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Top Restaurant Brands to Watch at Franchise Conclave 2026
Twenty-nine food and beverage brands are confirmed for the Petpooja Franchise Conclave on 20-21 June 2026, Shree Shakti Convention Centre, Ahmedabad. Pizza chains, chai kiosks, momo counters, kulfi carts, South Indian joints, sandwich bars, and a handful of names that are hard to slot into a single category. The table below has all 29 sorted
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Franchise Conclave 2026: Top F&B Franchise Picks
Franchise Conclave 2026 brings 50+ F&B brands and 6,000+ investors to Ahmedabad on June 20-21. Explore India’s ₹5.69 lakh crore food franchise market.
Why Gujarat Is India’s Next F&B Franchise Goldmine (2026)
Gujarat has 450+ active F&B franchise opportunities right now. The state’s GSDP crossed Rs 29.82 trillion in FY26, per capita income sits at Rs 3 lakh+ (1.6 times the national average), and the population punches well above its weight: over 8% of India’s GDP from under 5% of the people. If someone asked us which
Franchise Conclave 2026: Investor Guide Before Attending
20-21 June 2026, Shree Shakti Convention Centre, Ahmedabad. Fifty-plus F&B brands on the floor. Over 6,000 pre-screened investors registered. Entry is ₹299 for a single day or ₹499 for both days on AllEvents.in, and walk-ins are turned away at the gate. Pre-register at franchiseconclave.com with your budget range, preferred food category, and the city where
Best Cafe POS System in India: Top 4 Compared
TL;DR: Petpooja POSS scored 9/9 on cafe-specific features (station-wise KOTs, per-drink inventory, WhatsApp reports, offline billing, and more). Restroworks scored 8/9, best for 10+ outlet chains. GoFrugal and SlickPOS each scored 7/9. Full comparison table below. India’s cafe segment crossed USD 424.6 million in 2025 according to IMARC Group’s cafe market report, and is projected
Petpooja Franchise Conclave 2026: India’s First F&B Expo
Petpooja Franchise Conclave is a two-day F&B franchise expo on 20-21 June 2026 at Shree Shakti Convention Centre, Ahmedabad. Fifty-plus curated food brands, 6,000+ pre-registered investors, B2B matchmaking sessions, live tastings, and a gala dinner. Register at franchiseconclave.com. No state in Gujarat has ever hosted a franchise event built only for food and beverage. The
Cost of Opening a Cafe in India: Complete Breakdown
Most people planning a cafe in India arrive at a budget figure by asking around. One contact quotes Rs 10 lakh, another says Rs 40 lakh, a third mentions they spent Rs 75 lakh and still ran short by March. All three are correct, and that points to something worth understanding about how cafe setup
What Is a Cafe? Business Model, Revenue & Profit Explained
A cafe sells beverages as the primary product and food as the side order. The cafe business model in India runs on the gap between what a cup of coffee costs to make (Rs 20 to Rs 25 for a cappuccino) and what a customer pays for it (Rs 150 to Rs 180 in most
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Bakery POS Software: Why Manual Billing Fails
Manual billing works until it does not. India’s bakery market crossed USD 15 billion in 2025 per IMARC Group, and thousands of new bake shops open every quarter. A notebook and a calculator get a home baker through the first 15-20 orders a week. But the moment a bakery crosses Rs 8-10 lakh annual turnover,
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Best POS for Bakeries in India: Feature Comparison
Looking for the best POS for bakeries in India? Petpooja POSS, GoFrugal, POSist (RestroWorks), Billberry, and VasyERP are the five systems that show up most often when Indian bakery owners search for billing software. All five handle invoicing and basic inventory. The differences that matter for a bakery are narrower: expiry-date tracking per ingredient, recipe-level
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Cost of Opening a Bakery in India (City-Wise Breakdown)
The cost of opening a bakery in India falls between Rs 50,000 and Rs 30 lakh. A woman running a cake business from her flat in Surat spends under Rs 1.5 lakh. A chap signing a lease for a 500 sq ft shop near Linking Road in Mumbai is looking at Rs 20 lakh-plus before
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What Is Petpooja Purchase Manager? Features and Setup
Petpooja Purchase Manager is a free add-on built into your Petpooja POSS account. It pulls live rates from HyperPure, DMart, and your own local suppliers onto a single screen, then lets you place orders with one tap. Your inventory updates on its own once the order lands. If you already use Petpooja POSS for billing,
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Why QSRs in India Are Switching to Self-Service Kiosks
Because cashiers keep quitting and touchscreens do not. That is the blunt version. QSRs across India, from McDonald’s Experience of the Future outlets down to a standalone shawarma counter in Aundh, Pune, are ripping out billing counters and bolting kiosk screens to the wall instead. The maths behind this move is hard to argue with:
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Why Every Ice Cream Shop Needs a POS Before Summer
An ice cream POS system handles billing for size and topping combinations in under 30 seconds, tracks perishable stock with expiry alerts so nothing melts into waste, pulls Swiggy and Zomato orders onto one screen, and tells you which flavours actually make money. If your parlour still runs on a cash register and a ruled
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Petpooja Waiter Calling Device: Small Upgrade, Big Growth
Petpooja’s Wireless Calling Device (WCD) is a small, four-button unit that sits on each restaurant table. When a guest taps a button, the request goes straight to your billing screen, your captain’s tablet, and a wall-mounted Android TV. No waving hands across the room, no shouting for the waiter, no guessing which table needs what.
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