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NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: iD Fresh maintains overall product wastage below 4%
“Today, at an overall ID level, we are at less than four percent wastage. In, for a mature city, mature product, we will be running at less than one percent wastage.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 1:02:54 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: iD Fresh rejected 28-crore buyout, eventually reaching 5,000-crore valuation
“28 crores. Today we are a 5000 crore brand. We took the right decision at that time, not to sell the company at that time.”
PC Musthafa Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 46:08 What Went Wrong Before iD Fresh Worked | For the First Time Co-Founders Tell Their Story
NEON SHOW Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Musthafa: iD Fresh products contain zero chemicals and zero preservatives
“It is zero chemicals, zero preservatives.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 41:55 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2026
Musthafa: iD Fresh aims to IPO in three years at ₹1,000Cr scale
“Three years. That's the aim you have set for your team. When we cross a thousand crore run rate. With double digit EBITDA.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 1:05:27 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Musthafa: All early iD Fresh employees were rewarded with company shares
“Interestingly, all of them are shareholders now, right? If you look at all those employees, we decided to reward them with the shares.”
PC Musthafa Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 40:28 What Went Wrong Before iD Fresh Worked | For the First Time Co-Founders Tell Their Story
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Musthafa: iD Fresh operates factories in only five cities globally
“We are factory only in five places, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, and Dubai.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 13:43 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Partly supported
Musthafa: iD Fresh products reach 70 cities across six countries
“We are there in 70 cities across various, ah, you know, parts, across, like, six countries.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 16:22 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Musthafa: iD Fresh batter achieves a seven-day shelf life with refrigeration
“In our packaging plus, you know, proper storage will get you seven day shelf life.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 46:10 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Musthafa: Legacy idli powder manufacturers have started making fresh batter
“Even those companies who are doing this, you know, idli powder. Ah, for decades, has now started making fresh batter”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 57:08 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: iD Fresh visits almost 40,000 retail outlets daily
“Look at the case of ID, almost a 40,000 outlets with around 10 products being visited every day and every transaction has got a placement, a replenishment, a stock rotation, cash collection, invoice writing, and settlement.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 1:00:32 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Partly supported
Musthafa: iD Fresh Achieved 29% Year-Over-Year Growth Last Year
“Last year we had a. 29% growth.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 1:05:58 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Opening at 2 AM was the turning point for early tea stall
“When you say disruptive business model, when everyone was operating at six AM, you guys identified that there are customers who could start having tea at two in the morning and then change the timing. That became the turning point.”
PC Musthafa Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 21:57 What Went Wrong Before iD Fresh Worked | For the First Time Co-Founders Tell Their Story
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Scaled iD Fresh from 100 to 1,000 daily packets in months
“So basically, if you look at this journey, it took us six months to sell forty-fifty packets a day, then it took us nine months to sell hundred packets a day, but then from a hundred packet to a thousand packets, it took us two months or three months.”
PC Musthafa Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 34:36 What Went Wrong Before iD Fresh Worked | For the First Time Co-Founders Tell Their Story
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Family became the richest in their village after his first job
“We probably the What do you call poorest in the village before I got a job, and then we sort of became one of the richest in the village after I got a job.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 7:47 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Saved 150 rupees as a child to buy family's first goat
“And with that money, when I think some one 50 rupees or so I saved, I bought a goat. And that was the first asset in the family, right? That became two, three goats. And then I sold all the three, four goats and bought a cow. And the cow became our regular inc…”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 8:51 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Earned 10 Rupees Daily as a Child Farm Laborer in Kerala
“Yeah, when my dad was getting on 50 rupees at a stage, I used to get around 10 rupees.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 11:31 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Musthafa: Parents Skipped One Meal Daily to Finance His College Education
“When I started going to college, they both decided to skip one meal every day. To educate me.”
PC Musthafa Nov 24, 2023 ▶ 19:12 Building a ₹3,000 Crore Business, PC Musthafa, Founder, iD Fresh
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