EDII Student Startup – Velvety food: Delivering healthy food for healthy you!
If you are someone, who is in desperate need of healthy food to ensure a healthy you in this fast-paced life then your search ends here. Yes, you are in the right place. We present before you, EDII student Shantanu Chandak’s Startup ‘Velvety food’. It offers several food options such as nutritional fruits, nutritious meal with protein and fiber as well as salads to ensure healthy life to people across Ahmedabad.
The inspiration behind the idea:
In today’s fast-paced world, when people are more concerned about their health given the hectic and stressed lives, it truly becomes vital to ensure healthy lives with some unique nutritional food options. It was this observation that led to the idea of serving fresh food to people.
What does Velvety food have to offer? Any expansion plans?
Initiated in 2016 as a food service provider, Velvety food caters to the needs of healthy food with options ranging from fresh chopped fruits, salads, and fruit boxes, exotic tropical & seasonal fruits, sprout bowl to their customers. It offers services through applications like zomato, swiggy, khayejao and all you have to do is to make a single call to get it delivered right to your doorstep. Velvety food will soon unveil their stores in South Bopal, Ahmedabad and Indore by the end of this year.
How EDII helped velvety food?
Speaking about EDII, Shantanu Chandak, Founder, Velvety food says that “ EDII helped him to learn everything from basics to ethics. They trained us in such a way that wherever we go, we are going to make it to the top. They have inculcated the self-learning skills in me while teaching me to accept failure and to rise from failure. EDII has trained me to face all the obstacles that come in my way to become a successful entrepreneur.”
Message for juniors
“This is the time you have for yourself. Your knowledge is not enough. You networking is as much or even more important. You must take breaks and must enjoy what you are doing. Follow your passion and your passion will make you do miracles.”