Services · Mobile app development · Grocery apps
Codeeo provides grocery app development in Saudi Arabia for hypermarket groups, regional supermarket chains, wholesalers and new online grocers. We build the shopper app, the store and warehouse tools, the driver app and the central dashboard, and we connect them to the national systems a Saudi grocer has to work with: mada and SADAD payments, ZATCA e-invoicing, the national address and the data protection rules set by SDAIA. The result is one platform you can launch in a single city and extend to others without rebuilding.
Our team of more than 80 people sits across Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi, with over 200 projects delivered in the UAE and the US and a 4.7 rating from 23 Google reviews. The Riyadh team gives Saudi clients Arabic speaking workshops and project management in the Kingdom's time zone.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
Platform capabilities
Saudi grocery retail runs on several layers at once. National hypermarket and supermarket groups operate in most major cities, regional chains are strongest in their home province, and tens of thousands of small neighbourhood shops, the baqalas, serve daily needs. Quick commerce operators and the large delivery aggregators sit across all of them. Each city has its own rhythm: Riyadh's spread out northern suburbs, Jeddah's port and pilgrim traffic, the Eastern Province's compounds and industry, and the seasonal surges in Makkah and Madinah.
A platform that works nationally has to handle that variety without becoming a different app in each city. These are the capabilities we treat as the foundation for online grocery app development across the Kingdom; city specific features sit on top. Getting these right in the first release is what makes the second, third and fourth city launches faster and cheaper than the first.
One master catalogue with store level stock and price, so a product can be on promotion in Dammam and full price in Abha, or available in Riyadh only. Regional ranges, such as local dates or specialty produce, appear only where they are sold. Store managers can mark a product unavailable for the day without touching the national listing.
Accurate prices and availability in every city from one admin.
Address entry supports the Saudi national address format alongside map pins, which improves delivery accuracy in fast growing new districts where street names are still unfamiliar to drivers. Saved addresses carry building and floor details.
Fewer failed deliveries and calls asking for directions.
mada debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay and the STC Bank app through your payment provider, with buy now pay later providers like Tabby or Tamara where they suit your basket size. Business accounts can settle invoices through SADAD where your bank supports it. Card details stay with the payment provider, which keeps your platform out of most card data handling.
Customers pay the way they already pay elsewhere in the Kingdom.
Tax invoices and credit notes for refunds and missing items are generated with the data your e-invoicing solution needs to report through ZATCA's Fatoora platform. We connect to your accounting or ERP system rather than duplicating it.
Online orders stay inside your tax compliance process.
For company and wholesale accounts, registration can check commercial registration details and, where your process calls for it, verify the account holder through Nafath. Retail customers keep a simple phone number sign in with a one time code, because asking households for more would only reduce sign ups.
Trade credit offered only to verified businesses.
The same picking app works in a hypermarket aisle, a central warehouse or a small dark store, with barcode and weight checks, substitution requests and packing by temperature. Each site type gets its own layout and targets.
Consistent picking quality across very different sites.
Orders go to your own drivers through our driver app or to licensed delivery partners through their APIs, chosen per city. Every handover is recorded, which helps when you need to show delivery activity was carried out by licensed parties.
Flexible delivery models without separate systems per city.
Your content team manages product names, descriptions, banners and push messages in Arabic and English from one screen, with right to left previews. Seasonal campaigns for Ramadan, Eid, Founding Day and National Day can be scheduled by city, and approval steps stop an unchecked banner reaching every customer at once.
Campaigns go live nationally without developer time.
Customers report a damaged, missing or wrong item with a photo, and your service team approves a refund, credit or redelivery from one console. Order pages show the seller details, delivery terms and return policy that Saudi e-commerce rules expect an online store to disclose.
Complaints closed quickly, with a record for every decision.
Sales, delivery performance, substitution rates and customer retention by city, store and channel. Data can feed your existing BI tool so finance and operations see online and in store results side by side. Each city manager gets a view limited to their own stores.
City expansion decided on evidence.
Who this is for
Grocery delivery app development in Saudi Arabia looks different depending on where a business starts. A chain moving its stores online has different problems from a funded startup running dark stores or a wholesaler adding a trade app. Below are the four routes we see most often and what each one needs from us as grocery shopping app developers working across Saudi Arabia. Many clients combine two of them, for example a chain that also supplies independent shops, and the platform can be planned to grow into the second route later.
You trade in several provinces and already sell through aggregators. The platform has to reflect regional ranges and promotions, connect to a central ERP and point of sale estate, and be operated by city teams with different habits. We usually launch in the city with the cleanest data and the most engaged operations team, then use what we learn there for each following city. Head office keeps control of the brand, pricing rules and content, while each city team runs its own zones and staffing.
Integration with your ERP shapes the plan more than the app screens do.
Your name is strong at home but unknown in the next city. The app helps you test demand there before committing to large stores, using a small warehouse or partner stores for fulfilment. We design zones and delivery promises conservatively at first, then widen them once real order data comes in. Marketing in the new city can point to the app before any large store opens, so you build a customer list first.
Without physical stores, the app and the dark store network are the whole business. You need fast picking, accurate stock, dense delivery zones and a dashboard that shows order ageing in real time. Your investors will also expect clear unit economics by city, so reporting is designed in from the first release, with contribution per order broken down by picking, packing and delivery.
Peak load testing matters before every new city launch.
Many baqalas, cafes and restaurants still order supplies by phone or through a sales rep. A trade ordering app gives them price lists, order history, credit limits and delivery days, while your reps see their accounts and targets. This often runs nationally from day one because your distribution network already does. Reps can also place orders on behalf of a shop owner during a visit, so habits change gradually.
How we work together
National programmes usually start with a fixed scope phase covering discovery, platform design and the first city. After that, many clients move to a dedicated team who stay with the platform through each city launch and beyond. Smaller grocers with one or two cities often prefer a fixed first release followed by a monthly retainer. Budget depends on the number of apps, the number of cities and stores, the ERP and payment integrations, the state of your product data and how quickly you want to expand. Spreading cities over several phases also spreads the investment, and each phase is approved only after the previous city shows results you are happy with.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We select the stack to fit your ERP, point of sale and payment providers and the team who will run the platform. Hosting is planned around the PDPL and the NCA's cybersecurity controls, including where data is stored and who can access it.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
Several, from data protection to tax, food safety, e-commerce and delivery.
Customer data falls under the Personal Data Protection Law, overseen by SDAIA. Selling online is covered by the Ministry of Commerce's e-commerce rules on disclosure, returns and consumer rights. Tax invoices must follow ZATCA's e-invoicing requirements. Food products are regulated by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, and app based delivery is licensed by the Transport General Authority. We design the platform to support each, and your legal adviser confirms the final position. We keep a short compliance checklist for the project so nothing is left until the week before launch.
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