AvecPlaisirs case study

Solving Complex Delivery Logic for Gourmet Catering

Solving Complex Delivery Logic for Gourmet Catering

Context

AvecPlaisirs is a Montreal-based online catering/fresh food brand offering gourmet catering boxes, meal bowls, platters, cocktail bites and buffets, curated by local catering chefs like RICARDO, Mandy’s, and Isabelle Huot. 

Their mission is to offer your guests or employees fresh, tasty meals with a gourmet twist, made with top-quality local ingredients, delivered carbon-neutrally and packaged sustainably.

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Blue Badger Services

In addition to supporting AvecPlaisirs’ Shopify implementation, the Blue Badger team built a bespoke carrier solution to enforce very specific delivery windows across their offerings. The AvecPlaisirs express menu can accommodate same-day orders, while the full menu can be ordered in advance. 

Adding an extra layer of complexity, many food items can only be ordered at specific times of the day. With Blue Badger’s solution, shoppers are unable to order certain items when delivery is not possible. This way, lunch items can’t be ordered for delivery sooner than 10:00 am, and breakfast items can’t be purchased for dinner, for example. Now, they have built-in logic that adapts delivery availability based on day, time, and meal type. 

Additionally, our team built custom middleware to integrate their Pheidi ERP with their Shopify store, ensuring all data is synced between the platforms. Their non-standard business needs also necessitated the creation of a custom order editing tool for their customer service team. We are also building a custom QuickBooks integration for the team.