huge site between 13 and 14 street and 5 av .. they have like 15 different places over there is crazy ..
I have saw someone cook something out there refrigerator and give it to an Door Dasher 😢
The fact this is news is pathetic where are the real journalist at
Stupid morons are just so desperate to go on camera for attention
They do this Mexico too but I suspect that it's done to a larger scale. Lots of restaurants with weird names and the pizzas look the same as other restaurants.
They don't have to disclose anything other than the address to us. This eats away at competition and quality because though it might be expensive, it's still the same crap. Fast food is more expensive in Mexico actually unless you go to some stand on the street and I don't mean just the mark ups from food delivery services on restaurants.
Uber eats is by far the worst because of their high fees on restaurants and also charge the driver a high commission from what we pay for delivery. They also get several deliveries at a time which makes the driver always be late even after the higher delivery wait times than the competition.
No one wants to work for uber eats but everyone prefers to pay more for it when it's the same crap. For a time they didn't even have customer service here as I came to find out when I ordered boneless wings from Chillis' and the chicken was raw back in 2020 I believe.
Pro tip… u save a lot of money and better health if u do weekly grocery shopping buying fresh produce and meats.
The app companies push this trend.
These delivery companies charge a fortune to business owners...
At the end of the day if it taste good who ceres where it came from food doesn't need to be pricey or selective to be good
I've been doing food deliveries for 3 years in Arizona I've never once been to this guy's ghost kitchen only corporate restaurant ghost kitchens like Denny's and IHOP. I looked into renting cooking time in this guy's type ghost kitchens it is ridiculously expensive most people that are there are prepping food to bring to other places to sell no delivery drivers are picking up from these places so the story is stupid
Buyer beware
ghost kitchen in country actually made different food enough
My favorite DoorDash order is from a ghost kitchen. It’s good and I haven’t died yet. Lol
That is really funny. Wow so funny. You haven't died yet. Hahahaha so funny.
I always cross reference the address on with yelp. If I can’t find it there, I know its a ghost/virtual restaurant. I started doing this a while ago because I like to see real photos of my food. Uber eats fails with this.
Can't go wrong with chicken tenders, specially from outback MmM8
MrBeast Burger is entirely produced in ghost kitchens.
If the food is good who gives a honk where it comes from?
I see a lot of issues here. 😅
Pay top prices for food created with Dennys level ingredients and skill. Scam.
I freaking hate ghost kitchens
The market will always respond.
If you want to learn more you should watch Eddy Burback's video about ghost kitchens
Sad, trying to monopolize over small business squeezing them out
The Burger Den is Dennys by me lol
Get your own kitchen small businesses. Gotta follow rules and guidelines just like every other kitchen and it isn't authentic if I can't find ya!
JUST TAKE GOOD PICTURES OF THE FOOD THATS HONEST LOOKING… stop over charging … give equal portions as if ordered in person…
And why can’t ghost shops just say “Brought to you by … whatever …” restaurant … stop trying to fool people .
Phone ahead. Know the location address... Than some ghost kitchen
This is misleading. But I remember when IHOP was promoting their burgers (which I never tried because IHOP should stick to breakfast); I'd imagine they can benefit from this if they think their burgers can compete with In-n-Out. 🍔
We already seen this on shane dawson channel last week 😂
why catfished? Did they deliver? If yes, move on.
Lol its bad when TGIF sells sushi... 😂
Am I the only one that doesn’t have a problem with this? What do y’all think MrBeast burger is😂
brick and mortar have to make money somehow during Covid, and now people dont want to drive, they can stay home
It would be an out of shape, middle of the night, sandwich eating, glutton to complain. Don't knock the hustle 🐷
This was the stupidest topic and failed to explain why it's was bad...the apps are transparent, the food should look like the pics and I'm sure this help these little guys there talking about envision the dream of creating quality food instead of running a brick and mortar shop.nothing wrong helping already suffering restaurant or franchise owners make money using a health code space.
Culture of laziness
Tried The Meltdown (Denny's) was a'ight.
wtf you mean its not a real restaurant, stop lying for frauds, its outback steakhouse
BRO! There should be no Grown Man preparing my food who has a full blown mustache 😲 or beard ! Without wearing a face mask furthermore all food preps should where glovessss!!!!
wear
It's gone be a lot my 600lb life🙃🤓😥😂😅😇
This is literally not a big deal
Did you like the food? If so who cares
Sneaky Bastages
Learn to cook Sheeple
LMAO virtual kitchens 🤣 why aren't they on Meta lol oh bc Meta is BS and non existent 😂
Fat Man Catfished By Denny's
Hilarious!