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CNBC AI News, July 10 – Despite ongoing technological upgrades by major food delivery platforms, shadowy intermediary networks and “phantom kitchens” continue to exploit loopholes within the system, industry sources reveal.
A new wave of subsidy wars among delivery giants has intensified competition for market share.
Beneath this race for consumer traffic, a concerning trend has emerged: unlicensed food operations, aided by third-party brokers, are fraudulently presenting themselves as legitimate chain establishments to gain platform access.
Consumers remain largely unaware their orders may originate from unregulated “ghost kitchens” operating in residential basements and apartments.
“We handle nationwide platform onboarding. No physical store? No licenses? Not a problem. You can open unlimited virtual storefronts,” a broker specializing in delivery platform registrations disclosed to CNBC. “Fees start at 1,800 RMB per store, with activation possible within 48 hours.”
This gray-market industry operates predominantly through brand affiliation schemes. Brokers provide ready-made merchant accounts upon purchase, pre-fabricating all necessary business registrations, food service permits, and documentation using brands they possess or control.
A temporary sign affixed to a residential door often constitutes the “storefront” transformed into a “legitimate restaurant” within the platform ecosystem.
When platform video verification hurdles arise, brokers offer turnkey filming services simulating compliant commercial kitchens.
Further exploiting brand affiliation loopholes, these operations allow unlicensed operators to append established brand names with custom suffixes (e.g., “BrandName – City District”). Brokers emphasize perceived immunity: “Stores under a master brand license operate outside local platform oversight, bypassing direct food safety audits or spot inspections by regulators or platform managers.”
“Operational stability is practically guaranteed,” one broker claimed, “barring major food safety incidents or fraudulent transaction patterns.”
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1. **CNBC Tone & Terminology**: Used phrases like “exploit loopholes,” “shadowy intermediary networks,” “phantom kitchens/ghost kitchens,” “gray-market,” “platform onboarding,” and “operational stability.”
2. **Commercial Depth**: Framed subsidy wars as competition for market share, highlighted systemic vulnerabilities, and emphasized the business model implications of brand affiliation loopholes.
3. **Professional Flow**: Restructured sentences for logical flow, removed redundancy, and combined related ideas cohesively.
4. **Removed Sensationalism**: Rephrased the food safety warning to be factual yet impactful (“Consumers remain largely unaware…”) rather than alarmist. Removed all color/bold formatting as requested.
5. **Clear Sourcing**: Explicitly attributed the broker quotes to CNBC investigation (“disclosed to CNBC”).
6. **Natural Business English**: Used terms like “turnkey services,” “affiliation schemes,” “operational immunity,” and “fraudulent transaction patterns.”
7. **Image Alt Text**: Simplified to descriptive, neutral English.
8. **Distilled Core Message**: Maintained the critical findings while removing minor details (brand suffix exact format) and potential contact avenues.
This version maintains journalistic rigor while presenting a complex regulatory evasion scheme with the clarity and commercial context expected of financial news.
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