New to the neighbourhood
A new family finds their store
Moving boxes still in the hall, and a fridge to fill. Your Space shows the local produce, the deli and your hours, and the new neighbours come by on the weekend.
Your own app for your grocery store. We make it. You just say yes.
Tell us what makes your store worth the stop, what's on special and when you're open. In about 3 days you get a link to your free preview. Like it? It goes live. Don't like it? You walk away.
$299 a year once it's live. 3 branded QR codes included.
- Check your preview on your phone, between deliveries
- Nothing goes live without your OK
Your previewReady in ~3 days
- What's in store
- This week's specials
- Hours and holidays
- How to ask or order
Cost of preview$0
You approve → it goes live
See it before you pay
One price. You only pay if you say yes.
- Free previewYour preview, ready to look at in about 3 days
- Up to two rounds of changesTell us what to change, in plain words
- Your callSay yes and pay $299 a year, or say no and pay nothing
The preview is free. Billing starts only after you say yes.
After that, your Space stays online and your QR codes keep working. Weekly specials ready? Post them yourself from the app. A few families who switch to you for their weekly shop pay for it many times over.
One simple price
$299per year
Less than $25 a month
- We design, write and set up your grocery store Space
- Departments, local products and what you're known for
- Weekly specials and the flyer, updated from your phone
- Questions, special orders and party trays by request
- 3 branded QR codes for receipts, bags and shelf signs
The flyer only reaches some mailboxes?
Neighbours compare stores on their phone before the weekly shop. Make sure yours shows up with this week's deals and today's hours.
- "Are you open on the holiday?" calls Hours in your Space
- Printing flyers nobody keeps Specials in your Space
- No time to set it up We make it
- Paying up front The preview is free
What makes you different
Local produce, the deli, the bakery, the international aisle.
This week's specials
Your deals and flyer, posted from your phone every week.
Hours, always right
Holiday hours, parking and delivery days, in one place.
Special orders by request
Party trays, a birthday cake, a turkey for Thanksgiving, sent by email.
In a grocer's week
Where your own Space actually helps
Thursday night planning
Regulars check the specials
Your weekly deals are in your Space, and the QR code on last week's receipt brings people straight to them.
Before a party
Special orders come in by request
Someone orders party trays or a deli platter for Saturday from their phone; you confirm by email and have it ready.
Products, specials and hours
Your counters, your local producers and this week's deals
An independent grocer wins on what the chain can't copy: the butcher who knows regulars by name, the farm that drops off the eggs every Tuesday, the aisle of foods from home for half the neighbourhood. That's the story your Space should tell first, with a page for whatever you're known for.
Show the store, not a stock list. Your departments with real photos, the local farms and producers you carry, the deli counter, the bakery and the hot table. That's what makes someone drive past the big chain to come to you.
Put this week's specials where people look. You post them from your phone; the same page sits behind the QR code on your receipts and shelf signs. A digital flyer is cheaper than paper and reaches people who never see the mailbox one.
Some shopping needs planning: party trays, a turkey, a birthday cake, a platter for a wedding. A request form lands in your email with the date and the details, and you confirm with a reply.
Your QR codes, included
Put your Space in every bag that leaves your store
Your Space comes with 3 branded QR codes, ready for print. Point a phone camera at one and your Space opens, nothing to download.
ReceiptsNext week's specials, one scan away
Reusable bagsYour store comes home with every shopper
Shelf signs and displaysRecipes, local producers and pairings
Neighbourhood flyersPaper that leads to this week's deals
A screen by the entrance or the till?
A screen that sells this week's specials
Every shopper walks past the entrance and waits at the till. A screen there can show this week's deals, what's fresh from local farms and the next tasting, with a QR code to the specials page they can check in the aisle.
- This week's specials, changed from your phone
- Local and seasonal, what just came in
- Tastings and events, dates and what's on
Most smart TVs with a web browser can show it, with no extra box. You change what's on screen from your phone, using the same photos and videos as your site, and a QR code on screen lets people book or save an offer on their own phone.
Compared
Where shoppers find a store today
Each of these brings a shopper now and then. None of them shows what makes your store worth the stop.
Paper flyers
Good forReaching nearby mailboxes.
Leaves outExpensive to print, and most go straight in the recycling.
Google Maps listing
Good forBeing found nearby.
Leaves outHours and a pin, but not your deli, your producers or your deals.
Delivery apps
Good forOrders from people at home.
Leaves outHigh fees, and the app owns the customer.
Word of mouth
Good forYour loyal regulars.
Leaves outNewcomers still look you up before they switch stores.
Yours
Your own store Space
Departments, specials, hours and special orders, under your store's name.
Show me my Space
How it works
Four steps. We do the heavy lifting.
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Tell us about your business
What makes your store different, your departments, your hours and a few photos.
A few minutes -
We make your free preview
Written the way people search: "grocery store near me", "organic grocery". You get a link to open on your phone.
About 3 days -
You look, we adjust
Something off? Point it out in plain words and we adjust the preview.
Up to two rounds -
Say yes, or say no
Yes: you pay $299 a year and your Space goes live. No: tell us why, and you pay nothing.
Your call
Before you say yes
What grocers ask us
Can customers shop and pay online?
There's no shopping cart. Your Space shows your store and specials and takes special orders by request; if you deliver through an app, a button can lead there.
Can I post the weekly flyer myself?
Yes, from the app, as photos or a list of deals. It takes a few minutes each week.
We have a deli, a bakery and a hot table. Can each have its own section?
Yes. The deli and the bakery often bring people in first, and the weekly shop follows.
Can customers order party trays or a cake?
Yes. A request form asks for the item, the date and pickup time, and lands in your email.
We support local farms. Can each one be featured?
Yes, with a short story and a photo. Shoppers come to independent stores for exactly that.
Can our Space show our holiday hours?
Yes. Update them from the app before Thanksgiving, Christmas and every long weekend, and the page and the QR codes stay right.
Can I start with just a digital card?
You can. Identity Space gives you one screen with everything people need to call you or save your contact, plus a QR code, for $199 a year. All you need is a phone. Move up to a Showcase Space whenever it makes sense.
Does my Space help with Google?
It gives Google something solid to read: a section for each service, your neighbourhood and your contact details, built to load fast on phones. Nobody can promise a position for "grocery store near me", and anyone who does is guessing.
When does billing start, and is anything extra?
Billing starts the day you say yes: $299 a year. Until then you pay nothing. The one extra is your own domain name (like yourmarket.ca), bought separately if you want one.
See a free preview of your store Space before you pay anything.
Send us a few details. Your free preview is ready in about 3 days.
- The preview is free
- All you need is a phone
- Up to two rounds of changes
- $299 a year only if you say yes
1999–Now
Online since 1999, and still in business. Today it's personal apps, QR codes and screens for people who work for themselves, with one goal: make it easy for the people they serve to find them and call. Read our timeline →