Every month, thousands of food businesses land on The Kitchen Door looking for space. Whether you get one lead a week or twenty, what happens next can make or break your kitchen’s growth. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the free release of Leads Manager—a powerful new tool available to every kitchen listed on The Kitchen Door.
Why We Built Leads Manager
When we launched The Kitchen Door nearly a decade ago, our goal was simple: help food businesses find commercial kitchens in their area. Since then, we’ve become the largest online network of shared kitchens in the U.S., with unmatched SEO reach—we rank #1 for Google searches like “find a kitchen near me” and “shared kitchens for rent”.
That reach has turned into real results: We now send over 3,200 food business leads to shared kitchens every month.
But with all those leads came a common challenge: Too many kitchens were losing track of conversations. Following up was chaotic. And unqualified inquiries were wasting valuable time.
So in 2024, we rebuilt The Kitchen Door Intake Form from the ground up—based on surveys from hundreds of kitchen operators—to help surface the info that actually matters. Operators could now see a food business’s product type, business stage, space needs, and more—before ever reaching out.
That was a huge improvement. But we still saw kitchens struggling to stay organized after that first message.
Enter Leads Manager
In early 2025, we released a premium tool called Leads Manager to our Food Corridor clients—a fully integrated dashboard that helped them centralize, track, qualify, and invite leads coming in from The Kitchen Door (and beyond). The results were undeniable:
🧠 Kitchens using Leads Manager convert leads at an average rate of 46%.
📈 That’s 5–9x higher than industry averages.
🔥 And 1 in 4 kitchens convert 100% of their qualified leads
How? By centralizing lead communication. By tracking lead progress. By surfacing who’s ready and who’s not. And now, we’re giving that power to everyone.
Starting Today: Leads Manager, for All Kitchens
We’re thrilled to bring a free version of Leads Manager to every kitchen listed on The Kitchen Door.
That means if you’re receiving leads through our platform, you now have access to:
- A centralized inbox for all your incoming inquiries
- Built-in lead profiles with all the info from our updated intake form
- Status tracking to know who you’ve contacted, who’s ready, and who’s gone cold
- Message template with a saved reply to streamline your initial response
- A faster, more confident way to qualify and convert the right clients
No more ghosted messages. No more clunky spreadsheets. Just a clean, clear way to grow your kitchen business.
What’s Next?
This free version of Leads Manager is just the beginning. As the industry evolves, so will our tools—always with the same goal: helping shared kitchens succeed.
So if you’re listed on The Kitchen Door, connect your listing today to access your Leads Manager dashboard. And if you’re not listed yet—well, now’s the time to change that.
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