SmartEats:

Health and diet are the two words most commonly used among the current generation. And the availability to deliver healthier options is among the bigger challenges these days and Avni Garg, SmartEats founder has delivered a great investment through this venture.

SmartEats, which sells more than 40 varieties of snacks including almond plum cookies, tangy rosemary sticks and parsley pepper crackers all over India on a subscription model has been encouraging snacking to avoid hunger and overeating during meals. Garg, through this venture is targeting to reach the 10,000 subscriber mark in the next 12 months.

Veeral Patel's Gaurav Sweets & Namkeen

No matter how many rags-to-riches stories you come across, most of the times the people who are concerned with those stories always serve to inspire. Veeral Patel is one such entrepreneur, who started as a helper at a roadside eatery and has now moved up to own a sweet shop chain worth 4 crore.

In 2004, Patel decided to diversify into retailing of sweets and snacks, and launched his venture named Gaurav Sweets & Namkeen. “On the suggestion of a friend, I invested 30 lakh to start the sweets business and named it after my son. The turnover for the first year (2004-05) from this venture was 30 lakh,” he adds.

With the intentions to diversify, Patel has now bought a number of shops across Mumbai and is looking to build on the current success of his sweet chain shops.

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