Daalchini, India’s first 24/7 snacking destination which provides affordable and healthy home-food through IoT-enabled vending machines has announced its plans to expand its presence across India. The platform is planning to grow from 400 to 600 vending machines across 9 cities including Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Chandigarh, and Mohali.
The platform that operates through IoT-led ‘phygital’ vending machines aims to create entrepreneurial opportunities for micro-women entrepreneurs through Daalchini franchisees while offering delectable meals to corporate professionals.
Speaking on the company’s expansion plans, Prerna Kalra, Co-Founder, Daalchini, said, “Since its inception, Daalchini has been working towards making comfort home-food easily available to professionals while also empowering our women by making them professionally managed micro-enterprises. The upcoming expansion will allow us to uplift more lives through new and exciting employment opportunities as part of the Daalchini family. Needless to say, 600 vending machines across 9 cities is just the beginning. We plan to revolutionize snacking with our tech-driven value proposition over the next few years.”
As part of its commitment to serving 6-meals-a-day, Daalchini is creating a sub-99 food store to enable brands in all F&B categories (like Frozen, Chilled, Meal-kits, Snacks, Bakery, Immunity Boosters, Healthy/Energy drinks, Yogurts, etc.) reach their targeted audience and help them scale fast across multiple geographies.
To drive a community of automated kiosks through homemakers, Daalchini helps them in converting their spaces into professional, certified kitchens. It also assists them with supplies, licenses, audits, and compliance to ensure top-notch quality of the contents for its vending machines. By making healthy snacks accessible to a greater section of society by leveraging innovative technology, Daalchini is well-poised to become a category-defining brand that changes the face of snacking in India.
