Uber for grocery delivery app
                     How to start a grocery delivery business!
With the rapid evolution of mobile technology, a grocery delivery business is popping up in the market.
Nowadays, if you feel that you don’t have a particular ingredient for your Christmas eve dish, you can 
simply launch a grocery e-commerce software and order what you need. All the best-known grocery 
delivery applications have a lot in common. To start a new grocery business, it is very important to 
consider some important facts like:
 Studying the grocery market thoroughly
 Building a white-label grocery app
 Know your target audience
 Marketing strategies
 Market competition
The answer to a famous question “how can I make grocery app better” is using the above tactics even if
you have established your business in the market. After getting the answers to all the above questions, 
one can launch their application in the market without any hesitation. During the lockdown, all the 
grocery and food delivery applications were on the rise. Let us look at some of the facts relating to it:
 Global shopping apps downloads reached 106M at the beginning of April.
 Walmart grocery has reported the highest number of downloads and it was ranked #1 in google 
play store and #2 in the apple store.
 Instacart also recorder a rise in its demand and it is admitted that there was an increase of 10 
times than regular sales.
 Amazon’s app downloads have also increased by 20% since January.
 As per CNBC, it is expected that by the year 2025, online grocery sales will grab 20% of the 
market successfully.
After looking at the facts above, it can be accessed that in coming years, grocery and food delivery 
market will flourish and the entrepreneurs working as well. This is the best time to make some strategic
changes and introducing new tactics to reach potential customers. The online grocery app development 
has made it very easy for everyone because it is interactive and made after keeping different kinds of 
people in mind.
What are the key features of grocery delivery app?
There are four different panels namely customer app, delivery boy app, grocery store app and admin 
panel having different features. One can add basic and advanced features to make it more functional 
and attractive.
For customers:
 User profile
 Browse products
 Search restaurants
 Add to cart
 Schedule delivery
 Reviews and ratings
 Social media integration
 Multiple payment options
 Invite a friend
 In-app calling and messages
Delivery boy panel:
 Delivery request notification
 Accept or reject the delivery request
 Update availability
 In-app chatting and calling
 Get delivery confirmation
 Track customer location
 Update delivery
 Customer information
Grocery delivery store:
 Order notification
 Inventory management
 Accept or reject orders
 Manage payments
 View feedbacks
 In-app chatting and calling
 Customer support
 Edit items in the menu
 Manage payments
Admin dashboard:
 Manage customers and shoppers
 Manage stores
 Content management
 Featured product
 Make refunds
 Marketing tools
 Support enquiry
 Real-time analytics
 Reporting
 Featured product
Apart from the above-mentioned basic features, one can build an on-demand delivery app and add 
advanced features as well which includes push notifications, GPS tracking, behaviour tracking, loyalty 
programs, shoppers tracking, re-ordering, order history etc. These features can make your app stronger 
and easy-to-use.
Cost to create a grocery delivery app:
Questions like how much do they charge to make a grocery app and how much time will it take to build
a complete customized app are common when we are talking about grocery app development. 
Generally, the overall cost of building an application ranges somewhere between $2k to $25k 
depending upon various factors. Some of them are listed below:
The complexity of the application: If an application consists of only basic features, then the cost 
involved is less and when the advanced features are included, the cost will be high. In addition, the 
simplicity of an app needs less money and energy and vice-versa.
A number of platforms: Normally, the platforms are IOS, Android and Web. If an application is 
launched in 1 or 2 platforms, the cost will be less and if you want to launch the app in all the platforms,
the cost will be high.
Development team size: Grocery app development needs a large number of developers, designers etc. 
Larger team size means more money and less number of developers’ means less money. In addition, if 
you are hiring freelancers, the cost will depend upon the number of freelancers hired.
Location of the company: Location also plays a very important role in grocery app development. In 
some locations like China and India, developers can be hired at a very cheap price and in some 
locations like California, developers can be hired at an expensive price because the whole market is 
expensive.
UI/UX Design: Templates and design of an application is also the main factor in deciding the cost of 
application. If you are using a number of designs for landing pages, the cost will be adjusted 
accordingly.
Way of grocery app development: There are two different ways of developing an application. One is 
to develop from scratch and another is to purchase a clone app and customize it according to one’s 
business needs and requirements.
Conclusion:
It is always easier said than done. Creating a feature-enriched grocery delivery application is difficult 
when you don’t have enough knowledge about features, functionalities and technology stack. The 
above article is aimed at how to built instacart app and you should get an idea about everything you 
need to know about grocery delivery app development.