@@sarahchan4807 here in India we also have uber eats,swiggy,zomato food apps but these food apps cannot provide home cooked food but junk food. So here the dabbawalas play a handy role
Now this is efficiency at its finest not even the world's best companies are this awesome 1 mistake out of millions deliveries is a phoenemenal strike rate
I just can't figure out the code. No address, no office building name, no owner's name. If someone could elaborate more on the CODE system that they use will be much appreciated. Amazing.
A single lunchbox get travelled 70-80 km daily.. They deliver the lunch and also redeliver the empty boxes to their home.. Cause Mumbai is so dense city people can't hold their boxes along with them.. that's why "dabbawalas
Yes, this is super efficient. I’m gonna stop taking my lunch to work by myself and hire someone on a bike to pick it up and drive it 20 miles away to the city auto train and then drive my lunchbox back home. I can’t believe I’ve been taking my own lunch to work.
It’s hard for a westerner to understand this. But they didn’t make their own food, someone from their family (mother, sister or wife, brother husband) cooked it for them. And unlike the western world, offices usually do not have refrigerators or microwaves to cool and/or reheat the food. Third world problem.
A single lunchbox get travelled 70-80 km daily.. They deliver the lunch and also redeliver the empty boxes to their home.. Cause Mumbai is so dense city people can't hold their boxes along with them.. that's why "dabbawalas"
Mumbai is a congested city. Most people have to leave home very early and commute to work. People who use this service have stay at home wives, so it is easier for the wife to cook the meal after hubby has left, and have the meal delivered hot and fresh, usually within an hour or two. It's a cultural thing too, to some extent. When I worked there, I had co-workers who used this service, and they seemed to have certain pride eating fresh cooked hot lunch from home. (I would consider that a luxury). They shared their food with me and beamed with pride when I said how wonderful their wives' cooking were.
Excuse me asking an obvious question: Why can't the office worker take his packed lunch from his home to the office himself? Are there no fridges in Indian homes to put meals into, the night before, to be taken out by the office worker in the morning ?
@@koshyfeby Then what happens to the leftovers from the main meals? Are they thrown away into the garbage? If "People eats freshly cooked food everyday" then there is obviously no need for refrigerators in Indian homes. Yet there are millions of these. Why?
@@dawnlightening It's a cultural thing also and rice takes hours to get cooked in traditional way. Some people don't want get up 5 am or 4 am in the morning to cook. This service is only in mumbai.
@@koshyfeby Rice takes only about 25 minutes to cook. I know this from personal experience. Also most people,including myself, place uneaten cooked rice in the fridge. Taking it out the next day and microwaving it to eat only takes a couple of minutes and it tastes just the same as freshly cooked rice. This is also what all other rice eating nations like Thailand and China do.
200000 meals with 5000 wallahs = only 40 meals to remember per wallah. With something like a painted postcode and a bit of final identity detail, is that not too difficult? The logistics triumph seems to be the use of the rail system. Who pays and who makes the profit?
I can proudly say that my uncle is a mumbai's dabbawala and he is treasurer of this association😎😊
In Singapore, we have uber eats, dabbawalas earn my respect as a pioneer of this amazing trade.
@@sarahchan4807 here in India we also have uber eats,swiggy,zomato food apps but these food apps cannot provide home cooked food but junk food.
So here the dabbawalas play a handy role
Now this is efficiency at its finest not even the world's best companies are this awesome 1 mistake out of millions deliveries is a phoenemenal strike rate
Except for the stupid fact that the worker could just take his own lunch to work oops
This is pretty amazing. Bravo, India.
I just can't figure out the code. No address, no office building name, no owner's name. If someone could elaborate more on the CODE system that they use will be much appreciated. Amazing.
And I can’t figure why they can’t have the people take their own lunch dork
Dabbawalas Success Mantra is Simplicity+Punctuality=Accuracy 🇮🇳💪🙏 Proud.
yup they have 6 million Delivery .. and food never late great service
Not only are they picking up and delivering the lunchboxes they also pickup and deliver them back to where they came from.
Hats off to lunch box employees,I being a ex soldier, appreciate that they are doing their job perfectly and intelligently with honesty.
But the lunchbox was delivered to the wrong person in " The lunchbox",2013.
Ya cuz Mumbai is Busy And Big City in India . And 75% people travel on local train so its hard to take lunch box with u...and fresh food no taco bell
A single lunchbox get travelled 70-80 km daily..
They deliver the lunch and also redeliver the empty boxes to their home..
Cause Mumbai is so dense city people can't hold their boxes along with them.. that's why "dabbawalas
But why doesn't the company just provide lunch?
Costlier than dabbawala
@@sujitprathameeshravichandr127 Why can’t workers take their lunch to work themselves?
@@BlueSkiesAbove39space issues troubles maybe
@@sujitprathameeshravichandr127 Lol, how much space is needed for a lunchbox?
Salute to these men. I hope we have this in my country.
Yes, this is super efficient. I’m gonna stop taking my lunch to work by myself and hire someone on a bike to pick it up and drive it 20 miles away to the city auto train and then drive my lunchbox back home.
I can’t believe I’ve been taking my own lunch to work.
So...they make their own lunch, then give it to someone to bring to them at lunchtime?
Ivan Damico and getting the empty one back to the home.
It’s hard for a westerner to understand this. But they didn’t make their own food, someone from their family (mother, sister or wife, brother husband) cooked it for them. And unlike the western world, offices usually do not have refrigerators or microwaves to cool and/or reheat the food. Third world problem.
wow indian people are smart and efficient.
Not smart enough to realize they can take lunch to work themselves. This is simply a scheme to provide wok for the masses.
Why can't people just carry their own lunch with them to work?
Dabbawalas serve like 2-3% of the population. So that gives your answer
It’s not the western world pal. People here prize food freshness a lot.
@@nikhilshetty007 cook food on the same day, it’s not hard. This is simply a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Grossly inefficient.
But it made it sound like the ppl who cook the food are the same who recieve it, but its from a restaurant or kitchen, right?
Usually the husband goes to work early and his wife will cook the food and send it
A single lunchbox get travelled 70-80 km daily..
They deliver the lunch and also redeliver the empty boxes to their home..
Cause Mumbai is so dense city people can't hold their boxes along with them.. that's why "dabbawalas"
It's from his home
This is amazing
Go to work at noon
Why not just bring your lunchbox with you when you go to work?
to eat it fresh
Mumbai is a congested city. Most people have to leave home very early and commute to work. People who use this service have stay at home wives, so it is easier for the wife to cook the meal after hubby has left, and have the meal delivered hot and fresh, usually within an hour or two. It's a cultural thing too, to some extent. When I worked there, I had co-workers who used this service, and they seemed to have certain pride eating fresh cooked hot lunch from home. (I would consider that a luxury). They shared their food with me and beamed with pride when I said how wonderful their wives' cooking were.
Aww shit here we go again. Another smart person thinking out of the box !!!
I'm confused why don't you take the food with you ?
Yeah, I have the same question too!
Because they want fresh food.
Work starts as early as 6 am in Mumbai
I guess no one would make food that early😂
Six sigma black belt
Excuse me asking an obvious question: Why can't the office worker take his packed lunch from his home to the office himself? Are there no fridges in Indian homes to put meals into, the night before, to be taken out by the office worker in the morning ?
People eats freshly cooked food everyday.
@@koshyfeby Then what happens to the leftovers from the main meals? Are they thrown away into the garbage? If "People eats freshly cooked food everyday" then there is obviously no need for refrigerators in Indian homes. Yet there are millions of these. Why?
@@dawnlightening It's a cultural thing also and rice takes hours to get cooked in traditional way. Some people don't want get up 5 am or 4 am in the morning to cook. This service is only in mumbai.
@@koshyfeby Rice takes only about 25 minutes to cook. I know this from personal experience. Also most people,including myself, place uneaten cooked rice in the fridge. Taking it out the next day and microwaving it to eat only takes a couple of minutes and it tastes just the same as freshly cooked rice. This is also what all other rice eating nations like Thailand and China do.
Really fascinating!!! Nice.
200000 meals with 5000 wallahs = only 40 meals to remember per wallah. With something like a painted postcode and a bit of final identity detail, is that not too difficult? The logistics triumph seems to be the use of the rail system. Who pays and who makes the profit?
amazing , india you love it and hated at the same time.
where ru maybe u will get home delivery:P
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Best!
Bring me some food haahaa