Your customers
- Passengers in sleeper and general coaches
- Platform waiting passengers
- Railway staff
- Porters
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MatruOS for a railway station catering stall
Set up the way a railway station catering stall runs: sale of tea, coffee, standard meals, snacks and packaged food and water at approved rates and MRP to passengers on platforms and at train doors. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a railway station catering stall deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Vendor cash and stock do not tally at shift end. Cooked food over-made for late or cancelled trains and thrown.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 4 registers and 4 licences for a railway station catering stall, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What changes
The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Where you sit
MatruOS starts from how your business earns
Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.
- Division commercial department (licence)
- licensee
- passenger
Your suppliers
- Approved base kitchen or own kitchen
- Milk dairy
- Packaged food distributors
- Authorised packaged water distributor
- Disposables suppliers
Credit and cash
Sales all cash and UPI; licence fee paid in advance by the tender schedule; distributors give 7-15 days credit; dairy paid daily or weekly
The licence fee and deposit are paid up front and recovered over the year; daily cash from many vendors; stock and wastage follow the timetable and season
Your screens use your words
CustomerPassengerOrderSaleInvoiceBillSupplierDistributorproductMenu item
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a railway station catering stall
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Railway station catering stall", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a railway station catering stallRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
- Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.
Your AI team
What the AI team does for a railway station catering stall
Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Suggests how much tea, meals and snacks to issue for each train from past sales and the day's running status, and flags late or cancelled trains
Works it out and shows you
Works out each vendor's expected cash from issue minus returns at approved rates, compares with cash and UPI, and lists shortfalls and unbilled patterns
Works it out and shows you
Reminds 30 and 7 days before vendor ID cards, medical certificates, licence fee instalments and FSSAI expire
Works it out and shows you
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How you run
Your routines, already on a timetable
Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.
Every day
4:30 amOpen with the first trains
- 1Rate list and 'no bill, food is free' notice displayed; POS working
- 2Cooked food received hot from the approved kitchen; time noted
- 3Vendors in uniform with ID cards
5:00 amIssue stock by train schedule
- 1Issue trays and trolleys to vendors for the next trains; note counts
- 2Pull back unsold cooked food at its time limit
2:00 pmShift close cash and UPI tally
- 1Count each vendor's issue, return, cash and UPI
- 2Note shortfalls against the vendor
9:00 pmExpiry and MRP check
- 1Remove items within 2 days of expiry
- 2No item sold above MRP; only authorised water brand stocked
Every week
MonWeekly orders and deep clean
- 1Order packaged items by last week's sales and coming holidays or specials
- 2Deep clean stall and pest control
Every month
1stVendor ID, medical and licence fee calendar
- 1List vendor ID cards and medical certificates due in 30 days
- 2Check licence fee instalment and FSSAI renewal dates
Every year
MarAnnual licence fee and FSSAI renewal
- 1Pay the next year's licence fee before due date; renew FSSAI and medical certificates
Workflows
Each stage goes to the person who handles it
Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.
Complaint or inspection to closure
- 1Complaint or finding received
- 2Facts and bill copies checked
- 3Reply sent and fine paid if anyNeeds approval
- 4Vendor counselled or removed
Registers and SOPs
Your registers and standards
Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.
Daily sales by vendor
Stock and expiry
Vendors and documents
Inspections and complaints
Approved menu, rates and billing
No overcharging fines, no licence cancellation
Station food safety
Safe food in a crowded, dusty place
Items and licences
Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses
Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.
| Item | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Tea, 150 ml | 996331 | 5% |
| Coffee, 150 ml | 996331 | 5% |
| Janta meal (puri, sabzi and pickle) | 996331 | 5% |
| Standard veg meal (rice, dal, sabzi, roti) | 996331 | 5% |
| Samosa or vada (2 pieces) | 996331 | 5% |
| Packaged drinking water, 1 litre | 2201 | 5% |
| Biscuits at MRP | 1905 | 5% |
| Packaged namkeen at MRP | 2106 | 5% |
| Flavoured milk, 180 ml | 0402 | 5% |
| Carbonated soft drink, 250 ml | 2202 | 40% |
- FSSAI food licence
- GST registration
- Weighing scale stampingIf it applies
- Police licenceIf it applies
Your people
The people who run it, each with their own login
Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.
LicenseePays licence fee, deals with the commercial department, buys stock, handles inspections and complaints.
Stall managerOpens and closes, issues stock to vendors, counts cash, keeps bills and registers.
VendorSells at the stall or train doors at approved rates, gives bills, wears uniform and ID.
Cook or tea makerTea and coffee, reheats and assembles food, keeps the stall clean.
Not covered yet
- Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
- Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a railway station catering stall?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Railway station catering stall". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Do I have to type all of this in?
No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.
Can I change the routines and workflows?
Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.
What does the AI team do without asking me?
It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.
Hotels, restaurants and travel
Other services in hotels, restaurants and travel
Run a railway station catering stall on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.
Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.
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