Market stall, corner shop, home-delivered baskets — all in a single system, and a website that finally makes them visible on local Google.
A Belgian fruit & vegetable merchant with two sales points: a market stall three days a week and a small corner shop. Fresh produce, local suppliers, a loyal neighbourhood clientele. But the whole operation ran on gut instinct: no stock tracking, sales written in a notebook, zero online presence. When asked about per-product margins, the owner just shrugged.
Supplier orders were placed "by eye". The result: too much stock on some products ending up in the bin, and stock-outs on others that frustrated loyal customers. No visibility on real per-product margins.
A basic cash register in the shop, a notebook on the market stall, delivered baskets noted on Post-its. No link between any of them. Impossible to know what was really selling, where, or at what time of year.
No website, no up-to-date Google Business listing, no local presence. Neighbourhood regulars found the shop by word of mouth. Every newcomer — and all demand for delivered baskets — went straight to the competition.
A modern, ergonomic point-of-sale system that decrements stock with every sale. Ultra-fast entry so the owner never slows down, real-time margin view, automatic alerts when a product is selling poorly or approaching its expiry date. For the first time, the owner knows exactly what's actually profitable.
A fast, lightweight website built for local Google searches: product pages indexed on local keywords, optimised Google Business Profile, online basket ordering (click & collect or home delivery). The site updates itself from live stock levels — a sold-out product disappears automatically.
Stock, POS, market stall and website finally share one source of truth. Training for the owner and both employees: within a week, everyone had mastered the new system.
Mobile POS on a tablet, sales synchronised live with the central stock.
Fixed till, staff management, product scanning — everything feeds back to the same place.
Live stock, basket ordering, scheduled pickup. Photos refreshed based on fresh products currently in stock.
Around 15 % of revenue was thrown away. Supplier orders placed "by eye" — overstock on one side, stock-outs on the other.
Waste falls to ~6 % of revenue. Supplier orders are driven by real sales data, not instinct.
Non-existent. No website, no up-to-date listing. New customers and basket orders all went to the competition.
Top 3 on local searches. The shop now captures all the "fresh fruit & veg near me" queries.
About 2 hours, shop closed. A chore nobody wanted to do regularly.
5 minutes, no closure needed. Stock is always current; the inventory becomes a quick check, not a project.
None. Impossible to tell which product was actually profitable and which was losing money.
Real-time margin by category. The owner makes decisions based on numbers, not impressions.
in six months, without hiring, without expanding. Simply by stopping waste, capturing new customers online, and selling what actually sells.
Representative scenario of a typical deployment · local retail
A neighbourhood shop doesn't compete in the same league as a supermarket — except on Google. With the right tools, a small merchant takes back control of their stock, margins and visibility. And becomes competitive again, without sacrificing what makes them different: proximity.
We always start with a free 30-minute diagnostic. Together we look at what can be structured and automated in your business — stock, sales, visibility — with no commitment.
