Building The Largest Cafe in India | Ft. Hanumanth | Telugu Podcast | Yint Money | Ep #39

🔥 Welcome to another power-packed episode of Yint Money, your go-to Telugu business podcast! Today we sit down with Naineni Hanumanth, the visionary entrepreneur and founder of ROAST, one of the biggest café chains in India. ☕🇮🇳

From navigating the Food and Beverage (F&B) industry, launching Roast CCX and Roast 24/7, to overcoming post-COVID challenges, Hanumanth shares hard-earned lessons in the coffee business, building a restaurant brand, and scaling with purpose.

Whether you're a budding F&B business owner, coffee enthusiast, or aspiring entrepreneur, this episode is packed with real talk, insights, and advice from the heart of the coffee industry.

🔹Guest: Naineni Hanumanth (Founder of ROAST)
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🔹Host: Anusha Pilla
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📍 Timestamps
00:00 – Promo
01:34 – Intro
02:46 – How COVID Helped Roast
03:52 – Hanumanth’s F&B Journey
05:40 – Why Ci Gusta and Roast?
10:51 – How Did Roast Begin?
12:45 – Risk-Taking in Business
14:35 – Hanumanth’s Vision After COVID
21:10 – Roast CCX’s Beginning
24:47 – Roast’s Unique Menu and How They’re Nailing It
28:40 – Top 3 Things Hanumanth Learned in the F&B Business
31:21 – Kitchen Management and Sustainability
33:49 – Hanumanth’s Learnings from His Journey
39:56 – Attrition and How He’s Coping with It
41:17 – Why You Shouldn’t Enter the F&B Industry
42:36 – What If You Had to Sell Only Online?
44:30 – Business Ratio: Offline vs Online
45:10 – Advice to New F&B Owners
46:35 – Learnings in Marketing and Branding
47:22 – Advice to His Younger Self
49:52 – What’s His Vision for Roast?

👇 Drop a comment if you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own café or restaurant!

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🔸Produced by: Tamada Media

🔸Executive Producer: Anil Prattipati

🔸Direction & Supervision: Akarsh Ponnala

🔸Content team : Srividya

🔸Editor: Arun

🔸Publicity Designer: Nikhil

🔸DOPs: Suraj and Bunny


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