Shaffeen Jamal: Tiffins deliver a lunch that really stacks up – The Globe and Mail

When Shaffeen Jamal first offered tiffins at his Granville Island food counter Curry 2 U, many customers had never heard of a tiffin before.

Nine years later, Mr. Jamal is selling up to 300 of the Indian-style lunches boxed in multitiered stainless steel containers a day, and tiffin services have since popped upacross the country.

he delivery of tiffins to office and factory workers is a more than century-old tradition in Mumbai. An intricate and highly efficient network of tiffin carriers, or dabbawallas, keeps track of tens of thousands of lunch boxes a day in the city, ensuring each gets to its rightful owner on time.

In Canada, entrepreneurs are tailoring their tiffin services for the local market.

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