Any container that is used for carrying food can be called a food carrier. There can be various types of food boxes depending on their size, compartmentalization, and mode of carrying. Under this project, the food box, which is used for carrying food for industrial and office workers, has been redesigned. A third party transports these boxes from the kitchen to the office or industry site. Since the industrial revolution, the problem of food transportation has become more serious in society. In Bombay city itself, it is more than 30 years old. More than 2 lakh luch boxes are transported daily in Bombay alone. Lunch should be available to men at their place of work during lunch hours. As many industrial sites are away from the main city, good hotels or canteens are not situated near the place of work. This necessitates that the worker arrange for his own food, thus giving rise to the evolution of the food carrier. It is difficult to prepare the food very early in the morning, and it is also inconvenient for the worker to carry the food box early in the morning. This brings about the existence of a third force that transports these boxes from the kitchen to the site.

There are numerous food box manufacturers on the market. However, the one shown in the photograph is the most commonly used. It has an outside container of G.I. sheeting, and inside it contains four compartments of aluminium. This is taken for analysis. Recently, one better food box has come on the market that has the same aluminium containers inside and an outside container made of double-walled, high-density polyethylene. There is thermocol packing inside the double wall. This box keeps food hot for 5 hours.