Part of ASH Group · Consumer & F&B

No dashboard between you and the customer.

A consumer brand with a physical product, a counter, and people who tell you what they think immediately. Open in two cities, building in two more.

  • My rolePartner
  • Parent companyASH Group
  • SinceEarly 2026
  • Open nowGujranwala, Sargodha
  • Opening nextRawalpindi / Islamabad
Ali Shayan Haider

The concept

Molten is an ice cream and cafe brand. It is a separate business from the digital side entirely — not a side project, not a client, and not something ASH Digital Agency produced.

I came into it as a partner at the start of 2026, which means I am building it with other people rather than running it alone. That distinction matters, so I'd rather state it than blur it.

Why this, and why now

Building a consumer brand teaches things no amount of marketing work will. Inventory behaves differently from ad spend. A queue is a different signal from a conversion rate. And a customer standing in front of you is either satisfied or isn't — there is no attribution model to argue with.

The brand itself is unapologetically warm and physical: molten chocolate, a hand-drawn wordmark, nothing corporate about it. That is the right answer for a product people buy on impulse and remember by feel.

Where it is now

Molten is open and serving in Gujranwala and Sargodha. A location in Rawalpindi / Islamabad is being built, and Lahore is next on the list.

Open now Gujranwala
Open now Sargodha
Building Rawalpindi / Islamabad
Next Lahore

Different industry.
Same standard.

Molten is the clearest evidence that ASH Group isn't a marketing career with a portfolio attached. It's a business-building one.

Updates

Openings get posted here as they happen.

Rawalpindi / Islamabad and Lahore will move from "building" and "next" to "open now" on this page the day they actually are — not before.