At present, the well-known community fresh food distribution platforms in China included Jingdong's "Auction Home" and Su Ning's "Su Xiansheng". Jingdong's "Shoot Home" platform provided services such as supermarket to home, takeout to home, and flowers to home. It mainly delivered fresh snacks within two hours within three kilometers. Su Ning's " Su Xiansheng " was piloting in Shanghai and Hangzhou, providing self-operated fresh products and relying on the cold warehouse in Shanghai to achieve full cold chain distribution. In addition, there were some other community fresh food distribution platforms such as Box Horse Fresh Food, Buy More Vegetables, Meituan Selection, etc. These platforms used different business models and innovation to meet the fresh demand of consumers.
There were many modes of fresh food delivery in the e-commerce community. One was the online booking and offline self-delivery mode. For example, on platforms such as Hungry Me and Benlai Fresh Supermarket, citizens could place an order the day before and pick it up at the service station the next day or choose to deliver it to their door. The other was a pre-order and post-order mode. By gathering local agricultural enterprises, the person in charge of the community would guide the residents to order in an orderly manner and deliver them in a concentrated manner. The dishes were rich, fresh, and affordable. There was also a combination of dishes and packaged delivery mode. For example, platforms such as Zhongbai Warehouse and Hema Xiansheng sold fresh food in the form of standardized vegetable bags, which could basically reach home the next day. These models all satisfied consumers 'demand for fresh products to varying degrees and provided convenient delivery services.
There were many community fresh food distribution platforms, some of which were well-known, such as Youxian Daily, Hema Fresh, Jingdong Home, Love Fresh Bee, Yiguo Fresh, Shixing Fresh, etc. These platforms were dedicated to providing consumers with convenient and fast fresh food delivery through different models and services. Daily Fresh and Box Horse Fresh were two platforms that entered the market earlier. They met consumers 'demand for time efficiency by setting up pre-warehouse and fast delivery services in cold chain logistics. Jingdong Home was a fresh food delivery platform owned by Jingdong, providing services such as supermarket delivery, takeaway delivery, and flowers delivery. Fresh Bee was an enhanced community e-commerce platform for fresh food based on Mobile device positioning. It focused on the last kilometer of the community and mainly delivered in an hour. Yiguo Fresh and Shixing Fresh were also platforms that specialized in fresh food. They delivered fresh food through self-built logistics or third-party logistics. In general, the development of community fresh food distribution platforms was gradually satisfying consumers 'demand for fresh ingredients and providing a more convenient shopping experience.
Now, there were many choices for the best platform for fresh food delivery. Among them, Meituan Buy Vegetables, Dingdong Buy Vegetables, Jingdong Home, Box Horse Fresh, Daily Youxian and other platforms were considered to be the best in the field of fresh food distribution. These platforms provided convenient and efficient online ordering services, providing users with a high-quality and affordable grocery shopping experience. In addition, they also paid attention to product quality and delivery speed to ensure that users could buy fresh ingredients. However, the best platform to choose depended on the individual's needs and preferences.
The community fresh food delivery supermarket was a supermarket form that revolved around the community and provided convenience to the community residents. Such supermarkets generally used offline purchases, online orders, offline delivery, or self-delivery services. Some chain community fresh supermarket stores, such as Aunt Qian, Mother-in-law Buying Vegetables, and Hema Fresh Food, were very popular in the community. These supermarkets used the pre-storage mode and the community group purchase mode. The delivery time was fast and could meet the needs of consumers. The business area of the community fresh supermarket was generally 100 square meters to 300 square meters. There were many types of goods, and the improvement of service level was its magic weapon. The profit of the community fresh supermarket was related to factors such as business strategy and reasonable price. The specific profit earned needed to be evaluated according to the actual situation. Among the community fresh supermarket chain brands, Hema Fresh, Youxian Daily, Yonghui Supermarket, Aunt Qian, etc. were all successful cases. They had a unified brand image and service model. The operation and management of the community fresh food supermarket needed to pay attention to the store area, damage control and placement, online sales, and so on. The logistics characteristics of community fresh food delivery included fewer SKUs and high time requirements. In general, the community fresh food delivery supermarket had a certain market demand and development potential among the community residents.
Community fresh food referred to offline physical stores that had a certain proportion of "fresh food" among the business categories around the community. These stores were generally located in the community, and the community residents within a radius of a few hundred meters were the main consumer groups. Fresh products include vegetables, meat, eggs, aquatic products, fruits, soy products, main and non-staple foods, and other food ingredients/food products that are stored at room temperature or frozen for sale, have a short shelf life, are fresh or thawed, and are processed off-site. The advantage of community fresh food stores was that they were closer to consumers and provided a convenient and fast shopping experience. At the same time, they belonged to the livelihood protection industry, with lower risks and high demand frequency. The development of community fresh food stores was also welcomed by consumers because they allowed residents to easily buy fresh and high-quality ingredients and improve their well-being.
There were a few fresh food purchase platforms to choose from. Among them,"Yiwang Juxian" was a global fresh B2B trading platform that provided international source information, customs clearance integration, storage, logistics, promotion and other value-added services. In addition, Jiangnan Fresh was a professional fresh food supply chain service platform that connected high-quality delicacies from all over the world and provided convenient B2B transactions. In addition, there were other fresh food B2B platforms, such as Meicai.com, Liancai, Youcai, Song Xiaocai, etc., which operated in different ways. In general, these platforms provided convenient B2B trading services that could meet the needs of different customers.
The three main modes of community fresh food delivery were pre-warehouse mode, community group purchase mode, and community fresh food store mode. The pre-warehouse mode was to place the warehouse in front of the surrounding remote areas, send the orders to the nearby warehouse according to the address of the grocery store, and let the specially-assigned person sort and distribute them to improve efficiency and save costs. The community group purchase model was for companies to build a purchasing platform, recruit leaders and suppliers, and distribute through the leaders. The community fresh food store model was to set up fresh food stores in the community for consumers to buy on their own. Each of these three models had its own advantages and could meet the needs of consumers.
Pocket Donkey Fresh Delivery was a fresh food delivery service that was carried out through the Kuaidou Fresh Delivery app. The app provided a one-stop purchasing management function, allowing users to purchase from the country of origin and standardized packaging in the production area, then directly deliver to the restaurant through professional logistics, saving time and cost. In addition, Pocket Donkey Fresh Delivery also provided self-operated selection services. It integrated the resources of high-quality manufacturers across the country to carefully select products for restaurants. With high quality and affordable prices as the concept, it provided services for the majority of restaurants. The specific steps included downloading and installing the Kuailu Fresh Delivery app, registering an account and logging in, filling in the store information, submitting it for review, and starting to use it. The future development prospects of Pocket Donkey Fresh Delivery had potential in the fresh B2B field. Currently, it was already providing services in many cities. Regarding the reliability of the Kunming Pocket Donkey, as well as the specific functions and data statistics of the Pocket Donkey sorting center, there was no relevant information provided in the current search results.
In Zhejiang and other places, the delivery service for freshly picked vegetables had been launched. This kind of service could satisfy the public's demand for fresh vegetables through group purchase and delivery. According to the order, the farmers began to pick fresh vegetables in the morning and then deliver them. This kind of delivery service could ensure the freshness and quality of the vegetables, and at the same time, it was convenient for residents to buy them. In some places, vegetables were sold through agricultural trading centers and online sales channels to provide more choices and preferential prices. In general, the vegetable delivery service provided residents with a convenient and fresh vegetable purchase channel.
There were a few fresh food delivery apps that he could recommend. Among them, Ele.me was a convenient and easy to use lifestyle app. It provided delivery services such as high-quality food, fresh fruits, flowers, cakes, supermarkets, and department stores. In addition, Fresh Food was a self-operated fresh food platform that provided affordable, high-quality, and safe fresh food delivery services with more than 8000 products to choose from. Ding Dong Grocery was also a self-operated fresh food platform that provided vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, aquatic products, seafood, and other products. In addition, Shidu Youxian and Darunfa Youxian were also apps that provided fresh food delivery services. These apps all provided convenient online shopping, promotions, product display, and logistics to meet the needs of users. However, the search results did not provide any information on which fresh food delivery app was the most popular or popular.