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Robust Inventory SystemOur client is a leading technology solutions provider in the food and beverages sector, focused on creating digital tools that simplify household grocery and pantry management. They identified how busy households struggle with time management, controlling expenses, and reducing food wastage due to poor pantry visibility, and saw an opportunity to make daily routines more efficient through consumer-focused Inventory Management Software. Their goal was to help consumers track pantry inventory using barcode-based product scanning, avoid overbuying or letting items expire with expiry tracking alerts, and plan smarter shopping using price comparison and shared shopping lists, while delivering a seamless and user-friendly experience that integrates into everyday household workflows.
The client partnered with TenUp to build a multi-device native Android pantry and grocery inventory application, serving as a consumer-focused Inventory Management software platform for household grocery tracking. The project scope included barcode-based product capture (UPC/EAN), curated catalogs of national and international grocery brands, and support for both generic and branded items using ingredient, allergen, and nutrition data. Key requirements included expiry tracking alerts, low-stock notifications, product recall alerts, multilingual grocery catalogs, and shared shopping lists for households. Additional objectives included store-to-store price comparison, grocery spend tracking across retail chains, and online ordering integrations to simplify grocery planning, purchasing, and budgeting. Agile delivery and frequent release cycles were required to support continuous feature expansion, real-time grocery data updates, and long-term scalability of the application.
Building a consumer-focused Inventory Management software delivered as a native Android application, while meeting the client’s requirement for real-time and accurate household pantry tracking, including grocery quantities and expiry-sensitive items.
We developed a native Android application for the client’s consumer Inventory Management software, enabling users to track household food storage, expiry dates, and grocery usage in real time.
The delivered native Android pantry & grocery inventory management software resulted in the following measurable consumer and business outcomes:
TenUp developed a native Android consumer pantry & grocery inventory software, designed to centralize household food storage, expiry tracking, and grocery planning, streamlining everyday kitchen and shopping management. The application leveraged a modular MVP architecture with CI/CD pipelines and AWS deployment (ECS Fargate, RDS, CodePipeline) to ensure reliable real-time inventory synchronization across devices, while also supporting offline grocery tracking and barcode scans during in-store shopping. Users benefited from a fast, intuitive Material Design interface, improving adoption, retention, and engagement through features like expiry alerts, smart shopping lists, and price comparison across retail chains. The solution also enabled seamless shared shopping lists, expiry reminders, and grocery spend tracking, directly addressing real household challenges around time-saving, cost control, and reducing food waste while improving smart pantry visibility. Discover how TenUp’s Product Engineering and Digital Transformation services help build scalable, high-impact consumer applications like this, powered by mobile-first design, data-driven personalization, and modern cloud engineering.
Custom Inventory Management Software gives full control over data, features, and integrations. It supports barcode logic, regional catalogs, retailer partnerships, and personalized recommendations, driving higher retention and monetization that generic apps can’t offer.
A scalable grocery app needs real-time sync across devices, UPC/EAN barcode scanning, multilingual product catalogs, expiry and recall alerts, and nutrition/allergen data. To grow at scale, it should also include store-to-store price comparison and analytics-driven recommendations that personalize shopping lists and unlock revenue through retail partnerships.
A successful MVP should launch fast with only the features that drive daily retention: UPC/EAN barcode scanning, pantry tracking, expiry alerts, shared family lists, and offline mode. Brands can validate adoption through repeat usage and then expand into revenue features like store-to-store price comparison, nutrition analytics, and retailer integrations.
A scalable grocery backend combines Spring Boot microservices with a relational database like MySQL or PostgreSQL for structured product data, AWS ECS Fargate for autoscaling, and ML-powered barcode recognition using Google ML Kit. This setup can handle large catalogs, fast search, regional variations, real-time updates, and high-volume barcode scans without performance loss.
Yes. Custom Inventory Management Software can integrate through APIs with POS systems, online grocery retailers, payment gateways, and loyalty platforms to enable real-time pricing, digitized receipts, stock syncing, and automatic inventory updates across stores and devices.
Multilingual support boosts adoption by improving trust and search accuracy in markets where product labels, ingredients, allergens, and packaging differ by region. When users can read nutrition data and expiry information in their own language, they are more likely to rely on the app daily, driving higher retention and long-term loyalty.
Inventory Management Software reduces food waste by using expiry alerts, stock-based recipes, and automatic grocery lists that prioritize what users already have. When paired with consumption analytics, it nudges families to use items before they expire, thus cutting waste while boosting long-term app loyalty and repeat usage.
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