Grocery

Last-mile delivery of on-demand, perishable products is complex, time-sensitive and costly. Simplify your food & grocery operations all on one platform with FarEye.

Food & grocery is one of the fastest growing categories for online delivery. Handle on-demand, hyperlocal and omnichannel deliveries easily and at scale, with FarEye.

66

%

of grocery customers expect same-hour delivery

29

%

expect to be able to change their delivery location or time

90

%

of consumers actively track their orders online

Meet rising online grocery customer expectation or risk losing your customers

Online grocery shopping is here to stay. With appetites for grocery delivery expected to double in the next five years, will you be ready? Grocery and food distribution companies need to cut costs and develop new revenue streams to remain profitable.

Challenges in grocery delivery

Inventory management

Lack of real-time visibility into inventory, inability to manage inventory on the fly

Hyperlocal delivery

Lack of speed, scalability and fleet to keep pace with same- and next-day deliveries

Omnichannel fulfillment

Expensive and complex to deliver quickly and efficiently to a multitude of dropoff points

Consumer demands

Requires fast and free delivery for same- and next-day deliveries

How do we help?

FarEye’s unique platform removes complexity from food & grocery delivery orchestration. Unlock new revenue streams and create cost-efficient deliveries that create superior food & grocery delivery experiences.

New revenue streams

Unlock online food & grocery delivery with enhanced service levels that drive sales growth and increase brand loyalty

Speed to deliver

Exceed increasing consumer demands for fast grocery delivery with carrier and own fleet solutions

Real-time visibility

View and provide real-time ETA updates across last-mile delivery to consumers, managers, drivers and more.

Omnichannel fulfillment

Execute omnichannel fulfillment with precision, expanding capacity and adding flexibility to meet your consumers however, wherever and whenever they want.

Your delivery roadmap

Stage one

Outsourced last-mile deliveries with a single 3PL

Maximize operational efficiencies with a single, outsourced 3PL to create superior consumer delivery experiences

Profile

• Low shipment volume
• Local geographic footprint
• Few warehouses
• One 3PL carrier partnership
• Shipping costs high

Opportunities

• Improve delivery experience
• Offer custom deliveries
• Provide delivery visibility and ETA reliability
• Enhance resilience to external disruption
• Scale volumes and expand to multiple markets

Stage two

Outsourced last-mile deliveries with multiple 3PLs

Increase capacity and scale your operations efficiently and at the lowest cost with multiple 3PL integrations.

Profile

• Intermediate shipment volumes
• Large geographic footprint
• Few fulfillment centers
• Multiple 3PL carrier partnerships
• Delivery costs and charges are more competitive

Opportunities

• Manage relationships with multiple carriers more effectively
• Create improved, consistent delivery experiences
• Enhance delivery quality and offer further delivery customization
• Provide improved delivery visibility
• Increased resilience to external disruption.
• Increased scalability to larger volumes and multiple markets

Stage three

Hybrid last-mile deliveries with owned & outsourced fleets

Build capacity and flexibility into your delivery network with enhanced integrations across multiple 3PLs and optimized solutions for your own fleet.

Profile

• High shipment volumes
• Large geographic footprint
• Owned and outsourced delivery
• Multiple fulfillment centers

Opportunities

• Utilize micro fulfillment centers
• Reduce costs by consolidating mid-mile, cross docking and Zone Skipping
• Create more flexible and customizable delivery options
• Deliver branded customer experience
• Achieve more control of delivery process
• Optimize own fleet and routing
• Enhance visibility and ETA tracking
• Reduce dependence on third parties and increase resilience

Stage four

First to last mile with hybrid fleet

Take full control of your supply chain with end-to-end logistics solutions using both 3PL carriers and an optimized own fleet.

Profile

• Very high shipment volumes
• Very large geographic footprint
• International deliveries
• Large fleet, owned and outsourced
• Many fulfillment centers

Opportunities

• Take complete control of supply chain
• Reduce reliance on third-parties
• Forecast delivery demand
• Offer more flexible and customizable deliveries
• Take orders from inventory to in-transit
• Gain complete visibility and accurate ETA tracking
• Drop-ship orders directly from suppliers
• Enhanced modeling, forecasting and automation

Dig deeper

Food & Grocery Guide: How to Buy Last-mile Delivery Technology

The Last Mile Mandate eBook

How HelloFresh enables great customer deliveries with FarEye

Transform your delivery experience today