A packed lunch (also called sack lunch or bag lunch in North America, or bagging in Lancashire, Merseyside and Yorkshire in the UK is a lunch prepared at home and carried to be eaten somewhere else, such as school, aworkplace, or at an outing. The food is usually wrapped in plastic, aluminum foil, or paper and can be carried ("packed") in a lunch box, paper bag (a "sack"), or plastic bag. While packed lunches are usually taken from home by the people who are going to eat them, in Mumbai, India, tiffin boxes are most often picked up from the home and brought to workplaces later in the day by so-called dabbawallas. It is also possible to buy packed lunches from stores in several countries. Lunch boxes made out of metal, plastic or vinyl are now popular with today's youth. Lunch boxes provide a way to take heavier lunches in a sturdier box or bag. It is also environmentally friendly.
A box lunch delivery service is a welcome treat for workers who have neither the time to pack snacks before they leave for the office, nor the budget to afford restaurant meals and take-out fare on a daily basis. This service also appeals to employees who typically work at their desks during lunch, or who don't have easy access to local eateries. Although start-up costs to open a box lunch delivery service are low, this small business venture does require reliable transportation, good organizational skills and a sufficient customer base, preferably in a high-density metropolitan area.
Lunch box catering companies typically serve businesses, community organizations, schools, event planners and other groups that must feed large groups of people. A successful business may be an offshoot of an existing restaurant or catering business, or an entity into itself. The size and scope of the business can vary based on your available space, budget and target demographic.
