Office canteens · Schools · Hospitals
Predictable cadence. Compliant invoicing. Compostable lunch trays.
Corporate canteens running daily lunch for 500 employees, schools serving 2,000-student mid-day meal programs, hospital meal trolleys, co-working space breakfast service. Single-material bagasse plant-fibre trays + paper cutlery + GST-compliant invoicing for input-tax credit. Monthly cadence orders ship next-business-day from Gujarat.
Why bagasse fits the canteen / institutional model.
Office canteens, schools and hospitals all share the same operational challenge: feed a predictable headcount with a predictable cadence, on a budget that doesn't tolerate waste-management surprises. The wash-up cycle for steel or melamine plates at this scale is brutal — staff time, water consumption, breakage. Plastic disposables solve the wash-up problem but introduce non-compostable waste that's increasingly a compliance and ESG-reporting problem for corporate procurement.
Bagasse threads the needle: single-use disposable that composts (typically about 90 days in commercial composting), made by manufacturers with FDA food-contact compliance, microwave-safe for canteen reheating stations. The 5-compartment heavy-duty B2B meal tray is purpose-built for the sabzi-dal-rice-roti-sweet layout of an Indian lunch. The matching paper cutlery set bundles into a 4-piece kit. Order monthly, invoice in your GSTIN, compost the post-meal waste.
The 8 SKUs for office canteens + institutional feeding
Drawn from monthly HORECA reorders across corporate canteens, schools, and hospitals. Tune the mix to match your menu — most accounts settle on a 5-6 SKU core kit within the first 2 monthly cycles.
- 1
5-comp B2B heavy-duty meal tray
Daily lunch — dal, sabzi, rice, roti, sweet
- 2
9-inch round plate
Single-curry meals, breakfast service
- 3
12 oz round bowl
Soup, dal, biryani take-away from canteen
- 4
4 oz round cup
Chai / coffee service in pantry, water for meetings
- 5
Paper cutlery set
Spoon + fork bundled with the lunch tray
- 6
2 oz dip cup
Pickle, chutney, raita portioning
- 7
8 oz tumbler + 80 mm lid
Meeting catering — water service or chai
- 8
350 ml round container
Take-home leftovers, evening snack distribution
How different institutional segments use PulpyWare
Corporate office canteens
Daily lunch programs for 50-500 employees. Predictable Monday-Friday cadence. Most accounts run a 5-compartment B2B heavy-duty meal tray + paper cutlery set + 4 oz cup combo. Single GST invoice per month for input-tax credit.
Meeting & event catering
In-office meeting catering (workshops, all-hands, client visits) — 8 oz tumblers for water, 9-inch round plates for snacks, dip cups for chutneys. Procurement runs through admin / facilities, billed monthly.
School mid-day meal programs
Government and private school feeding programs serving 200-2,000 students daily. The 5-compartment school tray (lighter gauge, lower per-unit cost) is the canonical SKU. Quarterly cadence orders typical.
Hospital meal services
Patient meal trolleys, staff canteens, attendant meal service. 5-compartment B2B heavy-duty tray + lidded 500 ml container combo handles diet meals + portion-controlled service. Compliance: FDA food-contact certified.
Co-working spaces
Member breakfast / lunch / snack programs. 8 oz tumbler for coffee, 350 ml container for grab-and-go salads, 4-inch dona for snacks. Photo-friendly format for member-experience photography.
Conference & training facilities
Multi-day training events, conference catering, corporate offsites. Quarterly bulk orders typically — caterers running on the facility get HORECA pricing through the facility's GSTIN.
For corporate + institutional buyers
~20% off list, GST input-tax credit, NET-15 invoicing
Office canteen running ~5,000 meal trays / month at HORECA list typically reconciles a ₹4,000–8,000/month savings against D2C — and pulls input-tax credit on every invoice. Apply once, ~24-hour admin review, monthly invoice cycle.
Apply for HORECA pricing →Office canteen + institutional — frequently asked questions
What's the typical reorder cadence for an office canteen?
Monthly is the standard — most accounts dispatch ~25 working days × headcount × meal-types per month. A 200-headcount office canteen with one daily lunch tray + one chai cup typically reorders 5,000 meal trays + 5,000 cups + 5,000 cutlery sets per month. Tighter cadences are doable for accounts that want to keep less inventory on-hand; we ship from Gujarat to most metros in 2-4 business days via air courier.
Can we get GST-compliant invoices for input-tax credit?
Yes — every HORECA invoice carries your company's GSTIN for input-tax credit. We're CGST Rule 46 compliant on every invoice from day one. For corporate accounts the GSTIN is captured at HORECA application and applied automatically on every subsequent order. Most office canteen accounts move to NET-15 invoice terms after their first clean payment cycle.
How does bagasse fit the school mid-day meal context?
Government MDM programs typically have strict food-contact and budget constraints. PulpyWare bagasse is made by manufacturers with FDA food-contact compliance (21 CFR §176.170) and the 5-compartment school tray is our lowest-cost-per-unit SKU in the meal-trays category — tuned for the institutional-feeding price point. Compostability fits the cleanup logistics of high-volume school programs better than washable plates (school staff don't typically have time for steel-tray cycles).
Are bagasse trays compliant with hospital meal-service hygiene standards?
Yes — bagasse trays are single-use disposable, which is actually preferred for hospital meal services over reusable trays (zero cross-contamination risk). FDA food-contact certified, ISO 22000 manufacturing system, BPI compostable. Hospital procurement typically wants the lab certificate on file — we provide it on request via the HORECA account manager.
What's the SLA on a corporate canteen monthly order?
Approved HORECA accounts on a recurring monthly cadence: order by the 28th of month M-1 for delivery on the 5th-10th of month M. Air-courier dispatch from Gujarat warehouse, free shipping on every HORECA order regardless of cart size. Larger accounts (1,000+ headcount) can negotiate dedicated weekly dispatch.
Can our canteen partner / catering vendor place the order on our behalf?
Yes — many corporate canteen vendors run the procurement and bill the corporate. The HORECA application can be in the canteen vendor's GSTIN (if they're billing the corporate at retail-plus markup) or in the corporate's GSTIN (if the corporate is reimbursing the vendor at cost). Either flow works; we'll set up the account to match.
Related use cases
- 100% Bagasse
- No Plastic Lining
- Microwave-Safe
- Made in India
- Manufacturer certifications:
- FDA food-contact
- BPI
- PFAS-free