How to price a tiffin service: a worked cost example
Build a price from the real cost of a meal, including your time and delivery. Includes a worked example and a reusable worksheet.
8 min readA little planning.
A better kitchen day.
Practical guides for the people who cook, pack and deliver everyday meals. Start small, price clearly and make the next order easier.
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How to start a tiffin business from home in India
A practical starting plan: choose your customers, test your portions, work out delivery and launch a small, repeatable service.
Read the launch guide
For your everyday operations.
Worksheets, menu examples and routines you can use.
A weekly tiffin menu plan for lunch and dinner
A seven-day lunch and dinner example, with a buying routine, portion checklist and sensible rules for substitutions.
8 min readHow to take tiffin orders on WhatsApp without losing details
A usable order-message template and a daily routine for confirmations, payments, meal changes and delivery lists.
8 min readWHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE
Useful details. Clear examples.
These guides focus on decisions a local kitchen makes every week: what to cook, how to price it, which requests to accept and how to get the right box to the right person. Work through the examples with your own portions, costs and delivery area.
Prices, sample menus and order records in the guides are labelled examples. OrderTiffin provides website and ordering tools; each kitchen prepares its food, sets its prices and confirms availability. For registration or licensing, use the linked official resources and check the requirements for your own premises.
Articles are published by OrderTiffin and carry a publication date. We do not present example kitchens as customer case studies or promise a particular income. Learn about OrderTiffin or contact us about a correction.
Put your kitchen’s menu in one place.
Your own website, meal plans and WhatsApp order requests.