Desktop shopping app, anyone?

Monday 12 October 2009 16:15 | user icon Duncan Sample
Tags: development shopping Tesco API

Having started using the Tesco.com API, I'm trying to gauge interest in ways to implement it.

Online groceries shopping is, for me, a laborious process, even with the supermarkets' well engineered sites. I think there could be some benefit in having a desktop application which aims to help simplify groceries shopping, as well as a mobile application, and supporting website for quick access on-the-go.

Some of the main features I'm thinking of are:

  • Lookup from barcode scanning
  • Supporting in-store (offline) shopping - Being able to print the shopping lists according to the shelf locations in-store (also transferring to a mobile app for the same purpose)
  • Rebuy rules - Keeping track of different 'rebuy rules', knowing when certain foods go out-of-data and reminding you to buy them again
  • Recipe planning - Import recipes and dissect them to work out what needs to be purchased.

I'd be very interested in hearing any other feature ideas that would make your shopping experience better.

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What I'd like is a meta shopping application that takes my shopping list, picks up current prices for all the items from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, etc. and works out whether splitting the list into two or three orders gives a net saving against the increased delivery charges.

PS Good luck with learning Finnish!
Tuesday 5 January 2010 20:49 | user icon Tim Morley




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