GUIDES
Running a tiffin kitchen in Canada
Licensing, pricing, tax, payments and the numbers that tell you whether the business is working. Written for kitchens actually cooking, not for a search engine.
Getting started · Canada
How to start a tiffin service in Canada
Licensing, kitchen options, pricing and delivery — what it actually takes to go from cooking for friends to running a subscription kitchen in Canada.
· 5 MIN READ
Pricing · Margins
How to price a tiffin service (with the actual math)
Most tiffin kitchens price by looking at what everyone else charges, then wonder where the money went. Here is the arithmetic that tells you what you should charge.
· 4 MIN READ
Reports · Margins
The nine numbers every tiffin kitchen should track
A full bank account and a failing business look identical for about four months. These are the numbers that tell them apart.
· 4 MIN READ
Tax · Canada
GST/HST for tiffin and meal-prep businesses in Canada
Basic groceries are zero-rated. Hot meals delivered to a door are usually not. Here is the distinction that decides whether you owe tax on every tiffin you sell.
· 4 MIN READ
Payments · Canada
Collecting Interac e-Transfers without losing track
Your customers pay by e-transfer because it is free and instant. Then you spend the last night of every month matching psharma.92@gmail.com to a name on your list.
· 3 MIN READ