The Folks Co.
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Haryana
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The Folks Co. is a Startup India startup we can place no finer than Gurugram district, which holds 10,448 startups in this snapshot. 591 of those startups are filed under Food & Beverages, 6% of the district. It carries no funding signal of any class, which is true of 9,586 of the 10,448 startups in Gurugram.
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In their own words
Business Overview: The Folks is a F&B company yet to be registered, however operational with the brand name The Chicken Folks, but soon to be renamed in to "The Folks" focused on high-quality, hygienically prepared chicken-based veg & non veg offerings using proprietary, in-house recipes. We launched this as a home-based cloud kitchen in Gurugram and later scaled to a commercial cloud kitchen in DLF Phase 4. After achieving early traction and validating product-market fit, operations have been intentionally paused. This decision was taken after recognizing that a cloud-kitchen-only model is not sustainably profitable without a supporting offline or hybrid presence. The brand is currently in a strategic pause phase, with plans to relaunch under a more scalable and margin-resilient model. Target Market: TCF targets urban youth and working professionals who seek snackable, indulgent, chicken-centric food options. The initial operating market was Gurugram, with future focus on Delhi NCR and select Tier 2 cities post relaunch. Market Position & Competitive Landscape During active operations, TCF competed with established QSR and cloud-first brands such as KFC, Louis Burgers, Danny’s Fried Chicken, Burgrill, and Burgerama. Despite limited scale, TCF differentiated itself through: Fresh, in-house curated recipes. Strong hygiene and preparation standards. High customer satisfaction and repeat usage The pause was strategic, not performance-driven, based on structural limitations of aggregator-led cloud kitchens. Business Model (Pre-Pause & Going Forward)Pre-Pause Model: Online-first cloud kitchen. Revenue via Swiggy, Zomato, MagicPin, ONDC, Thrive. Live food events and pop-ups for brand visibility. Going-Forward Model (Planned):Offline-first or hybrid QSR model. Cloud kitchens used as a demand extension, not the core. Strong focus on unit economics, walk-in revenue, and brand-led demand. Achievements & Validation (Pre-Pause)Scaled from home-based setup to commercial cloud kitchen. Served 35+ orders daily consistently. Achieved ₹2.5L+ monthly revenue at peak. Demonstrated 50% MoM and ~200% YoY growth during active phase. Validated recipes, pricing, and customer demand and operations SOP's Financial Context While topline growth was strong, post-commission economics of delivery platforms materially compressed margins, leading to the decision to pause and redesign the model before further capital deployment.
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- Registered on Startup India
- 2024
- Self-declared stage
- Validation
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Food & Beverages in Gurugram
- 591 startups
- District
- Gurugram
- State
- Haryana
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