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Food safety apps

Floor records and wholesale ordering for food companies.

Food companies are asked for two things at once: records that stand up to an inspector, and ordering as easy as a consumer app. We build the floor app that keeps the records as the work happens and the ordering app your restaurant and grocery customers use, both tied to the systems you already run.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Records made at the moment of the check

Temperatures and checks are logged on a tablet at the station, time-stamped and signed, with the corrective action prompted when a limit is missed.

A trace on demand

Lot codes scanned at receiving, production and shipping let anyone with the right role trace a lot one step back and one step forward, for a mock recall or a real one.

Orders that arrive complete

Customers order from their own guide and price list before the cut-off, so the warehouse gets complete orders, not voicemails.

Built for gloves and wet floors

Large buttons, barcode scanning and rugged Android tablets, because typing on glass with wet gloves does not work.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb appMobile app

Food safety and traceability app

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A food processor keeps its HACCP logs, sanitation checks and lot records on paper, so an audit means hunting through binders and a mock recall takes far too long.

// What we would build

An Android tablet app on the floor for critical control point checks, sanitation and corrective actions, with lot codes scanned at receiving and production, and a web back office that traces any lot one step back and one step forward on demand.

// What is in it

Critical control point checks on tablets, with limits and corrective actions prompted
Cooler and freezer temperatures read from wireless sensors, with alerts out of range
Lot codes scanned at receiving, production and shipping
One step back and one step forward trace for any lot, exported for the inspector
Sanitation schedules and sign-offs with photos
Record retention set to the rules your food safety team names, such as the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

// Stack

Next.js
React Native (Android tablets)
PostgreSQL
LoRaWAN temperature sensors
GS1-128 barcode scanning
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$105,000 to US$161,000, delivered within 25 weeksCAD 149,800 to 229,200
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 3.5 to 4 weeks
Design approved: 4.5 to 7.5 weeks
Core features: 2.5 to 3.5 weeks
Full build: 1.5 to 2.5 weeks
First build on devices: 3.5 to 5.5 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.5 to 1 weeks
Store submission: 0.5 to 1 weeks
Mock recall passed: 1 to 2 weeks
Launch: 1 to 2 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 29,960 to 45,840
Discovery 7.9%: CAD 11,834.20 to 18,106.80
Design approved 7.9%: CAD 11,834.20 to 18,106.80
Core features 8.1%: CAD 12,133.80 to 18,565.20
Full build 5.4%: CAD 8,089.20 to 12,376.80
First build on devices 15.8%: CAD 23,668.40 to 36,213.60
Testing and fixes 2.7%: CAD 4,044.60 to 6,188.40
Store submission 5.2%: CAD 7,789.60 to 11,918.40
Mock recall passed 8.7%: CAD 13,032.60 to 19,940.40
Launch 8.3%: CAD 12,433.40 to 19,023.60
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 14,980 to 22,920

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Example projectWeb appMobile app

Wholesale ordering app

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A specialty food distributor takes orders from restaurants and grocers by phone, text and email until late at night, and the mistakes show up on the truck.

// What we would build

A web and mobile ordering app where each customer sees its own price list, order guide and delivery days, orders until the cut-off and pays invoices online, with orders flowing straight into the warehouse system.

// What is in it

Customers, invoices and payments kept in step with QuickBooks Online, built on the QuickBooks Online API
Customer-specific price lists, order guides and par levels
Cut-off times and delivery days per route
Substitutions offered when an item is short
Invoices and statements paid online
Orders sent straight to the warehouse and accounting systems
Sales reps order on behalf of customers from the same app

// Stack

Next.js
React Native
PostgreSQL
Stripe
QuickBooks or NetSuite API
DigitalOcean

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$134,000 to US$205,000, delivered within 32 weeksCAD 190,900 to 291,900
Hosting: ≈ US$344 a monthCAD 490 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Data mapping and sandbox connection: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 6.9 to 11.9 weeks
Core features: 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Full build: 0.9 to 1.9 weeks
First build on devices: 2.9 to 4.9 weeks
Sync built and reconciled in sandbox: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 to 0.9 weeks
Store submission: 0.9 to 1.9 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Live cutover: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Hypercare: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 38,180 to 58,380
Discovery 7%: CAD 13,363 to 20,433
Data mapping and sandbox connection 2.8%: CAD 5,345.20 to 8,173.20
Design approved 7%: CAD 13,363 to 20,433
Core features 5.7%: CAD 10,881.30 to 16,638.30
Full build 3.8%: CAD 7,254.20 to 11,092.20
First build on devices 15.2%: CAD 29,016.80 to 44,368.80
Sync built and reconciled in sandbox 8.5%: CAD 16,226.50 to 24,811.50
Testing and fixes 1.9%: CAD 3,627.10 to 5,546.10
Store submission 5%: CAD 9,545 to 14,595
Launch 7%: CAD 13,363 to 20,433
Live cutover 2.8%: CAD 5,345.20 to 8,173.20
Hypercare 3.3%: CAD 6,299.70 to 9,632.70
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 19,090 to 29,190

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Does a digital food safety system satisfy the CFIA?

Inspectors look at whether your records are complete, accurate and available. Digital records can meet that, and we build them to the requirements your food safety team names, but the preventive control plan and its acceptance remain yours.

Can we keep our ERP for production and lots?

Yes. If the ERP already holds lots and recipes, the floor app reads from it and writes the checks back. We fill the gap rather than duplicate it.

Will restaurants actually use an ordering app?

Most will if it is faster than calling: their usual order on one screen, a reminder before the cut-off and invoices in the same place. Your reps can still order for those who prefer the phone.

Back to the industry: Food and beverage About the service: Web and mobile apps

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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