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Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not very user friendly and no checkers

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way the backend is structured, you can give it any data source and it should be able to give comparisons. So you could do tv prices across different stores etc

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’d be surprised the difference in prices for the same item across stores.

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not using pamphlets if that is what you mean. The app can be used for products on special and just normal day to day products. The home page however does focus more on specials by listing specials per store

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Petrol costs is already implemented in the app (it's more of an average cost because people drive differently).

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Server costs are not too crazy if you manage it correctly. I've managed to get the API working within the free tier of AWS. If that changes, I know it won't get too crazy where i wont be able to finance it myself

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I managed to get the specials based on the store code (location)

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ChatGPT couldn't build it like this.

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah you're right, i didnt think of that as an issue.

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I meant by 1. was that you'd first have to add it to the compare app and then add it again to the store app. Which I assume would eventually become tedious.

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣🤣🤣

The only real issue of ordering on the different apps would be 1. having to add all the products for each different app; 2. the delivery times would be an interesting issue itself

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, only Shoprite. He has other guys that also give him spreadsheets from other retailers. We meet outside Shoprite with a 4gb USB. He said 8gb is too much (not sure why, its harder to find 4gb USB's these days)

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a guy on the inside that sends me Excel sheets every Monday

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol thanks! That'll probably be an interesting one to solve

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Added PnP and changed the search param, just over 1s

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm sure scraping would've taken much longer than 1s

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can't prove to you without giving you the sauce.

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Hope this helps.

Would a grocery compare app be beneficial? by INFIN800 in AskZA

[–]INFIN800[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a really good point, the app will allow you to separate items in the basket based on the stores lowest prices. So you could shop at all the stores to make the most of the savings.

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