Headline

Building & scaling consumer brands 0→1 | Private Brands & Category P&L Leader @ Swiggy | Quick-Commerce | F&B | Ex- IHCL (Taj) | Multi-Format F&B Leader

About

I build consumer brands from zero and scale them. Over 18+ years I've taken food & beverage brands from concept to national scale, most recently inside Swiggy's private-label and quick-commerce engine, where I own a ₹200 Cr+ multi-brand P&L across 50+ cloud kitchens and multiple cities. What I do: • Build private-label brands 0→1 , The Bowl Company, Homely, Istah Shawarma, Soul Rasa and scale them to national footprint. • Own category P&L end-to-end: product, pricing, supply architecture, unit economics. • Launch new formats. I was a founding leader on Swiggy's 10-minute delivery bets (Swiggy Daily, Café, Snacc) and founded Swiggy's Centre for Culinary Excellence. • Run hard numbers: COGS −18%, throughput +30%, 35% 30-day retention (top 1% on platform), 4.4+ rating at ~15,000 daily orders. Before Swiggy, I spent a decade building and scaling F&B brands hands-on , Owned & Operated ChickenMan, Goila Butter Chicken and 35+ others and cut my teeth in premium hospitality at Taj (TABE award winner) and Olive Bar & Kitchen. I care about one thing: building consumer businesses that are loved by customers and disciplined on economics. If you're scaling a consumer, F&B, private-label or quick-commerce brand and need someone who's done 0→1 at platform scale let's talk. Rahul Nagpal | rahulnagpal@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

Work experience

AVP & Head-New Initiatives(Food Business) at Swiggy, Aug 2024 - Present · 2 y 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, • Led 0–1 brand creation, operations, and product innovation for Swiggy Daily, Swiggy Cafe, and Snacc, building scalable food and beverage formats and validating product–market fit. • Managed end-to-end business operations including growth strategy, vendor ecosystem, supply chain, and cross-functional leadership to launch and scale new initiatives. • Founded Swiggy’s Centre for Culinary Excellence, responsible for food experimentation, menu development, and operational innovation across Swiggy • Helped build 10-minute delivery platforms (Quick Food) including Swiggy Daily, Swiggy Café, and Snacc

Assistant Vice President - Private Brands at Swiggy, Jul 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, • Leading food category strategy, multi-brand operations, and supply ecosystem development across Swiggy private labels • ₹200+ crore annual revenue portfolio across 50+ cloud kitchens • Scaling brands including The Bowl Company, Homely, Istah Shawarma, and Soul Rasa • Driving P&L management, vendor ecosystem development, supply chain architecture, and menu engineering • Scaled operations delivering 15,000+ daily orders across multi-city cloud kitchens (Vendor led Operating module) • Maintained 4.4+ customer ratings across brands • Achieved 35% 30-day customer retention (top 1% performance) • Reduced COGS by 18% through vendor consolidation and cost optimization • Increased kitchen throughput by 30% through operational redesign Spear heading and Owning - Brand Development, Culinary Innovation, R&D and New Product Development (NPD) Across Brands and Categories across Swiggy

Founder & Head of Operations at Synergie Hospitality, Aug 2013 - Jul 2022 · 9 yrs, Bangalore, At Synergie Hospitality, provided end-to-end hospitality solutions. Since it’s inception, collaborated with over 35 brands across the country to launch exciting new concepts, reinvent brands, and offer customized solutions. Some of the projects undertaken Hospitality Division Trippy Goat - Cunnigham Road- Project Consultant & Management Windsor Pub - Consultant & Management Hoot Cafe & Brewery - Bangalore - Consultant & Management Burma Burma (Hunger Pangs Private Limited) - Consultant Padukone Dravid Centre For Sports Excellence - Food & Beverage- Consultant & Management Heritage Hotel - Shimla - Consultant Hotel Atul Regency - Shimla -Consultant The Biere Club, Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore – Consultant 153 Biere Street, Whitefield, Bangalore – Consultant The Bungalow (KPN Hospitality Pvt .Ltd.), Whitefield, Bangalore- Consultant Fiat Café, (Fiat India / KHT Group) Consultant & Management Freshmenu (Food Vista India Pvt Ltd) – Consultant Smoor - Bliss Chocolates - Consultant News Café , Indiranagar , Bangalore - Consultant Tamoshi Resto Bar – Baga, Goa, Sea Food Restaurant - Consultant Escape Hotels & Spa - Consultant Bricklane Grill, & Black Rabbit Bar - Consultant & Management And the list goes on... Beverage Brands Consultancies Tinder (India) Early Dark Wines Aperol, Aspri Spirits, Bangalore Zonin Wines, Aspri Spirits, Bangalore Campari, Aspri Spirits, Bangalore Big Banyan Wines, Bangalore Paul John Single Malt Bangalore & Goa Corporate & University Consultancy Christ University (Industry External Faculty / Trainer) – BBA & BHM Apollo Hospitals Brands Owned / Partner / Investor Chicken Man - India's First Rotisserie Chicken Brand Goila Butter Chicken - Bangalore (By A2Z Hospitality LLP) Custom Catering & The Cravery-Corporate Catering , Pop up Catering Service & Dessert brand Royanna Military Canteen - Carnatic Cuisine Food & Beverage Good Court - At Centre For Sports Excellence

Head of Operations at OLIVE BAR AND KITCHEN PRIVATE LIMITED, Aug 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Day To Day Operations , Brand Building / New Products & Projects Projects of Olive Bar and Kitchen - Olive Qutub, Olive Beach, Olive Bistro and Bar, SodaBottleOpenerWala, Guppy and the Poke Bar, Hello Guppy, The Fatty Bao, Monkey Bar, Toast & Tonic, Olive Goa, The Grammar Room, Serai, Ek Bar, The Hoppery, Olly, Giggle Water, Olive Bandra and Bottlenekk.

Food And Beverage Operations Manager at Taj Hotels, Jul 2008 - Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Posted at Taj West End , Bangalore Handle Various Aspects of Food & Beverage Operations Across Mynt , Masala Klub , Banquets but was known for popularizing the blue bar and blue ginger (india's first fine dining Vietnamese restaurant) across the city / country and also across the group hotels . Won many awards and accolades internally and Also Awarded For Best Practices by Times Food Guide , Asia's Top 50 Bars , TripAdvisor Best Hotels to name a few , Internally also won TABE (Tata Awards For Business Excellence) For Best Bar . For a Duration of a Year was Also given additional responsibility as Catering Sales Manager and Curated Premier Events for Top Brands in the Country

Management Trainee at The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), May 2008 - Apr 2009 · 1 yr, Aurangabad

Education

Executive Program, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

BHM, Hotel Management, Christ University, Bangalore