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Forkcast Editorial

HORECA research team

Who we are

Forkcast Editorial is the in house research team behind Forkcast; the India first HORECA operating brain. We publish data led, operator tested writing on restaurant unit economics, supply chain volatility, festival driven demand calendars, and the operational details of running a restaurant, hotel F&B desk, or catering business in India.

Our writing is sourced from three streams: (1) a panel of 200+ Indian restaurant openings tracked 2023-2026; (2) daily Agmarknet mandi snapshots across 6 commodities and 12 states; and (3) operational telemetry from Forkcast pilot outlets in Pune, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. Where we cite a number, we cite the source. Where we don't have the data, we say so.

We are not a marketing content shop. Every post is reviewed by a working operator (chef, owner, or F&B head) before publish. We update old posts when the underlying numbers change.

Areas of expertise

  • Restaurant unit economics in India (capex, rent to revenue, food cost benchmarks)
  • FSSAI compliance and state level licensing for restaurants
  • Indian commodity supply chain volatility (onion, tomato, paneer, oil)
  • Festival demand calendars (Shravan, Onam, Eid, Diwali, Pongal)
  • Menu engineering for Indian cuisines
  • Restaurant POS, KDS, CRM, and aggregator economics (Zomato, Swiggy)
  • Wedding & corporate catering operations

Credentials & background

  • Founded 2024 in Pune, India
  • Pilot outlets across Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat
  • Data partnership with Agmarknet (publicly available mandi feed)
  • Cited by HORECA operators across 14 Indian cities

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