About Us

We are dedicated to providing the freshest, highest-quality products to help you live a healthier, more vibrant life.

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Empowering Local Food Businesses.

Strengthening Communities.

SHEPLATES is a hyperlocal food marketplace that connects local food businesses with customers, making quality food more accessible while empowering small businesses to grow.

Support Local

We empower local food entrepreneurs to grow and succeed.

Build Community

We strengthen local economies and create lasting impact.

Quality First

We ensure fresh, high-quality food every time.

Sustainable Growth

We believe in responsible growth that benefits business & people.

Grow Your Business with SHEPLATES

The pilot's success earned Sheplates a place in the StartUpTN Social Impact Accelerator Program and laid the foundation for our next chapter.

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Meet the Founders

The passion and experience behind SHEPLATES.

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Vetri

Founder & CEO

Vetri is a hyperlocal commerce entrepreneur on a mission to empower local businesses with technology and build the future of neighbourhood commerce.

- Built and scaled marketplace ecosystems across food delivery, mobility, and local commerce
- Expanded restaurant supply networks during TinyOwl’s rapid growth phase
- Strengthened Swiggy’s operational capabilities, contributing to its scale-up to 10,000+ daily orders
- Led ofo’s South India expansion, launching operations across multiple cities
- Founded Sheplates, serving 13,500+ meals to 400+ subscribers through 8,000+ deliveries
- Part of Entrepreneur First’s global founder ecosystem, gaining exposure to venture building and global networks

Combining a decade of hands-on startup experience with deep insights into local businesses, Vetri is building Sheplates 2.0 — a technology platform enabling neighbourhood food entrepreneurs to digitise, grow, and thrive.

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Ashwin

CO-FOUNDER & COO

Ashwin is an Electrical Engineering graduate with expertise in business strategy, commercial growth and investment analysis.

  • Extensive experience scaling businesses across agri-processing
    and food manufacturing sectors
  • Led muti-commodity production and the development of value-added products
  • At Shepiates. Ashwin leads the company's commercial and financial strategy, helping bud a scalable, sustainable business that empowers local food entrepreneurs and supports long-term growth.

Customer Reviews

Honest opinions from satisfied customers.

Rated 4.7 out of 5

The food was very tasty and the best thing is that it had the flavour of home cooked food. Hygienically packed. We all relished the food

Pooja Virugambakkam

It was excellent. I enjoyed the variety of the menu. Quantity was sufficient. Taste was always good. Very satisfied overall

Aravind Porur

Food was very good.Thank you for your service. One of my family member is tested positive and so this food helped everyone. Truly appreciate the support for 2 weeks. I have already recommended Sheplates to my friends in the apartment

Kavya Arumbakkam

Thank you for sending Kuzhi Paniyaram today. I miss my mother away from home. My native is Karaikudi and kuzhi paniyaram is very famous there

Viswanathan Tiruvotiyur

Convey my special thanks to your team.Past 3 months, we had very good healthy food and sometimes they sent additional food knowing I am pregnant . Much appreciation for care and concern during this critical period. Really happy and thanks a million to everyone from the cooking team to the delivery person. Keep continuing this good service and best wishes to the team 🙂 Catch you soon after my delivery 🙂

Nila Poonamallee

Delivered on time. Neatly packed. Quality maintained.

John Ayyappanthangal

We really enjoyed eating and it was very tasty.

Dr. Vidhya & Friends

Your service was on time and food quality was also super. Nice Taste.

Arun Kumar Poonamallee

Your service was on time and food quality was also super. Nice Taste.

Arun Kumar Poonamallee

Today, you boosted not only my immunity but felt morally boosted with tasty items like ginger lemon juice, keerai, milagu kuzhambu, brinjal, jeera rasam, and to top it all curd rice. Excellent!

Jayaraman Tiruverkadu

My mum is in kkn and unable to cook everyday. She really loved the food u gave us that day(which is a miracle- as she's a picky eater)

Meenakshi KK Nagar