If you're the person in charge of Diwali gifts at work, you already know the problem. You have forty colleagues, a dozen clients, a budget someone approved in September and a deadline that gets closer every week. Diwali is on Sunday, 8 November, so Friday, 6 November is the last full working day before it. Gifts that land after that aren't really Diwali gifts.
Snack hampers solve more of this than they get credit for. This guide covers how to choose them for a mixed group, how to match them to a budget, and what to ask for if you're ordering in volume. Prices are the ones listed on the Polka Foods website at the time of writing (14 October 2026), so confirm them on the product page before you commit.
Why Food Hampers Work for Corporate Gifting
A corporate gift has an odd job. It should feel considered, but it can't be too personal. It has to suit people you may never have met over lunch. And it shouldn't create work for the recipient, which rules out anything that needs sizing, assembling or a guess at their taste.
Food handles this well. You don't need to know someone's preferences to be fairly sure that a box of cookies, rusk and khari will find a taker. A hamper also gets shared. It lands on a desk, gets opened at the pantry, and a few colleagues try something they wouldn't have bought themselves. That beats a diary or a mug sitting in a drawer until March.
Choosing by Budget and Team Size
The easiest way to plan is to split your list into tiers instead of picking one gift for everybody.
For team members, single packs from the Khari & Namkeen and cookie ranges keep the per-person cost low. French Heart Puff (200g), Ajwain Fan Khari (200g) and Masala Marori Khari (200g) are Rs. 130 each, and the pack-of-three option brings French Heart Puff to Rs. 363. Kaju Pista Cookies (Rs. 330) are a step up if the budget stretches.
For close colleagues and your own team, the Evening Chai Spread (Rs. 735), Office Munch Mix (Rs. 788) and Chai Time Medley (Rs. 808) each pack four or five items, enough for a proper desk-side spread.
For clients and senior leadership, the Festive Gifting Box (Rs. 1,003) and the Heritage Indulgence Box (Rs. 1,153) look most like gifts when opened. The Festive Gifting Box has Desi Ghee Atta Patti Cookies, Rich Dry Fruit Cookies, Corn Raffles and French Heart Puff. The Heritage Indulgence Box swaps in Crispy Rusk, Eggless Cake Rusk and Kaju Pista Cookies alongside the atta patti.
Here's a worked example for a team of 40 and 10 clients. One Rs. 130 pack for each team member comes to Rs. 5,200. A Festive Gifting Box for each client comes to Rs. 10,030. That's Rs. 15,230 at listed prices, before shipping and any bulk pricing. Giving all 50 people an Office Munch Mix instead would cost Rs. 39,400, so if the budget is fixed, the two-tier approach is worth a look.
Hampers That Suit a Mixed Audience
A corporate list is never one person's taste. Some people want something sweet with their afternoon chai, some lean savoury, and a few will always go for the plainest thing in the box.
The safest choice is a hamper that covers both sides. Office Munch Mix pairs Eggless Cake Rusk with a multiseed cookie, Corn Raffles and Millet Bhujia Mint, so sweet-leaning and savoury-leaning colleagues each find something. The Chai Time Medley goes wider, with Tea Toast Rusk, Masala Marori Khari, French Heart Puff, Handmade Atta Patti Cookies and Roasted Makhana Fusion.
Corn Raffles and Masala Marori Khari both carry some heat, so for a large, varied group it helps to choose a box with a milder anchor like rusk or French Heart Puff. For recipients with dietary restrictions or allergies, check the ingredients on each product page, since a hamper combines several different items.
Bulk Orders with Polka
Polka runs its own manufacturing unit in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, with a 40,000 sq. ft. operational area, and it supplies customised bakery products to well-known food and beverage brands. The facility is HACCP-certified by NSF International and follows FSSAI regulations. For a corporate buyer, that means volume is something the business already handles day to day.
For orders bigger than the online cart handles comfortably, contact the team directly at polkacustomercare@gmail.com or +91 9599196966.
A short enquiry saves back-and-forth. Include the number of boxes, your budget per gift, the delivery cities and the date you need everything by.
Ordering Timeline Before Diwali
Work backwards from the calendar. Diwali is Sunday, 8 November. Dhanteras is Friday, 6 November, and many offices wind down early that day. To get gifts onto desks with time to spare, aim for delivery by Thursday, 5 November.
That points to a simple internal timeline. This week, finalise the list, split it into tiers and agree the budget. In the last week of October, place the order or send the bulk enquiry. In the first days of November, confirm delivery windows with each office.
Out-of-town addresses add time, so if part of your list is in another city, order that portion first.
Browse ready-made hampers in the Bundle collection or build a mixed box from the Gifting & Festive collection. For hampers sorted by recipient, see our Diwali gifting guideĀ