u/getawayconnoisseur

We started out just wanting to shoot food that actually looked like what it tasted like. That sounds simple, but most FMCG and hospitality content misses it completely, either overly styled and lifeless, or rushed and forgettable.

Somewhere along the way that turned into an ongoing strategic approach with The Whole Truth, full projects with Bastian, Fairmont, and JW Marriott, and a growing list of hospitality and F&B clients who kept coming back for the next shoot.

9 years and strong! 💪

What we actually do hasn’t changed much since day one. Before any camera comes out, we spend time understanding what the brand is trying to say and who it’s saying it to, because a Zomato listing shoot and a brand film need completely different things even if it’s the same product on the table. Then we shoot, photo, video, reels, brand films, whatever the project calls for. Then we edit it to actually match the brand, not some generic preset that could belong to anyone.

We also quietly work white label for a few agencies who need someone reliable behind the camera without their name on it.

We’re opening a few slots for new brands this quarter. If your content still feels like it doesn’t match how good your product actually is, that’s usually the exact problem we get called in to fix. Projects typically start upward of 50k. DM us and we’ll figure out if we’re a fit.

Thankful and grateful for this journey that we’re being on!

Started with 1 Reddit post, now with 500+ orders sold and counting,in under 30 days somehow 🥭😭❤️

Honestly don’t even know how to properly process this entire season.

What started as a small experiment through Reddit and word of mouth somehow turned into deliveries going across the country overall.

From NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST:
• Barmer Rajasthan
• Arunachal
• Sikkim
• Kolkata
• Delhi
• Noida
• Kanpur
• Gurgaon
• Hyderabad
• Bengaluru
• Chennai
• Pune
• Mumbai
• Navi Mumbai
• Trivandrum Kerala

and so many more locations we genuinely never expected to reach 😭🥭

And somehow despite all the chaos… the love and feedback we received made everything worth it honestly ❤️

One thing we learnt through this season:

People will always support genuine quality, transparency and effort.

Especially when they can FEEL the difference.

Only the final premium/export-quality luxury batches remain now.

These are NOT the regular market batches.

These are the handpicked lots we were quietly keeping aside throughout the season:
• more premium visually
• richer sweeter batches
• naturally ripened
• carefully selected batch-wise
• packed slower and more carefully
• mainly reserved for the best mango experience possible accordingly 🥭✨

And honestly because these are curated lots, availability is becoming extremely limited now.

Once these final premium batches are over, that’s pretty much the end of our season till next year again accordingly 🥭

We’re genuinely grateful for:
• every order
• every referral
• every delivery executive
• every review
• every repeat customer
• everyone who showed interest and helped😭❤️

Thank you for the trust and love from Reddit with something as emotional and nostalgic as Alphonso mangoes honestly 🥭

How to order? 😊

Please DM:
• Name
• Number
• Address/Pincode
• Quantity

Once payment screenshot is shared, your batch gets allocated instantly accordingly 🥭✨

Happy to Help! :)

Edit: links to previous posts

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Airoli/s/Khw8rz0ovJ
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Airoli/s/GgFajAOsLB
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Airoli/s/KDuGPRH587

We made one random Reddit post about naturally ripened Ratnagiri Alphonsos this season and somehow ended up building a mini mango logistics operation across India 😭🥭

DM us to order!🥭

What started as:
“let’s move a few boxes locally”
turned into:
300+ deliveries
7+ states
same-day Mumbai deliveries
intercity shipments
route clustering
supplier changes
packaging experiments
courier disasters
late-night dispatches from Vashi 😭

At one point we literally had:
Thane → Marol → Kandivali → Navi Mumbai dispatch sequencing running like some underground mango startup 😭🥭

And honestly?
This entire thing completely changed my perspective on business.

India doesn’t have a product problem.

India has:
distribution problems
trust problems
logistics problems
Because when the mangoes land perfectly…
people LOSE THEIR MINDS 😭🥭

We had customers from:
Bangalore
Delhi
Gurgaon
Hyderabad
Chhattisgarh
Punjab
Pune
Mumbai

all trusting random Reddit strangers with prepaid mango orders 😭

And honestly?
Perishables humble you FAST.
You can’t fake quality in this business.
Either:
the aroma hits
the pulp melts
the customer smiles
or none of the storytelling matters.

The craziest part?

NRIs from the US started reaching out asking if we could export authentic Ratnagiri Alphonsos next season because apparently people there are paying luxury prices for real mangoes 😭🥭
That’s when we realised:

this isn’t just fruit.

This is:
nostalgia
summer ritual
sensory experience
gifting culture
seasonal anticipation

Now we’re genuinely researching:

premium export pipelines
US importer partnerships
preorder allocation systems
luxury seasonal drops for next season 😭

And honestly…

the season is almost over now 🥲🥭

So before the mango gods close the gates for another year 😭🥭

Here’s what we’re currently coordinating:
LOCAL ORDERS:

• 1 dozen regular batch — ₹600
• 4 dozen family crate — ₹2400
• 1 dozen premium/export-quality luxury batch — ₹2000
• Same-day delivery available across Mumbai/Navi Mumbai/Thane accordingly 😄
• Delivery charges additionally extra

INTERCITY SHIPMENTS:

• 4 dozen regular family crate — ₹2400
• 1 dozen premium/export-quality luxury batch — ₹2000
• Courier/delivery charges additionally extra accordingly 😊

The premium/export-quality luxury batches are usually:

larger in sizing
stronger aroma
richer pulp consistency
handpicked more uniformly overall 😄🥭

And genuinely:
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Each and everyone.
To everyone who:

ordered
trusted us
reposted
supported
gave feedback
even just messaged us about mangoes 😭🥭

This started as a random experiment.
Now it honestly feels like the beginning of something much bigger.

If anyone wants the batches before the season disappears…

DM with:
• Name
• Number
• Address/Pincode
• Quantity
• Regular or Premium preference 🥭

Happy to help! :)

Edit: Mango photos at the end! Thank you again! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

A few days ago, I casually made a Reddit post about naturally ripened Ratnagiri Alphonsos thinking maybe a few local people would be interested.

Didn’t expect the kind of love, trust and response Reddit showed at all.

In less than a week somehow this turned into:
• 100+ dozens coordinated
• 1200+ mangoes
• 73k+ views
• 95% upvote ratio
• Repeat customers already ordering again
• Same-day Mumbai deliveries
• Intercity shipments across multiple states

We’ve now coordinated deliveries to:
Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Ranchi, Nanded, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and a few more places 🥭

The funniest part honestly has been reading people’s reactions after opening the boxes 😭

“The whole kitchen smells insane.”
“These don’t taste like supermarket mangoes.”
“Bro amazing mangoes.”

And honestly, that’s exactly why we love doing this.

Good naturally ripened Ratnagiri Alphonsos are becoming harder and harder to find properly nowadays.

Most people are used to:
cold-storage mangoes,
artificial ripening,
or mangoes that look good but don’t actually smell or taste the same.

For us this genuinely started with one simple intention:
help more people experience proper Alphonsos again during the season 🥭

We still coordinate everything in relatively small batches because maintaining quality matters more to us than scaling aggressively.

And surprisingly, despite everything scaling up this fast, the pricing is still the same:
• ₹600/dozen
• ₹2400 family crate (4 dozen)
• Premium handpicked luxury batches at ₹2000/dozen 🥭

So genuinely:
thank you to every single person here who ordered, commented, shared the post, trusted us or even just interacted with it ❤️

Never expected Reddit to accidentally become a mango distribution network 😂🥭

If anyone’s still curious:
feel free to DM your city/pincode + quantity and I’ll honestly tell you what’s feasible with the current batches and delivery slots :)

Happy to help! :)

You know they’re real Alphonsos when the entire room smells sweet before the box is even opened 🥭

My family started shipping naturally ripened Ratnagiri Alphonsos directly this season and honestly, supermarket mangoes don’t even come close.

🙅🏽‍♂️No carbide.

🙅🏽‍♂️No cold-storage taste.

Just soft saffron pulp and that insane aroma you only get during peak harvest.

We’re doing small batches at ₹600/dozen(4 dozen/box) and in Mumbai we can usually get them delivered the same day if ordered early enough.

Happy to share photos if anyone’s curious.

Honestly just excited more people get to taste real Alphonsos this season :)