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Food EC

Food Marketplace Development & Operations

Development and operation of a marketplace-style EC for meals and ingredients. Covers seller menu management, order intake, and delivery integration.

Ongoing·Role: Development
Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQL

Challenge

  • Inventory management must account for food-specific factors: expiration dates, refrigerated/frozen handling, and delivery time windows.
  • Delivery availability and pricing logic by region and time slot is complex.
  • Mobile orders account for 80%; UI speed and usability directly drive churn.

Solution

  • Embedded expiration dates and storage temperatures in the product model; auto-determined order eligibility at display time.
  • Defined delivery zones by postal code and combined them with a time-slot master for dynamic calculation.
  • Used Next.js App Router for fast page transitions and delivered images through CDN with next-gen formats.

Technology Decisions

Why App Router

Server Components enable parallel data fetching, dramatically improving TTFB for product list pages. The UX gap is significant on mobile-first sites.

Outcomes

Mobile LCP

< 2.5s

Core Web Vitals Good (all 3 metrics green)

Order Completion Rate

+15% vs. before

Result of UI acceleration + UX refinement

Mobile Share

80%+

Mobile-first design minimized churn

Delivery Zones

Postal code × time-slot dynamic calc.

Nationwide delivery-fee logic

Team

1 of our engineers

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