Food marketplace development

With a steady rise in online food ordering demand, the global food service market size is expected to reach US$ 4.2 Trillion by 2024. We'll help you build an online food marketplace that successfully meets your long term objectives and responds to the growing needs of your customers.

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Online food marketplaces

Transform your food market segment with digital technologies. Meet the needs of modern customers accustomed to ordering online and provide them with maximum convenience while buying and selling food.

B2B Food Marketplace

(Suppliers/Distributors and Customers)

The demand for B2B food marketplaces is growing fast. Operators need to have a place where they can connect with distributors, compare prices, and order online without numerous phone calls and paperwork. The U.S B2B e-commerce market along with the food industry is expected to reach USD 20.9 trillion by 2027, which makes B2B food marketplace development an appealing business opportunity.

B2C Food Marketplace

(Suppliers/Distributors and Customers)

Restaurant-to-consumer food ordering platforms comprise the largest segment in the industry. Revenue in the Online Food Delivery segment is steadily growing and is expected to result in a projected market volume of US$182,327m by 2024. 70% of food digital orders take place in restaurant-branded apps or websites, and the remaining come through third-party platforms. Restaurant apps and platforms appeal the most to users who want to personalize their order or collect rewards.

Third-party order delivery platforms

Third-party platforms such as UberEats and GrubHub are still on the list of 20 most-used apps. Users love to look up items there, check prices, and conveniently order from any food service available. Also, such platforms offer equal opportunities even for smaller operators, allowing them to take part in this massive sector without big investments. Therefore, developing a third-party platform for ordering food online is proven to be a prospective business venture.

Custom food marketplace development

Must-have features for a user-centered food order & delivery online platform

For buyers

Registration and profile management
Search field
Order placement
Payment
Order tracking
Notifications
Rating & reviews

For sellers

Registration and profile management
Content management
Order management
Payments

What we can do for you

Apiko is an expert software development company with a proven track record of success. Here is how we can help your food business grow

Concept development

By closely studying your business domain and requirements, our business analysts will be able to estimate your project in terms of time and costs, create wireframes, design and plan the user flow to provide the best user experience on your marketplace for food service buyers and sellers.

Technical development

After all the preparatory steps such as UI/UX design creation and choosing the technology stack for your online food marketplace, we’ll start a thorough development process of the platform features and functionalities. Our team holds daily scrum meetings as well as Demo Calls on every milestone and delivered values to keep things well-organized and provide regular updates.

Quality assurance

To ensure your online food platform smooth and user-friendly performance, our QA engineers test your software features and functionalities at every stage of food marketplace development. We apply manual and/or automated testing to guarantee your product flawless work.

Platform support

When all the requirements are met, we will deploy your online food marketplace and maintain it even after the platform’s launch. Apiko aims for long-term partnerships so you can count on our support in further improvements and upgrades.

Why Apiko

Deep expertise in online marketplace development for B2B, B2C, P2P sectors

Quality-oriented work processes

High technical knowledge

Fully transparent services and high- level project management skills

Turn your business idea into reality

and discuss your business plan and further actions together

Questions to ask about online food marketplace platform development

Analysis of the emerging challenges and current trends in the world is crucial in order to understand the driving forces in the food industry. One of the most fundamental changes in customer behavior is where people now tend to shop. Global lockdown has forced brick-and-mortar stores to establish an online presence. Ecommerce retail sales in the US are expected to reach over $700 million by 2023. Therefore innovation is a must in a competitive food market.

Online food delivery platforms make it possible for restaurants to get the most of both online and traditional presence. With food ordering apps consumers can easily browse, buy and have any restaurant’s food delivered locally. According to Statista, online food delivery industry is expected to reach the market volume of US $53,786m in dollars.

With online food apps, you can have food delivered at your doorstep from anywhere and at any time. The benefits of online food platforms are undeniable nowadays with simple browsing processes, convenient food selection, easy order placement, payment and delivery. However investing in the online food platform or app development is highly beneficial for sellers too. Some of the most obvious and important advantages are building an online presence, instant customer satisfaction and higher sales.

Some of the most popular food apps are actually online food delivery apps.

The Grubhub app can show you all the restaurants available in your area. Just enter your location, select your preferred type of cuisine or a specific menu item to see the selection of the best meals suggested for you.
The UberEats app is a food delivery service available globally. It has great features such as estimated delivery times and online payment options. This food delivery app has gathered many fans because of its general availability, convenience and user-friendliness.
The DoorDash app allows you to order from local restaurants and receive your meal from the delivery driver. The app is really easy to use and it has been considered a leader in the platform-to-consumer food delivery model in the US.

The cost of online food platform development depends on many factors such as the number of features, their complexity, type of software (website or mobile), etc. To know the approximate costs of a software development agency for your type of product, use our free Software Cost Calculator even now.