Dropping their jobs to the pandemic, six buddies from Tiruvallur now run a profitable meals truck

Final March, like hundreds of others, when 34-year-old Charles Edward Xavier, an IT skilled in a number one agency, misplaced his job, he felt crushed and misplaced. Across the similar time, his childhood pal Dinesh Kumar, who labored as a human assets skilled in a number one five-star lodge within the metropolis, additionally misplaced his job.

“Our minds appeared shrouded with uncertainty, and we didn’t understand how ahead. That’s when six of us, who didn’t have jobs, determined to show into actuality one in all our informal discussions about operating a restaurant. Subsequently, I used part of my financial savings and acquired a automobile, customised it and obtained the required permissions, and by October, we had began a meals truck in Tiruvallur,” Mr. Dinesh says.

Immediately, a 12 months later, the meals truck named ‘Thaayin Koodu Jigiri Dosth’ has been operating pretty effectively, with nobody regretting the choice. In a couple of weeks, they plan to place another truck on the street.

“Initially, it appeared robust. Used to working in an air-conditioned room, it was robust standing beneath a tin roof within the scorching warmth. I’m additionally incomes solely half of what I used to. But, I proceed to do that as a result of it’s immensely satisfying to work with buddies. From ₹5 to ₹50, anybody can afford our meals. Part of our earnings goes to an previous age residence that Mr. Dinesh runs. It feels satisfying in additional methods than one,” Mr. Xavier says.

In addition they give a ten% low cost for all drivers, offered they will produce an id card.

Idli, pongal, poori and vadai
for breakfast, a wide range of rice gadgets for lunch and biryani, chilli hen, noodles and
kothu parotta for dinner, the meals truck attracts a very good crowd on a regular basis, says S. Jeyamaan, the chef.