Bite Ninja
Startup Bite Ninja allows fast-food restaurants to hire virtual cashiers during peak hours.
3,000 gig workers take drive-thru orders from remote locations via a Zoom-like setup.
Created by the co-founder of Memphis Meats, Bite Ninja looks to resolve restaurant hiring woes.
In early 2020, entrepreneur Will Clem, co-founder of the lab-grown meat company Memphis Meats, faced another busy and understaffed weekend at the local fast-food barbecue restaurant, Baby Jack's, he owns in Tennessee.
With roughly 70% of orders coming through the drive-thru, Clem knew the restaurant would be slammed. To help the team take drive-thru orders, he hacked his way into the company's custom-built point-of-sale system from his laptop and began taking orders from his home office – 15 miles from the Memphis restaurant.