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Quick-commerce app and platform

A quick-commerce grocery app and web platform, built from scratch

A Chicago startup with no product and no tech team. Torno built the whole platform, from mobile app to backend, and partnered on the product from day one.

Torno didn’t just execute tasks. They partnered with us in building the product from day one. AasimFounder, Crateful
Industry
Quick-commerce grocery
Client stage
Startup, Chicago
Starting point
No product, no technical team
Services
AI Product Engineering
The challenge

Crateful wanted to bring quick-commerce grocery to residents of multi-family buildings.

  • No existing product
  • No technical team
  • Ordering and delivery had to work in real time
  • A platform that could grow building by building
What we built

What the Pod delivered.

01

Mobile app

Browsing, cart, checkout and real-time order tracking for residents.

02

Web storefront

The same catalog and checkout on the web.

03

Operations backend

Catalog, ordering, delivery scheduling and vendor data, end to end.

How it went

The path, step by step.

  1. FrameProduct, users and the first release
  2. BuildApp, storefront, cart and checkout
  3. OperateDelivery scheduling and vendor data
  4. GrowReady for more buildings and vendors
Full platformmobile app and web storefront built from scratch
Real timeordering and delivery tracking live for residents
Scalablestorefront ready for more buildings and vendors
End to endcatalog, ordering, delivery scheduling and vendor data on one platform
Built with
Mobile appWeb storefrontCart and checkoutDelivery scheduling
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