Naturally, our world has changed since 1916. And unfortunately, supermarket models are not convenient anymore. Time has become our greatest asset and due to different factors such as traffic, weather, etc…, we lose more than 4 hours per week acquiring groceries in a repetitive way.

At Mercadoni, we make acquiring groceries convenient again. We not only make your shopping experience unbelievably easy, but also let you choose when and where should we deliver your favorite groceries. You won’t have to go to supermarkets again!

In the last 3 years, we have delivered thousands of orders. In the following ones, we are going to deliver millions of them with a unique vision in mind: winning the heart of our customers in more than 200 cities in Latam.

In order to do so, we have a lot of challenges in our day by day job. Just to mention a few of them, we are working on:

1. Automating the delivery of our orders considering millions of products from +200 retailers’ locations.
2. Synchronizing the work of +3k delivery guys in 3 different countries in order to deliver 99% of our orders on time.
3. Creating such a shopping experience that you won’t have to go to the supermarket again. The engagement must change our grocery buying behavior.
4. Changing the life of our shoppers (the people that buy groceries for you) and giving labor opportunities for thousands of people in Latam.
5. Partnering with all the retailers in Latam and transform their businesses together.
6. … and more …

This blog reflects the path that we have and are currently walking. Join us discussing our problems and solutions from different angles such as Product design, Software engineering, Data analysis and Team Management. At the end, we hope sharing our knowledge will nurture a great engineering culture in Latam, and give you useful insights for your own challenges. Some of the articles we have released are:

1. A significant reduction of our expenditure on fees and manual processes related to ensuring that our shoppers had the money at the exact time. Read full article… - August 2018
2. A better understanding of our user needs and desires. Read full article (written in Spanish)… - August 2018
3. Employees engagement and commitment through our employee experience program. (In progress — expected in September 2018)
4. How to be a tech company? (In progress — expected in September 2018)
5. From 3 to +150 deployments per week. A DevOps perspective… (In progress — expected in September 2018)

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