Curb Food
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Curb Food operated delivery-only kitchens producing food under several brands for online orders.
02 / Curb Food FAILURE REASONS
Failure reasons
Chief executive Carl Tengberg said the capital-intensive operating model could not be sustained in weak capital-market conditions. Continued operation required funding that the company could not obtain.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Delivery-kitchen business founded
The company began developing delivery-only kitchens.
- Funding and expansion
A financing round supported multiple food brands and expansion into Swedish cities.
- Kitchen network closed
The business closed at the end of December; restaurants disappeared from ordering platforms and the website was taken down.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Delivery kitchens required substantial capital
- 02
Capital-market conditions weakened
- 03
Funding could not sustain the operating model
- 04
Kitchen network closed