Age-old Sankethi-style ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook products, masalas and condiments made to traditional recipes passed across generations — a deliciously different blend of tastes from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Hospitality Consulting
Bengaluru
Chennai
One platform.
A consortium of hospitality specialists.
MJMarg is a consulting enabler delivering speciality hospitality solutions through industry partners across services and market segments — one platform for access, delivery and performance monitoring. A flexible model that lets you customise solutions by expertise, market reach, complexity and cost. A win-win all round.
Concept to Rollout
HORECA Operations
Fresh & Processed Foods
Who We Are
Venture-building partners for food entrepreneurs
MJMarg partner with food entrepreneurs, brand founders and investors to transform visionary ideas into sustainable, profitable F&B concepts — from initial concept to multi-location rollout.
We function as integrated F&B venture-building partners, operating at the strategic intersection where creativity meets commercial viability, working across the entire value chain of food business creation and growth.
Our expertise spans concept creation and market positioning, brand identity and experience design, comprehensive kitchen planning with menu strategy, and end-to-end operations — people management, supply chain optimisation and profitability engineering.
Strategic Partnerships
A quick-service format restaurant delivering fresh foods and ready-to-cook convenience products that bring the taste of forgotten Karnataka recipes into your home.
End-to-end F&B solutions partner for corporate, event and VIP dining in Bengaluru, with an ISO 22000-certified kitchen near Mahadevapura, capacity of 30,000+ meals a day, and 30Cr+ clocked in the last financial year.
Services
Three disciplines, one table
Everything we serve sits on one of three foundations.
I
Design & Build
From concept to execution in the hospitality consulting space — turnkey thinking that takes ideas off paper and into operation.
II
Operational Excellence
Operational delivery and excellence in mobilising and managing HORECA — hotels, restaurants and catering at every scale.
III
Product & Process
Product and process development, recipe management and formulations across the fresh foods and processed foods segments.
What We Do
Built for brand vision and bottom line
Retail Format Design
We design and execute retail stores, cafés, kiosks and corporate food counters that align with your brand vision whilst maximising operational efficiency and customer experience.
Menu Architecture
Clear menu structures with intelligent pricing logic, recipe standardisation and cost optimisation that balance customer appeal with healthy margins.
Operations Systems
Robust SOPs, vendor management systems and performance dashboards that ensure consistency, quality control and operational excellence across all locations.
Scalable Models
Repeatable, franchise-ready formats designed for multi-location rollout, complete with replication manuals and partner enablement tools.
Our suite of hospitality services
- Business diligence & acquisition transition management
- Hotels, restaurants & food processing — turnkey design & build
- Hospitality, F&B operations & process management
- Product development & menu engineering
- Processed foods formulation & commercialisation
- Equipment import, fabrication & customisation
- Recruitment & training
- ISO 22000:2005 — FSMS & HSE process consulting
Our Portfolio
Names we've served
Industrial Catering / Central Kitchens
- Chefcraft Hospitality
- IISC
- Kadambaas Catering
- Hicurry Foods
Hotels / Restaurants / QSR
- Taico
- EFGH
- TFL
- Atithyaa, BVG
- Paaji Anna
- Old Bangalore for Adukale
- Neubar
Processed Food Industry
- Gandhigram
- DJS World of Health
QHSE / ISO Projects
- Mensa Foods
- Archer Integrated
- Chefcraft Hospitality
How We Work
Engagement, course by course
A six-stage due process that takes your concept from first conversation to scaled operation.
Discovery & Alignment
Define your vision, understand target market dynamics, establish price positioning and success metrics.
Concept Blueprint
Develop menu architecture, spatial layout strategy and commercial feasibility with detailed P&L projections.
Brand & Design System
Create comprehensive visual language, communication frameworks and customer touchpoint design.
Operations Engine
Build SOPs, procurement systems, training modules and quality control mechanisms.
Pilot & Stabilisation
On-ground launch support, fine-tuning processes and optimising based on real-world performance.
Scale-Up Strategy
Replication manuals, partner enablement models and expansion roadmaps.
Why MJMarg
Five reasons clients stay
End-to-End Expertise
Strategy, design, operations and financial modelling unified under one roof. No need to coordinate multiple vendors — we handle the complete journey from concept to scale.
Multi-Format Experience
Proven track record across cafés, kiosks, corporate food counters, QSR formats and destination dining. We understand the unique requirements of each format.
Brand + Bottomline Focus
Creative excellence backed by rigorous commercial logic. Beautiful concepts that also deliver healthy unit economics and sustainable profitability.
Execution-First Mindset
We don't just create presentations and reports. We provide on-ground buildout support, vendor negotiations and launch management to ensure flawless execution.
Partnership Model
We function as your extended CXO office, deeply invested in your success. Long-term thinking, transparent collaboration and aligned incentives drive our partnership approach.
Key Team Members
The people at the pass
Arvind Gopal
Founder promoter with 25+ years in the food services segment. Key projects across sales & marketing, branding & business operations, hotels, kitchen design & build — managing client delivery at MJMarg.
Shashikumar R
Two decades leading global organisations — Compass Group, Akshaya Patra, Quess Corp, Nando's SA & JLL — across senior roles up to CEO. Parallel serial entrepreneur in electronics manufacturing and hospitality consulting.
Senthilkumar
CA Inter with 25+ years in F&A, bid centre operations, commercial and business analytics across Asian and Middle East markets. Manages processes and controls at MJMarg.
Brian Thomas
Hard-core operator with 25+ years in the fresh foods segment, managing clubs, food courts, restaurants, corporate kitchens and large events & VIP gatherings.
Registered Office — Bengaluru
# 109, 11th Cross, 7th Main, Malleswaram,
Bengaluru — 560003
Chennai Office
# 45/2A, F2 Swetha Ruby, Sivagnammal Street,
Nehru Nagar, Ramapuram, Chennai — 600089