Title: Delicious Food On The Move With Travelkhana.Com
1Delicious Food On The Move With Travelkhana.Com
2Worried about train food?
- Travelkhana.com comes to your rescue.
- It is a portal providing e-catering service to
passengers of Indian railways. - Travelkhana.com was launched in 2012 by
technocrat Pushpinder Singh, an alumnus of BHU
(Varanasi) and BIT Pilani. It involved - Investment of Rs. 20 lakh by Pushpinder Singh.
- Investment of Rs 35 lakhs by start-up investors.
3The main aim was to bridge the gap between demand
and supply of decent food for train passengers.
- Traditional modes of food supply for train
passengers suffered from the following - Standard, boring and insipid choice of food
throughout the country - Unhygienic preparation of food
- Unhygienic packing which spoils the supply of the
choicest food - Food packed from home cannot last long and one
has to depend on unhealthy snacks like fried
chips.
4The mode of operation of travelkhana.com
- It has tied up with several hundred restaurants
along the route of trains - Vendors or restaurants are chosen with care onus
is on cleanliness, timeliness and taste of food
supplied. - Travelkhana keeps track of train running status
to enable timely delivery of train food parcel
from vendors.
5How can one place food orders from train or
elsewhere?
- There are three ways to do this
- Call centre interface Our phone lines are open
from 7 am to 10 pm daily - Website interface Log into www. travelkhana.com
- Mobile app interface One can download the app.
6Order can be placed by
- Providing PNR number
- Providing choice of station
- Choosing from menu available
- Making online payment or if you wish, by cash on
delivery
7Special packages are available from
- Students on study or holiday tours
- Pilgrims on group pilgrimage
- Office groups on official tours
- Wedding parties travelling together
8The USP of travelkhana.com
- Wide choice of cuisines
- Hygienic preparation
- Hygienic and fresh packing
- Timely delivery of food, fresh and hot, to train
seat of customers
9Choice of menu with travelkhana.com is as
follows
- Continental, Chinese, North Indian, South Indian,
Mughlai, Rajasthani, Pizza, snacks and beverages. - There is also catering for those with special
dietary needs like Jain food and Diabetics. - Wide choice for both vegetarians and
non-vegetarians.
10 Travelkhana has won accolades from the travel
industry
- 2013- Best start-up of the year by CNBC TV-18
- 2014- Best travel website by IAMAI (the Internet
and Mobile Association of India )
11To-date, travelkhana serves
- 7 lakh customers
- 500 cities
- 6000 trains
- Travelkhana ran on a pilot basis in 2012 in five
stations Kota, Ajmer, Bhopal, Gwalior and
Bhopal.
12 Replacing pantry cars with service of
travelkhana.com will generate
- 1.1 crore extra seats
- Rs 800 crore extra revenue
- Vendors are given responsibility of logistics.
Travelkhana helps them by providing current
running status of trains through GPS enabled
mobile applications. - Travelkhana charges vendors a commission of 10
to 20. It does not charge anything from
customers.
13Order from Travelkhana.com for an enjoyable train
journey!