Bangalore · Food, Beverage & FMCG Founders

STOP
BUILDING
ALONE.

HUNGRYBLR is Bangalore's founder community for food, beverage & FMCG brands — built by people who've actually run both, not consultants who've read about it.

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Membership tiers  ·  Builders, Operators, Circle
50–100
Seats per event, on purpose
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Verticals  ·  Restaurant + FMCG, one room
The problem — and what actually works

Running this alone is the most expensive way to run it.

Every founder in this city is solving the same staffing crisis, the same aggregator margin squeeze, the same packaging vendor headache — alone, from scratch, at full price. That's not a skill problem. That's a room problem. Here's what it looks like solved — not hypothetically, but by founders in this room.

Restaurant & Café
Aggregator commissions are eating your margins
Swiggy and Zomato take 25–30% on every order. Founders who've reduced dependency convert repeat customers to direct WhatsApp ordering with a small loyalty incentive that costs less than the platform fee — some have moved 30–40% of repeat business off aggregators entirely.
Exact scripts and discounts that work shared at HUNGRYBLR events
Staff quit without warning and you're back to zero
Weekly pay cycles instead of monthly, a daily performance top-up of ₹30–50, and a one-page written growth path shown on day one have meaningfully reduced walkouts for founders who've tried it. The psychology of daily wins matters more than the amount.
Retention tactics that have actually worked, discussed in the room
FMCG & D2C
Packaging costs eat your margins before you sell anything
For small-batch brands, packaging often runs 15–25% of COGS. Founders who've brought this down pool orders with two or three other non-competing brands to hit MOQ thresholds for better rates — cutting packaging costs by 20–30% without changing suppliers.
Collective buying groups formed through HUNGRYBLR events
Getting into modern trade feels impossible
MT buyers want velocity data that early-stage brands don't yet have. Founders who've gotten in start with 3–5 premium independent stores first, build proof of sell-through, then approach chains with actual numbers rather than a pitch deck.
First-conversation playbooks shared by founders who got in
Built for both sides of the table

Two worlds. One room.

Restaurant and FMCG founders overlap more than either side thinks — on branding, hiring, fundraising, and marketing. Where they genuinely diverge, sessions go deep on the specifics.

Restaurant & Café

  • Café and restaurant owners
  • Cloud kitchen founders
  • QSR operators
  • Bakery and dessert brands
  • Bar and lounge owners

FMCG & D2C

  • Packaged food and beverage brands
  • D2C founders
  • Manufacturing-led brands
  • Distribution-stage operators
  • Export and modern trade builders
Membership

Pick your stage. Not your size.

Three tiers, each priced for where your business actually is. Perks escalate on purpose. Circle isn't something you buy your way into — the value of having them in the room is exactly that.

Coming soon — after our first event
The tiers below are where this is headed. Right now, in early access, everyone's in one room — completely free, no commitments.
Request to Join — It's Free
Tier 01  /  Open entry
Builders
₹999/year
  • Open to anyone — no vetting, no waiting
  • Main WhatsApp community + newsletter
  • 20% off every event ticket
  • 3-day early access before public sale
  • Eligible for the daily founder spotlight
  • First access to future investor & VC sessions
Launches after first event
Tier 02  /  Light vetting
Operators
₹1,999/year
  • Self-declared revenue or years operating
  • 1 free event credit per year (standard events)
  • 30% off every ticket beyond that credit
  • 3-day early access before public sale
  • Near-peer speaking slots at Builders-tier events
  • Eligible for the daily founder spotlight
  • Quarterly community benchmark insights
  • First access to future investor & VC sessions
Launches after first event
Tier 03  /  Invite only
Circle
Free  / by invite
  • By invitation — not application
  • Closed-door peer forum, not a group chat
  • Free when contributing (hosting or speaking) — 40% off otherwise
  • Speaking and mentorship opportunities
  • Eligible for the daily founder spotlight
  • Recognized as a Founding Circle Member
  • First access to future investor and VC sessions
By invitation, later
For suppliers & manufacturers

Not a founder? There's a room for you too.

Vendor Membership
₹4,999 /year
Vetted & curated — not open enrollment
  • Vetted application, not open sign-up
  • Co-mingled access to the main community room (once formal membership launches)
  • Reach founders on a pull basis — no spam, no broadcast pitches
  • Discounted stall pricing at flagship events
  • Featured rotation in the daily spotlight series
  • "Verified HUNGRYBLR Vendor" status
How it works

From signup to your first event.

01

Pick your tier

Builders or Operators — based on where your business actually is today, not where you wish it was.

02

Get into the room

You're added to the main WhatsApp community and start receiving the newsletter from day one.

03

Get first access to tickets

Your priority window opens 3 days before the public — same for both Builders and Operators.

04

Actually talk to people

50–100 person rooms mean you leave with real names and numbers, not just notes and a lanyard.

05

Move up when ready

Builders to Operators is a simple upgrade. Circle comes by invitation as your standing grows.

Events

Exclusive on purpose.

Every event is capped at 50–100 seats — small enough to actually talk to the people in the room. Tickets are priced by topic, speaker caliber, and exclusivity, not a flat rate. No applications, no waitlist politics. Once tickets open, it's first come, first served.

₹

₹799 – ₹2,499 per ticket

Continuous spectrum based on the event — standard sessions start lower, marquee events climb higher.

⌂

Hosted at real F&B founders' cafés

Venue partners are member businesses who host for a comped Operators membership and a pitch slot to the room.

★

Speakers who've actually done it

Operators and Circle members teach Builders as near-peer mentors — one or two stages ahead, not ten.

◈

Flagship events twice a year

Free for founders, funded by vendor stalls and sponsors — more speakers, panels, and a bigger room.

HUNGRYBLR ADMISSION
Capacity 50 – 100
Ticket range ₹799 – ₹2,499
Allocation First come,
first served
Topics we cover
Quick commerce Menu positioning Staff retention Fundraising Aggregator margins Distribution Unit economics Packaging
Between the events

One room. Not three.

Every member, regardless of tier, sits in the same active WhatsApp community. Split groups go quiet. One good room stays alive.

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One active WhatsApp group

Daily conversation, a weekly leads-and-asks thread, and no unsolicited promo blasts. Everyone from Builders to Circle, same room.

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Vetted partner directory

Consultants, agencies, and service providers who've actually earned their place in the room — available to Operators and Circle members.

How we keep the room useful

  • 1

    No repeated unsolicited promotion. Mention what you do once, naturally. Daily blasts get removed.

  • 2

    Weekly leads & asks thread. All "looking for X" and "can someone help with Y" posts go here — keeps the main chat clean.

  • 3

    No adding people elsewhere without asking. Nobody gets added to external lists, groups, or broadcasts without consent.

  • 4

    Respectful disagreement is welcome. The industry has strong opinions. That's fine. Personal attacks aren't.

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For partners, not just founders

Run a café? Consult for a living? Have something founders need?

Host an event

Open your café or restaurant for an evening. In return: a full year of Operators membership comped, 2–3 minutes to pitch your place to the room, and we take care of the snacks for the evening.

Get invited to an event

Consultants and advisors — get matched to specific events where your expertise is genuinely relevant, and present directly to a room of vetted founders. ₹2,999 per standard event, ₹5,999 for flagship events. No ongoing commitment, pay only for the events you want in.

Get a stall at a flagship

Vendors, suppliers, and tech partners — twice-yearly flagship events bring together the room for a bigger format. Reach founders who are actually buying what you're selling.

Become a Vendor Member

For suppliers and manufacturers wanting more than one event — ₹4,999/year gets you ongoing, co-mingled access to the main community room once formal membership launches, plus discounted stall pricing. See full details above.

Partner with us →
Meet the founder
Revanth — Founder, HUNGRYBLR & Scoopful
Revanth
F&B Founder & Community Builder
@hungryblr WhatsApp

I'm Revanth, 27, and I run HUNGRYBLR — the community you're looking at right now. Alongside it, I've spent the last year building Scoopful, a handcrafted ice cream brand, from manufacturing and packaging through to the storefront in Rajajinagar.

HUNGRYBLR started from a frustration I kept running into: every founder I spoke to was solving the same set of problems independently — aggregator margins, staff retention, packaging sourcing, distribution — at full cost, with no one to compare notes with. The answers existed in other people's experience. The room to access them didn't.

I've also spent 8 years organizing events and community drives across Bangalore. Getting the right people into a room for something meaningful isn't new to me. What's new is making that room specifically for the people building this industry.

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Tell us about you.

Early access is free, no commitments. A few quick questions so we know who's in the room — then you'll get the community invite link immediately.

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Questions

Before you ask.

No. The WhatsApp community is one part of it. The actual value sits in the tiered events, direct access to vetted vendors once formal membership launches, and a room that's deliberately kept small enough to mean something.

Not at all — right now, early access is free and open to anyone, including people who haven't launched yet. Once tiered membership launches after our first event, Operators will have light vetting based on revenue or years operating, since that tier is built around people with real operational pain to share.

Yes, by design. HUNGRYBLR includes both verticals from day one, with cross-cutting sessions for everyone and vertical-specific deep dives where the two worlds genuinely diverge.

Every event is capped at 50–100 seats. Once tickets open, they're first come, first served — members just get a 3-day priority window before the public, same for both Builders and Operators.

Yes — Builders to Operators is a simple upgrade once your business is at that stage. Circle is by invitation as your standing in the industry grows.

Email us at hungryblr1@gmail.com. Hosting venues get a full year of Operators membership comped, a 2–3 minute slot to pitch their own place to the room, and we handle the snacks for the evening.

Yes, in different ways. Consultants and advisors can get invited to specific events for a per-event fee — no ongoing commitment. Suppliers and manufacturers can become Vendor Members for ongoing access, or just take a stall at a flagship event. See the partners section above or email us.

For now, yes. Bangalore first, done properly, before anywhere else. That may change once the model is proven here.

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BUILDING ALONE?

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