Eating out, an Experience in itself

Feb 01, 2015

Riyaaz Amlani of Smoke House Deli indicates that the way forward for him will be to focus on the café model. He believes online food businesses will have minimal impact on offline restaurants

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The technology in brick and mortar

Feb 01, 2015

Helion Ventures-backed Mast Kalandar restricts the adoption of technology to improve backend operations and improving delivery mechanism. In the coming months it plans to expand its presence in the global markets and increase its domestic presence to 300 outlets

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The frsh way

Feb 01, 2015

FRSH, which delivers fresh food ordered online, was started in January 2014 by two friends from IIT Delhi, Badal Goel and Sumit Kumar. Goel ran a food venture for more than two…  

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How holachef built a Tech-based food business

Feb 01, 2015

Backed by India Quotient, Holachef is an online food platform that crowd sources Chefs in Mumbai to cook and deliver homemade, preservative-free food to customers

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Truck it out

Feb 01, 2015

Flavour Labs presently runs two gourmet-themed trucks, Kobri and Hoppers, in the NCR region. In the next two years, it aims to initiate many more Indian cities to this concept of fun dining

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Faaso’s delivery mix

Feb 01, 2015

Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee were engineering graduates from Jadavpur University, who later pursued their masters in business administration, from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and INSEAD, France. Frequent travels abroad…  

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Why VCs are betting on technology-enabled startup restaurants

Feb 01, 2015

Food lovers in India have never had it better; the recent times have seen an explosion in the variety of cuisine, experiments with formats that meet convenient and luxurious needs and an infusion of technology to better logistics on all

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In the traveller’s shoes

Nov 01, 2014

For Aloke Bajpai, pursuing his passion for travelling and entrepreneurship, led him to setup ixigo.com, which offers actionable information to travellers. The company is backed by investments from Makemytrip.com, SAIF Partners and Singapore-based BAF Spectrum

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The next zing thing

Jul 01, 2012

Gurgaon-based Hector Beverages, the parent company behind the energy drink brand Tzinga, wants to make functional beverages for the developed world. The company’s first masterstroke: its affordable pricing strategy delivered through innovative packaging

The smell of success

Aug 01, 2011

Despite facing tough competition from the unorganised sector, NR Group has managed to keep its flagship brand, Cycle Agarbathies, in the lead with a market share of close to 30 per cent. That is not all; the company has diversified