Chennai-based TenderCuts, India’s pioneering tech-enabled meat & seafood brand receives “Most Trusted & Futuristic Omni Channel Meat Retailer Brand of the Year 2025” India Award Category
Chennai, 25, April 2025: TenderCuts, the Chennai-headquartered and India’s leading technology enabled omni-channel fresh meat and seafood brand, has received the Innovative & Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2025. The award was bestowed on TenderCuts at The Great Indian Entrepreneurship, Design, Business & Startup Awards & Conference, 2025, held in Bengaluru today. The conference recognises and felicitates outstanding businesses and MSMEs, Startups that have contributed to economic development and visionary individuals who have made exemplary contribution to business growth.
TenderCuts received the award under the “Most Trusted & Futuristic Omni Channel Meat Retailer Brand of the Year 2025” India Award Category. Mr. Sasikumar Kallanai, Co-Founder, TenderCuts, received the award. Also, Mr. Sasikumar received the “Innovative & Outstanding Entrepreneurship of the year 2025, South India” in Individual category.
Speaking after the event, Mr. Sasikumar, Co-Founder TenderCuts, said, It is a great moment for us to be awarded by The Great Indian Entrepreneurship Business & Startup Award. “As a start-up, our mission has always been simple — to deliver the highest quality meat and seafood to Indian households with integrity, transparency, and unmatched freshness. We strive to maintain the highest quality and hygiene standards and will continue to deliver a unique meat buying experience for our customers,”
Strategic Levers Powering Growth:
- TenderCuts evolution has been powered by a series of bold, well-executed initiatives:
- 30-Minute Delivery in Chennai, offering over 170 SKUs (Stock Keeping Unit) across meats, seafood, and ready-to-cook meals
- Surging Offline Engagement, thanks to hyper-local community initiatives like Meat Mela & Seafood Festivals
- Strong metrics in Customer Retention & Store-Level Economics, validating the omni-channel thesis
About TenderCuts:
TenderCuts is India’s first technology-driven, omni-channel fresh meat and seafood brand and as a true online-offline player in the fresh meat space, Tender Cut has achieved store-level profitability and sustainable scale, under the leadership of Mr. Sasikumar and has established market leadership in Chennai with 18 stores. The company is poised to turn EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) positive in Q1 FY26 (April–June 2025) and is on track to achieve ₹100 Cr ARR by December 2025. With focus on operational excellence, customer-centric innovation, and a bold Retail 2.0 vision, the company is rewriting the narrative of fresh meat retail in India.
