Grocery Delivery App Development: Types, Business Models, Features, Tech Stack.

“Your grocery order is out for delivery” is the best pop-up on the phone after a long day. Do you agree? As convenience becomes a priority in today’s fast-paced lifestyle, the demand for online grocery delivery apps is rising.  Delivery at doorsteps has become a standard thing customers expect from every online shopping app.

According to Statista, 138 million shoppers in the United States shop for groceries online. These figures reflect the growing preference for convenience and managing everything with fingertips. On-demand grocery shopping apps play a critical role in facilitating this. 

In this blog, we will discuss the benefits and features of online grocery shopping applications, explain the concept of a grocery delivery app, and explain how it works. 

What is a Grocery Delivery App and How Does it Work?

A grocery delivery app is an online mobile app that allows you to order groceries online in the shortest possible timeframe.  It streamlines the shopping experience, saving valuable time and eliminating the inconvenience of waiting in long checkout lines. 

Types of Grocery Delivery Apps:

This digital product is usually preferred by entrepreneurs with the following business models. 

1. Single Store App: Who has their warehouse and can manage the supply chain;
2. Aggregator App: Who wishes to provide a platform to various grocery dealers and wants to deliver it to the customer’s doorstep? 
3. Grocery Chain App: The grocery chain app is similar to single store apps, but with a difference that it allows you to cover a wide area for order delivery. 
4. Marketplace Apps: You can create an online marketplace where grocery store owners can list down their items and you hire a team of delivery people. Grocery marketplaces serve as a bridge between various stores and customers. 

How Does a Grocery Shopping App Work?

Grocery delivery apps are developed with a customer-centric approach. Customers browse through the list of products, add them to the cart, and proceed to checkouts. The list is received at the backend and a delivery agent is assigned for the order delivery.  

On the delivery agent side, s/he receives the request and can accept it as required. Many applications automate the assigning of delivery agents process, which speeds up the process. Upon acceptance, the delivery agency receives the customer’s details and proceeds with the delivery.

The agent picks up the groceries from the store and delivers them to the doorstep. 

Even though the process sounds simple, its seamless management is challenging. 

What Are The Benefits of lication Development?

Apart from being convenient for customers, grocery delivery applications offer multiple advantages to their owners. Here are a few key benefits of grocery delivery app development. 

Time and Cost Efficiency:

Grocery delivery apps help reduce operational costs associated with customer service and checkout management. It helps you reach a broader range of audience and skips the need for a physical store and manpower. The increased flexibility helps you grow over average order values and focus on revenue generation.

Better Inventory control:

Online grocery shopping apps keep track of inventory in real time. The status of a quantity of products is automatically updated and if an item runs low in stocks, the reorder process is also initiated. 

Some advanced features such as barcode scanning, multistore management, and AI integration tremendously increase inventory control efficiency. 

Competitive advantage:

As more grocery stores embrace the online model, your business needs to make the shift to digital platforms as well. This shift gives you a competitive advantage and a chance to flourish in the rapidly evolving market. 

What Are The Different Grocery Delivery App Business Models:

As simple as it may sound, pickup and delivery, there are a lot of things that go in between. Here are a few business model examples that you can integrate into your online grocery delivery applications. 

Scheduled Delivery Model:

In this delivery model, the orders are delivered at a time convenient to all the parties involved. 

Pick-up in-store or Click and Collect Model:

In this model, the customers order the groceries online but prefer to pick them up from the store, the same as it was done traditionally. 

Hyperlocal business model:

The hyperlocal delivery model is useful to target an audience of a limited area. Even though it restricts the audience targeting, it is beneficial because it facilitates speedy and timely delivery. 

Inventory-based model:

As described above, the store owners manage the inventory and are responsible for the timely delivery of groceries. 

Multi-vendor business model:

In this business model, multiple vendors come together on an online platform to sell groceries. This is often called the “zero inventory model” because the online platform has no inventory. 

Features of a Grocery Delivery app:

Consumers are really impressed by an application that greets them well, provides an intuitive interface, and handles checkout seamlessly. With this information, did you get an idea of what features should you focus more on? Just kidding, we will break down the features list for you. 

Customer-side features:

For the Admin panel, the features that you can integrate are:

For the Delivery Agent Panel, you can integrate the following features:

What is the process of developing a grocery shopping application? 

Grocery shopping application development requires thorough research of the market. At ITPath Solutions we perform competitor analysis for your grocery shopping application idea. We also have a defined app development process that we follow for swift and efficient delivery of the application. 

You can read the detailed blog written on the mobile app development process for a better understanding. 

Technology Stack for Grocery Delivery App Development:

Our tech team helps businesses understand the impact and the experience various technologies will provide to the users. Based on this discussion, you can make an informed decision to select the tech stack for grocery delivery apps.

What is the cost of grocery delivery app development? 

Grocery shopping app development cost depends on various factors such as the complexity of the app, features you decide to integrate, technology stack, size of the development team you hire, and many more such parameters. 

At ITPath Solutions, our app development costs usually fall between $20,000-$50,000. This is an expected range for app development. Get in detailed discussion with us to discuss the exact price for application development. 

Here is a tentative figure that can give you an idea of how the cost of app development is performed. 

Let’s Build Your Grocery Shopping Application:

We have covered all that is required for a successful grocery shopping app development. If you still have any unanswered questions, feel free to reach out to us. 

Our experts are proficient in building high-quality grocery applications. With over a decade of experience, our team thrives on delivering successful apps. Thank you!