Shobhamai Food Products

You can find us in Risod, right on the Malegaon Road. We are pretty easy to spot because we’re near the State Bank of India. Shobhamai Food Products is where we spend our time making different food items for the local market. It’s a busy kitchen-style environment on a larger scale. We start very early, usually before the sun is fully up, to get the ovens or the dryers going. The air inside always smells like whatever we are cooking that day, whether it’s spices or grains. We have a few local women who come in to help with the sorting and the packaging. Most of it is done by hand because we like to see what is going into the bags. We spend a lot of time cleaning the floors and the counters because when you work with food, you can’t have any mess left over. The bags get weighed and sealed, and then they are stacked in crates ready to be taken to the shops. Being near the bank means there’s always people coming and going outside, so we see a lot of our neighbors throughout the day. We don't have a fancy storefront; people usually just come to the side door if they need something. It’s a lot of standing on your feet and repetitive work, but we’ve got a good rhythm going now. We just focus on getting the daily production finished and the workspace tidied up so we can do it all again tomorrow morning.