K Pavan Kumar

Co-founder at Arambam, Millet Express, CakeZone. Building cloud kitchens. Aspiring to be a net-giver.

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

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[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

That's how you prevent flooding! Dump directly into the nala. This area was completely submerged in the floods 3 years back.

Location - Yemlur, Opp. HAL Airport

Pls look into this.

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[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

Answering as a Restauranteur.

The real rant has to come from Restauranteurs. Let me explain-

1. Swiggy or Zomato has no control over the listing prices. They did try to enforce this (dine-in prices = delivery prices) but couldn't do it for longer. I mean it's not practical to hold them accountable.

2. Commission>30%+ (including GST), Marketing 10-15% (Else no way to get decent # orders), Packaging 5%. About 50% is the cost of business. So yeah prices could be double of dine-in prices.

3. All the above are purely additional costs for a dine-in business. Only way is to pass on those costs to customers for the business to be sustainable.

4. Ideally S/Z should be charging customers more and about 10-15% commission from restaurants just like anywhere else in the world.

5. They do charge ~30rs per order from customers which is very less and should be 50-60rs. This is the cost of convenience.

6. Even after that S/Z would be burning a lot of money because of their new businesses - Qcom, Dineout, District etc. Effectively funded by restaurants now.

7. It's very difficult to sustainably run a Dine-in primary business.

8. A 3rd player has to emerge challenging the duopoly.

[Sunder @SunderjiJB]

Hey @Swiggy, please explain. Why does ordering food in the app, 81% expensive than buying the same food from the same outlet, just 2kms away. Is this the real cost of convenience ? The extra that I have to pay to get the food delivered is INR 663.

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

Vipassana won’t hand you peace on a platter. It felt like being in Dark Souls on “hard mode.”

It hands you a mirror.
Shows reality as it is.
No filters. No simulations.
The rest is practice. And pain. And patience.
But man, it’s worth it. ✨

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

I just returned from 10 days of silence. No phone. No talking. No eye contact.

Just me, my monkey mind, and Vipassana meditation. 🧘‍♂️

Here’s what I went through (and why you might want to try it too) 🧵

#vipassana

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

Paradox of the mind:
It sharpens only when it rests.

After 10 days, my Whoop band showed 98% recovery & 100% sleep quality. My brain felt like it just came back from a spa retreat.

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

❤️

[Asmita @asmitaakamboj]

Morning twt gang :)

☀️ Somehow managed a 5k today
🏃🏻 The boys ran a smoooth 10k
📍 This place in HSR, Arambam, serves millet dishes & crazy coconut chutneys - has become our go to place for light, quick meals.

How's it goinggg! Are y'all training for any upcoming running event?

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@ankitnagori27 Must try - Smoked Hawaiian Pizza (pineapple, Paneer), Popeyes spinach garlic bread

Definitely must try - Sizzling Cookie dough with ice cream, chocolate sauce.

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@VedanthNath Don't blame us, pls :)

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@karan_ahuja1 We are killing it :)

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@rajamohantweets @adithyaananth @sharktankindia @SonyLIV Well that was definitely not the intention. Feedback received :)

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@ShadmaShaikh "Kitchens" don't have an appearance to keep up for customers. Be it cloud or dine-in restaurants. Strict surprise hygiene audits are a must. Honestly, for customers choice of ordering shouldn't be about cloud vs restaurant. Only on quality (food and HYGIENE), taste and pricing.

[K Pavan Kumar @kingkp225]

@ankitnagori27 At 10x now :)