Forkcast Editorial
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
Reach us
Published work; 7 posts
Wedding catering quote: a recipe based plate price formula
May 2026 · operations · 11 min read
Cloud kitchen vs casual dining: real costs, real margins, India 2026
May 2026 · pre-launch · 12 min read
Why Indian restaurants fail in year one (4 numbers that predict it)
May 2026 · operations · 10 min read
Petpooja vs UrbanPiper vs Posist: which POS for a 2026 launch?
May 2026 · product · 12 min read
Restaurant break-even formula India (with calculator)
April 2026 · finance · 9 min read
FSSAI licence in Maharashtra: cost, timeline, documents
April 2026 · pre-launch · 8 min read
How much does it actually cost to open a restaurant in Pune in 2026?
April 2026 · pre-launch · 11 min read
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