Articles for people who run meal businesses
Practical, sourced articles on starting, running and growing a tiffin or meal-subscription business — organised under our four guides.
How to get your first 100 tiffin subscribers
A practical plan to find your first 100 tiffin or meal-subscription customers: choosing a niche, local channels that work, paid trial weeks, your map listing, and…
Read the articleReferral programme ideas for a tiffin business that don’t lose money
How to design a referral programme for a tiffin or meal-subscription business: reward both sides, pay after the first delivered order, use wallet credit, cap rewards,…
Read the articleReduce tiffin cancellations: let customers pause instead
Why tiffin and meal-subscription customers cancel, why a self-service pause keeps many of them, and how to design pausing so it protects your kitchen count and…
Read the articleTiffin and meal delivery packaging: what to use and why
Choosing packaging for tiffin and meal delivery: reusable steel and plastic, compostable fibre, aluminium and glass compared on heat, leaks, cost and waste — plus labelling…
Read the articleOrder cutoff times: how to set them and make customers stick to them
Why every tiffin and meal-subscription business needs order cutoffs, how to choose cutoff times for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and how to make customers respect them…
Read the articleHow to plan tiffin delivery routes (and what it saves)
How to plan tiffin and meal delivery routes: why stop order matters, how route optimisation works (nearest neighbour and 2-opt), our measured 38% saving, and practical…
Read the articleHow to move your tiffin business from WhatsApp to an app
A step-by-step plan to move a tiffin business from WhatsApp and spreadsheets to its own app without losing customers: timing, the announcement, carrying balances over and…
Read the article12 features your tiffin software must have: a checklist
A 12-point checklist of the features tiffin and meal-subscription software must have — from pausing single meals to refunds, routing and roles — and how to…
Read the articleTiffin app development cost in 2026: custom vs white-label vs monthly
What a tiffin delivery app costs in 2026 — custom development, white-label platforms and monthly subscriptions compared, with how to estimate each and the running costs…
Read the articleHow to price your tiffin meals (with a worked example)
A step-by-step method for pricing tiffin and meal-subscription meals from your real costs — ingredients, packaging, delivery and overheads — with a worked example and subscription…
Read the articleFood licences for a tiffin business in India, the UK and the US
Which food licence or registration a tiffin or meal-delivery business needs in India (FSSAI, updated 2026), the UK (council registration) and the US (cottage food and…
Read the articleHow much does it cost to start a tiffin business?
What it really costs to start a tiffin or meal-delivery business: home, commercial and cloud-kitchen models, a line-by-line budget, monthly running costs and how prepayment cuts…
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Four guides that cover the whole job
Each guide answers one big question end to end, and links to the articles that go deeper.