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India went from a desktop era to a mobile era very fast. And from a mobile era to a smart phone era. India witnessed some of the following trends in the past decade, that point towards app commerce as the future:

Desktop → Mobile → Mobile internet → Smartphone with internet

Smartphones → Getting cheaper every few months

Mobile internet → Getting cheaper every year

Mobile internet → Getting faster: 2G, 3G, 4G

Google as home page on desktop → Chat as main app on smartphones

50% of smartphone users not performing searches

Commerce moving from cash → online payments

These trends are resulting into changed habits across the table. Be it the consumer side or the business side.

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Consumer trends

Getting used to app usage

Getting used to chat for communication

Accessing information on the mobile

Prefer chatting instead of calling

App fatigue → Don’t want too many apps for multiple things

They are happy to download an app that they will use frequently. But not for low frequency categories. There must be good reason why e-commerce giants reversed their decision to go back from app-only to web commerce. Consumers like apps but, not for every thing. Not for the low frequency stuff.

Business trends

Offline businesses seeing online aggregators eat their cake

Want to sell online but lack technology

Don’t understand e-commerce. Don’t understand mobile.

Want to be omni-channel — e-presence and e-payments

Don’t want to lose money on commission to aggregators

Want to build their ‘own’ brand

They are seeing category after category being disrupted by online start-ups. Be it product commerce, bus tickets, hotel reservations, movie ticketing, recharges etc. They realise it’s high time they see the writing on the wall — it’s time to go online and fast.

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Challenges for Businesses

Businesses see the trend of consumers being on mobile. They want to get on app too but face these challenges.

Making an app is very expensive

Even if budgets permit, they don’t know how to go about it

Digital payments are complex to understand and manage

Marketing the app is even more expensive

Consumers won’t download individual apps for multiple things

Opportunity

The opportunity lies in bridging the gap between what consumers and businesses want. Businesses want to sell on app because their consumers are on mobile. Consumers want to buy online but their trusted businesses aren’t there yet. And they don’t want to download multiple apps for multiple things.

There are mainly two kinds of businesses:

Daily commerce businesses: These are businesses that consumers use at a very high frequency. Example groceries, restaurants, canteens, local travel etc. These businesses don’t have sophisticated booking engines. They want to be online but lack the technology. They depend on repeat business and care about customer retention.

Long tail businesses: These businesses are used at a lower frequency. Sometimes once in a few years and many times once in a lifetime. Millions of businesses fall in this category. Example yoga classes, sky diving, guitar lessons, notary services etc. These businesses care about new customers thanks to the low frequency of repeats. They care about discovery.

Both these business types want to sell on app — but for different reasons. Consumers don’t want to download an app for long tail businesses or a single daily commerce business. There lies the difficulty for businesses to start selling on app.

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Solution

To enable all businesses to start selling on app with a DIY app-commerce ready solution. And allowing consumers to interact with all these businesses on a single app.

It’s important to enable millions of businesses in India with technology that democratises the ability to sell on mobile. This technology is expensive and needs to be spread across millions of businesses for it to be made available en masse. 

That’s exactly what Goodbox does — democratizing app commerce in India.

Goodbox Partner App for Businesses — Democratising App Commerce in India

Goodbox has a Partner app that helps businesses create their app presence. They can enter their business details and get a commerce ready app within minutes. It allows them to upload their logo, pictures, business profile, menu / prices and has an in-built payment gateway.They can invite their consumers to start interacting with them on this app — either to place an order or to pay them online. They can start leveraging the strength of the network — many businesses getting their consumers on Goodbox and consumers finding new businesses on the app — especially long-tail businesses.

Goodbox App for Consumers

Consumers open their smart phone 200+ times on an average in a day. Largely to access a chat app. Chat is something every smart phone user is used to. Goodbox provides them the ability to start buying from their trusted businesses as far as daily commerce is concerned.

For daily commerce, consumers have been used to buying from businesses they have been buying from for decades. These are their trusted local supermarkets, laundry store, restaurant, meat shop, local chemist etc. It’s a nexus that’s difficult to beat because it works on relations. And we are an emotional country that thrives on the human connect.

Ordering over chat allows consumers to use a new method that they’ve grown to love. It allows them to deal with businesses that they trust and pay them online. They can place orders without having to call these businesses. If the business misses their call, they have to call back till the business picks up — leading to an annoying experience. Chat solves that.

For the consumer, Goodbox is a mega app with thousands of booking engines within it — and chat as an over riding layer for unstructured conversations.A new way of commerceWe see a new way of commerce going forward. A better way. Where the consumer doesn’t spend time to order the daily. Where queues are skipped thanks to better ordering and payment processes. Where payments are digital — with zero to little dependency on cash transactions. Where businesses have access to a lot more data about their consumer and their context. Where businesses are in control. Today they lack the technology to go online but that’s being democratised. Today they lack economies of scale which can be provided by a platform that enables millions of businesses.We are at the cusp of a new way of commerce. Every business in India can and will be enabled for app commerce and they’ll have the power that aggregators enjoy — without the associated costs. It’s time to fight on strengths of service rather than lament the lack of technology.

It all starts with a road trip!

Take that road trip you've always wanted to this weekend. Not in any usual way but on a Harley! Bring some friends into the plan and you will have everything you need for a weekend you’ll remember for a very long time. 

Here is a list of some routes you can take from Bangalore.

Coorg route : Lots of places on the way ,Kushal Nagar Monastery, Dubare Elephant camp, Somwarpet, Madikeri (coffee plantations), couple of water falls and nature tourism

Chikmagalur route: Pass through Sravanabelagola, Hassan, Belur, Halebeedu and places trekking places (Mullayanagiri, Kemmengudi among other places). Great treks, nature tourism, water falls and coffee plantations.

Temple circuit: Shringeri, Horanadu, Udupi, Kollur, Murudeswar, Gokarna

Beaches: Mangalore - Gokarna. May be Goa as well :)

Malnad area: Thirthanahalli, Shimoga, Jog

Rafting/adventure: Dandeli, Margoa, Panaji

Wild life: Bandipur, Mudhumalai

Water falls/river side outings: Talakad, Sivana Samudra and Hoggenekal (other side of Bangalore)

Heritage Sites: Srirangapattana, Mysore and Hampi

Tamil Nadu Hill stations: Ooty, Coonoor, Kodaikanal

So what are you waiting for. Start your journey of a thousand miles today. Book a Harley over chat !

Goodbox brings you the story of Grace Potter, an organization run by entrepreneurs Yukti and Deepali Singh.

Yukti is a Techie, who did her MBA in marketing. She is a big fan of Rashmi Bansal, entrepreneur and author of various books such as Stay hungry Stay foolish and she says the inspiration to start Grace Potter came partly from her. Deepali did her MBA from UK and she has been working in the HR domain for the past 9-10 years. They both wanted to do something different and decided one day to put up a stall which sells bio-degradable coconut-based organic products in SNN Raj Serenity, Bangalore. People were so fascinated with the products on display and it resulted in an over whelming response. They got invitations from other exhibitions to exhibit their products and there too, they got a positive response from people who visited their stall. This prompted them to consider the business potential in this interest of theirs and sowed the seeds for Grace Potter.

About what Grace Potter does, it sells 100% organic products which are made up from coconut husk and other by-products of coconut. They outsource manufacturing to a unit in Coimbatore and bring it to their customers here in Bangalore.

They sell variety of products and few among them are:

1) The Grace Potter coco pole (2ft) which are also called as plant pole or plant climber sticks, made up of coconut husk. It is Ideal for creepers, ornamental plants and vegetables.

2) The Grace Potter organic homemade soap (Lemon grass/sandal) which uses the Organic Coconut oil as the base and Herbals from their own organic farm. The difference from normal soaps is that the adding of herbals acts as healer of minor skin problems.

3) The Grace Potter Plain Hanging Basket (12"), which contains 12" iron basket with coco liner and hook .Coir hanging baskets are lighter in weight and makes them viable for internal gardening. Plants grow faster and healthier in coir baskets. These are ideal for your balcony/verandah/terrace/lawn area to hang from the ceiling.

4) The Grace Potter Coco Pots (6") which are made of coconut husk are 100% eco-friendly and transform into organic matter on decomposing. Their porous nature ensures lot of breathing for roots as the air circulates through the pot walls. The retention of water is for a longer time in these pots so you don’t need to water your plants frequently and it saves time. They can be used as pot liners too.

5) The Grace Potter coco peat: Coco peat is derived from coconut husk. When coconut fiber is extracted from the coconut husk, one portion of the material is coconut fiber and another portion is coco peat. This coco peat is then dried and washed in the yard to reduce the salt content. The coco peat that is washed and sieved is called Low EC coco peat. We provide the same. This coco peat is then compressed into various forms. Coco Peat brick when mixed with water turn in to 5 Kg of coco peat. Coco peat retains the water and keeps the plants hydrated and prevent them from drying.

Not just products, Grace Potter offers also services like Garden maintenance, Lawn care and Landscaping solutions for individual customers as well as builders & societies. They are also set to expand their business to Delhi, Bellary, Hyderabad and few other cities.

You know things have changed when your laundry guy sends you a message on whatsapp saying, “Bhaiya, aaj kapda hai kya?” (do you have any clothes to give me today). Large numbers of people like that who never used SMS are now comfortably sharing messages, pictures and videos over chat. The preference order of communication is fast reversing to ‘Chat first, Call later’. 

India happens to be the largest market for Whatsapp and unassuming segments of people are using the chat platform for personal communication. Businesses are adapting to using messaging platforms like whatsapp to communicate new product arrivals and offers. A distributor in Lucknow now sends pictures of the latest arrivals to all his retailers to solicit orders through group messaging.

Google was the entry point for new users on the web, whereas whatsapp is that for most Indians on the mobile.

Chat lends itself nicely for B2C communication as it helps in maintaining a written record, is conversational, allows for asynchronous and unstructured conversations and is less intrusive than a call. All these reasons and more served as a motivation behind launching Goodbox, a B2C product on the chat platform.

Goodbox enables Commerce-on-Chat. It’s the commerce-enabled whatsapp between consumers and businesses.

Goodbox for businesses

For businesses, Goodbox helps businesses to connect with their customers directly over chat while allowing extensions (menu & online payments) to complete the transactions at the same place. 

All the businesses want an app presence. They find it difficult to compete with tech startups that create aggregator platforms. Even if businesses do create their own apps, consumers don’t prefer downloading multiple apps for multiple things - hence businesses find it difficult to get downloads for their app.

Goodbox gives offline businesses an app presence in 5 minutes - making these businesses more agile, technologically competent and mobile consumer centric. 

“Democratising mobile commerce” is what Goodbox is enabling, at scale.

As a specialized B2C chat platform, unlike other peer to peer chat apps, Goodbox enables inventory API integration, Payments, language support and a host of business specific features.

Businesses are adopting Goodbox rather than building their own mobile apps as apps are expensive to build and even more expensive to promote and maintain. 

Our journey so far

We enabled payments in July 2015. We have 1500+ businesses (and growing), 50K+ users, and have raised about $2.5 million in our Series A from Nexus Venture Partners.

You can browse what the media says about us here.

We have been able to bring together a wide range of businesses from neighbourhood stores across supermarkets, chemists, laundries, restaurants, canteens, bakers to fashion retailers, bus operators and government services on the App. We currently have 1500+ businesses on the app and over 50,000 registered users, who are conducting daily commerce over chat in India.

We’ve taken baby steps towards building a fair and transparent mobile-first commerce on chat platform in India. It seems like India is ready for it and it won’t be long before chat commerce becomes the norm. Do try out Goodbox App or recommend it to a business you know!

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Says Confucius.

Food security is one of the primary focus points for the world’s economies in the present day scenario. The future value boom is in the farm land.

The main issues faced by farmers these days are scarcity of cultivable land and water. Mohan Urs, a 45 year old techie, who quit his enviable job at JP morgan three months ago to pursue his dream of contributing to the life of farmers and the future of farming. He saw potential in the farming technology of Hydroponics, a technology that helps grow plants in a mineral nutrient solution without soil, as a solve to the problem of scarcity fo cultivable land and water. Plants are grown in a controlled environment where essential nutrients are nothing but water, coconut husk, Bio-char etc.

Hydroponics technology - an illustration

Using hydroponics can almost triple the yield when compared with the other conventional agricultural methods. Also, this technology just requires 10-15% of water which we use today for the same size of land. Devifarm is one of the few places where you will see growing of greenhouse plants by the usage of the Hydroponics technology. A greenhouse of 10 by 10 ft can produce 2-3 kgs of crop per day. Mohan Urs constructed a green house on his farm situated 180km south of Bangalore in a district called Chamrajnagar, Where he is currently growing green chillies, mangoes and coconuts etc.

Using hydroponics can almost triple the yield when compared with the other conventional agricultural methods. Also, this technology just requires 10-15% of water which we use today for the same size of land.

 Devifarm is one of the few places where you will see growing of greenhouse plants by the usage of the Hydroponics technology. A greenhouse of 10 by 10 ft can produce 2-3 kgs of crop per day. Mohan Urs constructed a green house on his farm situated 180km south of Bangalore in a district called Chamrajnagar, Where he is currently growing green chillies, mangoes and coconuts etc.

In addition to helping the farmers improve the yield, Devi Farms also helps the farmers get right price for their produce without having to go through third person and thus improving their profit. “Farmers might have to invest a substantial amount for setting up of the unit but they will save a lot of money later on by using this technology. Once the model is approved by the government I am sure banks will be willing to offer micro loans for farmers to construct greenhouses.” says Mohan.

Devi Farms also offer services like Agri-Consultancy, Hydroponics and Product development.

The main aim of Devi Farms, according to Mr. Urs, is to promote hydroponic technology among the farmers and entrepreneurs along with improving farming technology and targeted yield management. The vision is, to grow to an end to end product and services company in agriculture sector inculcating the ethical values of social entrepreneurship.

Can you love waffles so much that it becomes essentially impossible to do justice to its magnificence? For all the waffle lovers and the people with a sweet tooth out there in Bangalore, the answer is located right outside Royal Meenakshi Mall, Bangalore in the form of Waffle Walle. Waffle Waale is the only producer of waffles in Bangalore that draws on its Belgian heritage to create a one-of-a-kind, Belgian-inspired, locally infused culinary experience.

It is very hard to miss this small kiosk as the smell of freshly baked waffles will lure you to the place. It is the place to be if one is looking for a wholesome dessert in a wide range of flavours. Waffle Walle was started with an intention to give Bangaloreans a taste of authentic Belgian waffles. Chetan, the owner is an extremely interesting and a self-made person who wants his customers to enjoy the best he can offer and he personally helps is selecting waffles when they are in doubt. The place feels all the more warm and welcoming because of the constant smile he has on his face, greeting his customers.

The ingredients used in making the waffles are of the highest quality. The fruits, cream and toppings used in making the waffles are fresh and hand-picked to ensure premium taste and flavour. With names like ‘Oreos freaking party’, ‘Pink lips’, ‘Berry Merry’ for the waffles, it is sure to draw your attention and give those delectable things a try! The ‘Make your waffle’ initiative is a great idea for the adventurous people who want their waffles customized.

Waffle Walle has a very efficient kitchen and it runs like a well-oiled machine. This place is sure to baffle your taste buds and will not only melt in your mouth but also in your hearts. One has to visit this place to have a blast of the best waffle experience in town. This place really sets the benchmark for how a humble and simple dish can be transformed into an elegant dish if served with a down-to-earth attitude and complete honesty!

You want more and more with every bite- That is Waffle Walle for you!

“Have a body of any shape, size, age or ability- Practice Yoga, Embrace and make space for all parts of you”, shared Luvena Rangel with Goodbox.

The Curvy Yogi is a custom themed program that offers wellness solutions for all body types through yoga, meditation, Ayurveda and other mind-body techniques. In today’s world there is an increasing pressure on people to be skinny, well toned and well sculpted rather than fit and healthy. The Yogi aims to help people break free from this stereotype and help them embrace and love their bodies the way it is and focus on staying fit and healthy.

Luvena Rangel, a entrepreneur from Bangalore founded ‘The Curvy Yogi’ to help people accept their bodies the way it is, to up their self esteem and not adopt extreme and unhealthy coping mechanisms of diet/exercise just so that they can fit in this society.

Luvena started The Curvy Yogi after a personal journey spanning many years struggling to manage weight, shaking self confidence, hypothyroidism and musculo-skeletal concerns. This was a turning point in her life when she realized she needs to live life on her own terms and conditions and not be bogged down by societal pressures. Luvena being a certified Holistic Health Practitioner and a Certified Instructor in Meditation and Ayurveda decided to take charge of her own health.

“There was no looking back for me after this. After rigorous Yoga for four months, I dropped 16 kilos and also brought my thyroid levels to normal”.  Luvena’s remarkable comeback to normalcy inspired many of her near and dear ones and they started approaching her for holistic wellness solutions. With that was born ‘The Curvy Yogi’.

Today, the various protocols from Luvena's educational, professional and personal experience form a structural backbone of the unique programs that are customized and offered for every client. These include yoga, meditation, Ayurvedic lifestyle suggestions, therapeutic massage as well as life coaching & counseling.

Curvy Yogi caters to people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It is the place to be if one wants to learn self acceptance. Special attention is given to those who have curvy bodies. The main focus of their holistic wellness sessions is to make the beauty and peace of yoga available to all and give the bodies the space to blossom into the best version possible of themselves. Special wellness programs are on offer for those with physical and health limitations, senior citizens.

Then Curvy Yogi is the right place to be for those who want to pursue Yoga comfortably with no inhibitions or shyness. Apart from learning techniques to strengthen your mind, body and soul, The Curvy Yogi teaches you to be comfortable and proud in your own skin and to be a ‘real’ person and enjoy life the way it is meant to be!

Mumma’s Shoppe, the brainchild of Priyanka, a mompreneur from Bangalore is an online shopping forum for mothers and their kids.

What sets apart Mumma’s Shoppe from other such similar stores, is the story about how it started and how Priyanka’s story can strike a chord with a lot of other moms out there. Priyanka had a  coveted job as a trader in American Express. She was on the right track, she loved her job and her career as a trader was positively progressing. And one day she got married. She had always imagined life as a working woman to be sprinkled with daycare, nannies and eat on the run to swimming classes. She thought she would be this wonder woman balancing her career and family and live happily ever after.

Fast forward to the day she delivered her kid, when her beautiful baby was placed in her arms, more than anything she wanted to be stay-at-home mom. She very gladly embraced the role of being a full-time Mommy, although it meant sacrificing her lucrative and exciting career. She was elbow deep in baby talks, diapers and baby formula. She never regretted her decision to be a full time mom though it meant financial sacrifices. She knew that the days of freely dining out, supporting a carefree shopping habit and annual vacations were now occasional luxuries. But Priyanka’s desire to reclaim some of her former self and identity was something she could not ignore. She knew she wanted to be a stay-at-home mom but she also wanted to be able to contribute to the family financially in the non-conventional way.

Then one day, she stumbled upon the right solution, the right business opportunity that she could take up and change her life. That is how Mumma’s Shoppe was born. When shopping for her child, she observed that most of these big retail stores don’t offer the exact thing the mothers want for their kids and there is no one in the store who can give moms the personalised shopping experience. She decided to start Mumma Shoppe where she would have on offer the best things a mom would want her child to have and help her pick out clothing items that best suits her needs.

Mumma’s Shoppe was launched as a Facebook page six months back where she put up all her items on display and moms were free to choose what they wanted and liked. She also started taking orders on WhatsApp and on the phone. Eventually she diversified to offer clothing solutions for moms as well. Her sister being a fashion designer, helped her have in stock the latest trends for both moms and kids. Taking cue from the positive feedback she received from her customers, she decided to launch Mumma’s Shoppe website about two months back.

The transition from being a full-fledged career woman to a work from home woman has not been a cake walk for Priyanka. The kind of perks one enjoys working in a MNC is enviable and hard to get working from home. Conducting market surveys to find out what her customers want, visits to the market to procure the items were some things that Priyanka found very different and challenging from her MNC job. But she took on the challenges with a brave heart. Her to desire to succeed as a work from home mom motivated her to keep going.

Today Mumma’s Shoppe is the go-to place for many mothers and in a span of six months it is a brand that is trusted by many for the quality and variety of the clothing she offers. Priyanka says that after she registered Mumma’s Shoppe on the Goodbox App, she has had a lot of enquiries and orders and that it is a great platform for work from home mothers like her to showcase their business and reach out to more customers without leaving the confines of their homes.

If someone told Priyanka year ago that she could be a successful entrepreneur without compromising on her role as a mom, she would have rubbished it off as being impossible.Today, she is successful in an industry that she never even considered and yet it has given her the greatest opportunity she could ever ask for.

Today she is a business woman, a lovely wife, a great family woman but most importantly, she is a successful working mother. Priyanka’s story is a great inspiration to all the mothers who are looking to pursue a business opportunity from home.

Priyanka says- “If you have the will and desire to succeed, there is no way you can fail” Mumma’s Shoppe has a wide range of fashionable and trendy clothing options for women and kids under one roof.

‘Nothing is more comforting and soul-touching than home-made food’

Sprinkles and Batter was born in the year 2013, purely out of Shalini’s love and passion for baking. Earlier known as Frost Bites, it was very recently renamed as Sprinkles and Batter just to give it a breath of freshness. Shalini is an interior designer by profession and had her own firm in Chennai. She took to baking on relocating to Bangalore with her husband, and is now into interior designing only on a consultation basis, as baking takes up most of her time.

Shalini loves pampering her husband Ronald with delicious and scrumptious food. She started baking to give his sweet tooth a dose of yumminess. Shalini says she found a sense of inexplicable comfort and joy in adding flour, creaming butter and stirring chocolate. What started off as a hobby transformed into a full-fledged home business when she realized people loved her cakes and would do anything for a piece of the heavenly goodness. She observed that people flock to run of the mill bakeries to get cakes, cupcakes and muffins for their loved ones. These cakes lack the personal and emotional connect. She decided to set that right and make cakes that are completely personalized and takes into consideration every minute detail as asked for by her customers

“Sometimes we create art and sometimes taste, but altogether it is something that we want you to experience and savour.” , says Shalini. She wants to make sure that people who love to celebrate their lives every day will be able to do so wholeheartedly with her cakes. Her husband Ronald has been her biggest source of inspiration and a pillar of strength throughout, backing her decisions, pushing her the extra mile to outdo herself each time. She says that without the constant backing and encouragement from her husband, she wouldn’t be able to manage being a full-time homemaker, baker and an interior designer. She has only words of praise and adoration for her husband who ensures that she gives nothing short of her best in each of the baking assignments she takes up.

Her journey so far in home baking has been riddled with challenges, the most prominent of them being the lack of awareness among people about home baked bakery products. However, she says that after getting ‘Sprinkles and Batter’ listed in the Goodbox App, the outcome has been great with a lot of people approaching her for personalized and theme based cakes. All these challenges cease to matter to her when she sees a bright million dollar smile on the faces of her lovely customers on seeing her cakes. Turning her customers’ fantasies into realities and making them happy on their D-Day is what keeps her going!

In the long run, she wants to continue giving people a rich culinary experience and open her own cafe where people can come with their family and pets just to relax, unwind and have a great time!

For Shalini, her kitchen is her place to pour her creativity, share inspiration and love and hopefully inspire others along the way to be completely fearless and take up what they love! She specializes in cupcakes, muffins, fondant and novelty cakes, wedding and party cakes. She does home-delivery as well.

Few things are no-brainers, like knowing that it’s important to eat healthy. With increasing pollution, adulteration and aggressive usage of chemicals, conventionally grown and processed Food has become like a slow poison to our bodies. It is less nutritious and less fibrous. This is a matter of growing concern for all the mothers that their family is not eating healthy.

Being sensitive to the emotions of many mothers like her, Ms. Jaya, a mompreneur started SR Organic in the year 2014. SR Organic was started knowing that although the buzz around everything “organic” has been quite recent, it still holds our future at heart. Organic stores are the need of the hour. Ms. Jaya’s believes that eating healthy simply corresponds to consuming organic or natural food.

SR Organic aims to bring back the forgotten concept of living in harmony with nature. It promotes consuming food in its wholesome form, not devoid of essential nutrients. It focuses on providing natural and organic grocery, fruits, vegetables, personal care products & more. They also stock several ayurvedic products.Home delivery of grocery, fruits and vegetables is available .Ms. Jaya and her team are committed to promoting the natural and healthy way of living.

"When diet is wrong, Medicine is of no use, When diet is right, Medicine is of no need"

SR Organic is striving to ensure everyone lives the healthy way-the organic way!

“There have been many days when I have spent about 10-12 hours in the kitchen preparing food for my loved ones,” says Preeti, the founder of Quick Snacks.

Quick Snacks was started about three months back in the month of February by Preeti purely out of her passion for cooking and the zeal to make soul food easily accessible to all. Preeti, a resident of Sarjapur Road, Bangalore is a home-maker who absolutely delights herself in cooking all kinds of delicacies for her family and friends. What started off as a hobby transformed into something much bigger when she found out that there were people out there who were craving for healthy and authentic home-made food and snacks and that was how she forayed into food entrepreneurship. Positive feedback from people who have tasted her food encouraged her to widen the geographical area she caters to and now she does home delivery all across Bangalore.

Preeti is very particular about the quality of the ingredients she uses to make her sweets and savouries and she personally hand picks every ingredient to ensure that the final product is both visually appealing and delightfully stimulating to the palette. Preeti also likes to keep her products ‘pure and simple’ meaning free of artificial flavours and preservatives. The nostalgic association of her products like Besan ladoo, Namak phare would suggest that the recipes have been handed down through her family.

Preeti, the kitchen whizz attributes her inspiration to her kids who are her best critics till date. She enjoys watching them relish the food she prepares for them and would like to spread the same joy to other people who have traditional home-made food cravings. One should just taste the chutney made by her. It’s just amazing.

Preeti’s Quick Snacks has now transformed from heartfelt cooking for her family to a year round specialty food offering. Her popular offerings include Besan and Atta Ladoo, Namak Phare, Besan Mathri, Savoury Triangles.Her food retains the warmth and charm of home food because of her honest and simple approach to food that foodies relish.

Preeti has been a great source of inspiration to other women by showing them how passion and talent can help one run a successful business inspite of being a full time mother! She’s overcome a multitude of challenges like delivery of snacks, getting orders and more. She has proven that being a full-time mom is no barrier to pursue your passion and convert it to a business opportunity. She does home delivery of her delicacies anywhere in Bangalore.

“Quick snacks should be a household name in Bangalore. No one should miss their favorite home made snacks even if they are away from home”

Goodbox brings you a series of special stories of organization run by amazing women to celebrate Mother’s day & the spirit of women entrepreneurship. Prakriti Herbals, run by Ms. Neeta Adappa is the first story of the series.

Mankind has always turned back to Mother Earth for cures and that is Prakriti – Nature.

India is well known all over the world for her rich bounty of medicinal and therapeutic herbs and for the 5,000 year old science of Ayurveda that practices the application of these herbs effectively. Prakriti Herbals combines ancient wisdom from the Vedas with 21st century technology to offer a wide range of natural herbal cosmetics.

Prakriti Herbals started out in the year 1995 under the guidance of Ms. Neeta Adappa when the beauty products market in India was still at a nascent stage and Ayurveda still hadn’t gained footing as the magical master key to beauty. Prakriti Herbals strongly believes in actively utilizing herbal ingredients instead of chemical-based, synthetic and cruel animal tested cosmetics. Their wide range of holistic health-care and beauty enhancement products capture the purity of nature and the strength that lies therein.

Prakriti Herbals is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of optimum quality herbal products for over a decade to renowned five star hotels like Royal Orchid, Marriott, hospitals like Manipal Hospitals and corporates like Wipro.Taking cue from the excellent customer feedback, these natural beauty products were launched in the retail space in the year 2011 and have been widely appreciated in India & abroad by fans who call it "A spa in a Bottle".

For over 20 years now, Prakriti Herbals is striving to serve humanity through the magical world of Ayurveda.

Welcome to a brave new world of natural beauty. Welcome to Prakriti Herbals!

Connecting with Prakriti Herbals was never simpler! Install Goodbox app - http://bit.ly/1F0Fkz4    and chat with them ! Favorite Prakriti herbals and get daily tip on Beauty & Personal care.

About Ms. Neeta Adappa:

Ms Neeta Adappa is a highly qualified entrepreneur who started Prakriti Herbals in 1995. She’s developed a beautiful range of exclusive premium range of natural cosmetics, “Ayurglow”, based on her research in the field of herbs, cosmetics & Pharmaceutical sciences.

Got milk? Well, we all consume milk everyday, in the form of a variety of tasty assortment of products ranging from raw milk, curd to ice-cream. Ever wondered what milk goes through before it hits your table? Keep reading!

Most of the cows are given antibiotics, added growth hormones and pesticides in their fodder before they are milked. This milk then gets homogenized and/or pasteurized which results in loss of important vitamins and digestive nutrients. And intuitively, all these things are not good for our health.

Several studies show clear nutritional benefits from consuming organic milk because of higher levels of protective anti-oxidants and lower levels of potentially harmful pesticide residues. Compared to conventional milk, organic milk has been shown to have higher amounts of specific health-promoting nutrients, such as vitamin E, beta-carotene, omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants.The “organic” way of living is becoming the emerging mantra, and Akshayakalpa is committed to it.

Akshayakalpa is a unique private sector initiative which offers home delivery of fresh organic cow milk in areas in and around Bangalore. It collaborates with the farmers and ensures that the cows are fed green fodder grown with organic manures and they are given herbal and homeopathic drugs. The cows are pasture-raised and their housing is cleaner and modernized with sensors to keep a close check on their health. The milk is cooled and supplied at 4 degrees to avoid any bacteria growth.

Akshayakalpa was established with the belief that Indian agriculture is now ready for a revolution. The rural India is capable of not only producing high quality and healthier organic food, but also generating sustainable employment opportunities. Akshayakalpa is slowly expanding to cover other agricultural commodities across the value chain. And in this process, it is also helping rural India find its way back to its lost charm and glory. All hail lifelong health!

Akshayakalpa offers home delivery of Organic milk, ghee, curd &  paneer. Want to know the easiest and the quickest way to reach Akshayakalpa? Install the Goodbox App from here http://bit.ly/1JDGemf & chat with them directly to place your order! 

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