Dil Foods In Talks To Acquire Distressed Cloud Kitchen Pioneer FreshMenu

Cloud kitchen operator Dil Foods is negotiating to acquire FreshMenu, which suspended operations in April. A brand licensing and operator agreement is already in place to restart select FreshMenu kitchens, as Dil eyes 600 locations across India by FY28.

— Filed Fri, 10 Jul, 2026, 18:23 IST · Source Inc42 · Updated

Cloud kitchen operator Dil Foods is in talks to acquire distressed pioneer FreshMenu, which suspended operations in April. A brand licensing and operator agreement is already in place to restart select FreshMenu kitchens under the existing brand.

Why this matters

The acquisition talks follow Dil Foods' Rs 72 crore Series B to scale its virtual restaurant platform to 600 locations by FY28. Absorbing distressed FreshMenu could accelerate that expansion via existing kitchen infrastructure.

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