NewsVoir | 23 Dec, 2016
Indian Food tech start-up - âFrshlyâ has launched its service offerings at the Bengaluru Central Railway Station and Chennai International Airport. Frshly is a first-of-its-kind automated retail marketplace that sells fresh and hot food from popular restaurant brands in the city for people who are on the move.
Currently offering 6 different cuisines with 30 combos, the brand promises unprecedented service quality, convenience and variety to its customers through its state-of-the-art dispensing machines. The brand is currently present across 3 cities - Bengaluru, Chennai and Secundrabad.
âFrshlyâ serves piping hot food from popular restaurants across the city including Tadka Singh, Currylicious, Delhi Highway, Anjappar and Nandhana Palace in Bengaluru. While in Chennai food is available from - âAnjappar, Kumarakomâ, âDelhi Highwayâ, âArab Streetâ, âMadrasi Biryaniâ and Eco Kitchen. Consumers have a wide range to choose from multiple restaurants at every Frshly outlet. Consumers can download the Frshly app from Apple and Google play stores to pick locations, order and pay for their food on the go. The available food options have been priced between - INR 79 - INR 160.
"We are delighted to bring a unique concept in India called Frshly, where in consumers have access to high quality food from multiple restaurants, takeaway-friendly packaging and quick food pick-up service. The technology in our systems keeps the food fresh and heats up before delivering the product which ensure hot and tasty food served all the time.â - Satish ChamyVelumani CEO - Frshly
âWe have operations in Bengaluru, Chennai and Secundrabad in India with about 16 stores at key IT parks and large IT companies and setup our stores at the Railway stations and airports. We will be launching in Singapore shortly in collaboration with SPRING, a Singapore Government Body under the Spring SEED (Spring Startup Enterprise Development) scheme. We have also set our vision to enter other Asia Pacific countries & Middle East Market by 2017.â - adds Satish
âWith the help of IRCTC we are working with their main food plaza licensees to install Frshly across all A1 & A category stations in India. We are all set to initiate a revolution of unparalleled passenger satisfaction across the Indian Railways Network. Frshly can replace the traditional pantry coaches in railways and we are in talks with Indian Railways to make it a reality soon. We also wish to take our flagship product to the global railways. We aim to bring a fully automated "Vend - cafe" concept inside the train where all the food & beverage options will be made available at the push of a button.We have also come up with mobile App (iOS & Android) for passengers to order in the train.â Ramesh Narayanan, Chief Business Development Officer, Frshly
About Frshly
Frshly is a first-of-its-kind automated retail market place. An ecosystem whereby consumers have access to a collaborative platform of food providers. Along with inspired flavours, the brand provides fresh and hygienic food all under 90 seconds!Frshly was started in the year 2013 with the idea of serving wholesome food to people on the move. The bring curated meals, several times a day, from the most popular restaurants in the city to places where theyâre needed the most, places like train stations and offices, where people might just give up and settle for a bag of chips with their proprietary combination of robotics and alogorithms to serve piping hot meals in 90 seconds. Now consumers have the option of ordering a satisfying restaurant meal without spending too much time or effort.
About Founder
Frshly is the brain child of Satish ChamyVelumani,a first generation entrepreneur and the man behind Frshly - a fully automated, multi-brand, food-retailer based out of Chennai. He holds an MBA degree in Global Enterprise Management from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Apart from being an MBA graduate he is also an MS in Manufacturing Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Before starting Frshly Foodbox, Satish worked in USA for 11 years in manufacturing. In 2003 he joined 3M Purification Inc. (formerly CUNO Incorporated) Meriden, Connecticut as an Engineering Manager with his key responsibility areas being Engineering Management, Manufacturing Production Support and Manufacturing Engineering. Prior to his stint abroad, Satish also worked with ELGI Equipments as a Research Engineer and with Sharp Tools as a Design Engineer in Coimbatore.
For further information, please visit www.gofrshly.com .
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