"Eat healthy" is easy advice to give and expensive advice to follow. Salads cost more than street food, and "clean eating" brands charge a premium. Nomio is built on a different belief: home-cooked, healthy food should be affordable for everyone — not a luxury. It's the second of our pillars.
Where Your Money Usually Goes
On a typical delivery order, a surprising amount of what you pay never touches the food: layered restaurant margins, packaging, marketing discounts funded by inflated menu prices, and steep platform commissions. You pay ₹250 and eat maybe ₹90 worth of meal.
How Nomio Keeps Prices Honest
- No middle layer: You buy directly from a home chef nearby — there's no restaurant brand taking a cut on top.
- Short distances: Chefs are hyper-local, so delivery is quick and cheap, not a cross-city haul.
- Transparent pricing: Food, delivery, and platform fees are shown separately before you pay — no inflated menu hiding the real cost.
- Subscriptions: Committing to a weekly or monthly plan brings the per-meal price down to as little as ₹49.
Affordable — But Still Fair to the Chef
Cheap food usually means someone is being underpaid. Nomio's goal is affordability and fairness at the same time: the chef earns a genuine income, and you still pay less than daily restaurant delivery. We don't get there by squeezing chefs — we get there by removing the layers that don't add value. (More on how we protect chef earnings in why we cap chefs at 25 thalis a day.)
The Maths in Practice
Swapping ₹200/day restaurant lunches for a Nomio subscription typically saves ₹2,000–3,000 a month — for food that's fresher and healthier. Affordable, by design. Read the full story behind it on our pillars page.