Customer App
Fast category browsing and search across 50,000+ SKUs, smart lists and one-tap reorder of weekly baskets, delivery slot selection or express checkout, substitution preferences, and live order tracking from picking to doorstep.
On-demand Solutions
Grocery Delivery App Development
Instacart-style grocery delivery platforms with catalog management for 50,000+ SKUs, slot-based and express delivery, and dark-store-ready operations.
Grocery delivery is a different engineering problem from food delivery: catalogs run to tens of thousands of SKUs, items go out of stock mid-order, and customers expect both scheduled slots and 15-minute express delivery. Devlex Infotech builds grocery platforms that solve all three — Elasticsearch-powered catalog search, real-time inventory sync with substitution workflows, and slot management that balances picker capacity against demand.
Since 2020 we have delivered grocery and quick-commerce platforms for supermarket chains, dark-store startups, and hyperlocal entrepreneurs across 5+ countries. Every engagement includes the customer app, a picker-and-packer app, a delivery driver app, and an admin dashboard with category, pricing, and promotion management — backed by our 95% client retention and 24/7 support.
50K+SKUs Supported per Store
15-minExpress Delivery Workflows
4+Grocery Platforms Delivered
What We Build
Grocery Delivery App We Deliver
Picker & Packer App
Aisle-optimized picking routes, barcode scanning for item verification, weight-based item handling, instant substitution requests pushed to the customer, and order staging for handover — cutting per-order picking time by up to 35%.
Driver App
Batched multi-drop routes optimized by Google Maps, temperature-sensitive handling flags, contactless proof of delivery with photo capture, and earnings dashboards with shift scheduling.
Admin Dashboard
Catalog and pricing management with bulk CSV import, store and dark-store zone configuration, slot capacity planning, promotion and combo-offer engines, and refund workflows your ops team can run without engineering help.
Dispatcher Panel
Live view of orders by status — placed, picking, packed, out for delivery — with bottleneck alerts, manual driver reassignment, and demand heat maps that tell you where the next dark store should go.
Analytics & Integrations
Basket size, repeat-purchase, and slot-utilization analytics, plus integrations with ERP and inventory systems (SAP, Odoo), POS platforms, Stripe and Razorpay payments, and Twilio or WhatsApp for order notifications.
Key Features
Features That Set Your Platform Apart
- Real-time inventory sync with out-of-stock substitution flow
- Scheduled delivery slots plus 15-minute express delivery
- Barcode-scanning picker verification
- Weight-based pricing for fresh produce and meat
- Multiple payment options including wallets and cash on delivery
- Recurring baskets and subscription deliveries
- Dynamic delivery fees and minimum order rules by zone
- Ratings for products, delivery experience, and substitutions
- Multi-store and dark-store support under one brand
- Push, SMS, and WhatsApp notifications at every order stage
Who We Serve
Built For Every Player In The Ecosystem
From early-stage startups to established enterprises, we tailor solutions to your scale.
- Supermarket and hypermarket chains
- Quick-commerce and dark-store startups
- Local grocery store networks
- Organic and specialty food retailers
- Wholesale and B2B grocery suppliers
- Meat, seafood, and fresh produce sellers
- Pharmacy-plus-grocery convenience apps
- Franchise convenience store brands
Technologies
Stack We Rely On
Modern, battle-tested technologies chosen for reliability and scale.
- Flutter
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Elasticsearch
- Redis
- Firebase
- Google Maps Platform
- AWS
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“They delivered our Flutter app for iOS and Android in 14 weeks, exactly on the quoted budget. App Store rating sits at 4.8 and the weekly sprint demos meant there was never a single surprise.”
FAQ
Grocery Delivery App — FAQs
Everything you need to know before starting your project. Still have questions? Talk to our team.
An MVP with customer app, picker app, driver app, and admin panel costs $28,000 to $50,000. Adding dark-store operations, subscriptions, and ERP integration takes a full build to $55,000 to $100,000. Hourly engagement starts at $18/hour if you prefer to scale a dedicated team instead.
Typical MVP timeline is 12 to 16 weeks, including catalog import, payment integration, and store onboarding. Quick-commerce builds with express delivery and dispatch automation run 18 to 26 weeks.
Yes. We build two-way sync with SAP, Odoo, Tally, and most POS systems via API or scheduled feeds, so shelf stock and app stock never drift apart. Catalog onboarding includes bulk import tooling for 50,000+ SKUs.
Pickers flag the item in their app, the customer instantly receives substitution options with price differences, and refund adjustments process automatically at delivery. This single workflow is the biggest driver of grocery app ratings, and ours is battle-tested.
From day one. The platform is multi-store and multi-zone by design — each location gets its own catalog overrides, pricing, slot capacity, and delivery boundaries, all managed from one admin dashboard.
Build Your Grocery Delivery Platform
From neighborhood stores to dark-store networks — get a free scoping session and launch in as little as 12 weeks.