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Interesting to see this comment. I’m in Australia and have had issues with the supermarkets long before the news caught wind of it this year.

I’m building something you describe, and I think there is great opportunity here, but it’s not quite ready for showing. There will be no advertising, no sell out to the Big 4 etc.

Would you be interested in being a beta user when it’s ready?

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> Would you be interested in being a beta user when it’s ready?

Yes but no.

Interested but a lousy beta tester - I'm in a tiny rural town with a single community owned shop .. I'm exposed to Big Four shops maybe once a quarter or so.

Regular items we get in massive sacks from primary producers, quarter sheep to freezer, etc.

I reckon you'd get enough bites from reddit r/Australia .. even from the smaller state sub reddits if you want small scale constrained local area testing and building out from a base.

Thanks - great suggestions. I have some longer term goals, provided this thing took off and had millions of users, you could do things like groupbuy expensive items (such as roasts) in advance in bulk at negotiated prices which also helps big 4’s logistics and food waste, have tiny shops add their pricing via an API so all stores are visible, and provide a free account to those on benefits who REALLY can’t afford to waste dollars

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