The brainchild of Rakesh Kumar Burnawal who wanted to create jobs for stay-at-home women, SR Tiffin Point is a lunch delivery service that prepares, packs, and delivers homemade food to offices and schools in Birgunj of Madhesh province.

Burnawal says he conceived of the idea after finding from his wife that many housewives in their neighborhood wanted to work.

“Women in my neighborhood were more or less confined to doing household work. But besides taking care of their families, they wanted to make some money too,” says Burnawal. 

One skill all these women had in common was cooking. So Burnawal came up with the idea of starting a lunch service.

In 2019, he gathered a small team to put his idea into action. In fact, SR Tiffin started with two women cooking lunch for two clients.

Burnawal had done market research before starting the service and knew the business would eventually catch on.  

“Office workers wanted affordable homemade meals and there was no such service in Birgunj at the time,” he says. “The service would also help many working parents who could not prepare lunch for their children in the morning.”

Within six months SR Tiffin was catering to a large number of clients. Burnawal says the popularity of the business was all word of mouth. These days the company delivers lunch to around 200 clients a day. 

“We currently have 10-12 women actively working for the company. Each can prepare 30 to 40 lunches in a day,” says Burnawal.

The company has also trained around 300 women since its inception. SR Tiffin hires them depending on the number of orders.

According to Burnawal, SR Tiffin’s client base has witnessed a sharp decline since schools shut down owing to covid threats. 

“Once this pandemic blows over and things return to normal, we will be able to deliver more than 1,000 tiffins a day,” he says.

To avail the lunch service, all that customers have to do is provide details like their address and the number of days they want their lunch delivered and at what time. The lunch menu, whose price ranges from Rs 60 to Rs 100, changes every month. 

“As this is a business run from home kitchens, there are no rental expenses. A worker can easily earn at least Rs 10,000 a month,” says Burnawal. 

SR Tiffin team members are hopeful and already planning to expand the company’s service to other parts of the country. The company is also thinking of introducing homemade food vending machines to offer grab-and-go lunch.  

“SR Tiffin started with the objective of empowering local women and thanks to them it has turned into a successful enterprise,” Burnawal says. 

SR Tiffin Point

Establish year: 2019

Founder: Rakesh Kumar Burnawal

Service location: Birgunj 

Price of the product: Varies depending on menu

Contact: 9801569978

Social media link: https://www.facebook.com/srtiffinpointbrj/