Video Of London Startup's Tiffin Service Inspired By Mumbai Dabbawalas Goes Viral

The company, DabbaDrop, is inspired by Mumbai's successful and zero-waste approach and avoids the use of single-use plastic containers for food packaging.

Dabbawalas have a long history in Mumbai. While they may appear to be merely delivering food, they are a vital and significant component of Mumbai's identity as a city. They provide hot and fresh lunch to the city's growing workforce. Amid this, a startup in London has launched a tiffin service, inspired by the dabbawala system. Foreigners copied our dabba wala Tiffin idea and launched their own Startup Dabba drop pic.twitter.com/L4ydU6Htvh

The company, DabbaDrop, is inspired by Mumbai's successful and zero-waste approach and avoids the use of single-use plastic containers for food packaging. A video going viral online depicts the UK-based business employing classic Indian steel tiffin boxes filled with Indian foods such as paneer sabzi, mixed vegetables, and rice. In addition, the food is plant-based. They also wrap the steel lunch boxes in cloth and transport them by cargo bike.

The company said in an Instagram video, "We've been in operation for almost SIX years now! How time flies. So far we've saved over 375,660 plastic takeaway containers from being used and we've only just begun!! Somewhere in the not so distant future we hope to go NATIONWIDE - spreading DabbaDrop love across the UK."