Daalchini has unveiled 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 franchisees while offering delectable meals to corporate professionals.
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, the platform is creating a sub-99 food store to enable brands in all food and beverage categories (like Frozen, Chilled, Meal-kits, Snacks, Bakery, Immunity Boosters, Healthy/Energy drinks, Yogurts), to reach their targeted audience and help them scale fast across multiple geographies.
To drive a community of automated kiosks through homemakers, the platform 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, the platform is well-poised to become a category-defining brand that changes the face of snacking in India.