Boost Perimeter Sales with Order Ahead
Maximize the potential of your perimeter departments with Order Ahead from Mercatus. Bring prepared meals, bakery, and catering to online shoppers while streamlining operations for accurate assembly and fast fulfillment.
Try Order Ahead free for 6 months.*
Online Perimeter Sales Simplified
Managing high-touch departments like prepared meals, bakery, and catering is challenging:
- Difficulty offering customizable products online.
- Inefficient order tracking and fulfillment.
- Overburdened merchandising teams during high-volume periods.
- Reduce the risk of shrink by moving goods that are more susceptible to spoilage
Order Ahead solves these issues, helping grocers realize the full potential of high-margin perimeter sales—while ensuring profitability.
Turn In-Store Favorites into Online Sales
Capture sales for prepared meals, bakery items, catering, and more with an intuitive online platform that connects in-store quality with digital convenience.
Streamline Operations and Shorten Fulfillment Time
Simplify order management, inventory tracking, and scheduling to ensure every custom order is fulfilled efficiently and accurately.
Grow Revenue with Scalable, Cost-Effective Technology
Built for flexibility and peak-demand scalability, Order Ahead is the reliable solution for holiday rushes, everyday orders, and everything in between.
Elevate Your Customer Experience
Connect online shoppers to their favorite high-touch perimeter products with ease, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Visual Build-to-Order Feature
Enhance customer experience with dynamic product customization and interactive imagery updates.
Multi-Order Unified Cart
Seamlessly align preparation times for multiple items, ensuring everything is ready for pickup at once.
Tablet-Enabled In-Store Ordering
Allow in-store customers to place orders directly via tablets, reducing bottlenecks in perimeter departments.
Align Online Orders With In-Store Operations
Simplify order management, assembly, fulfillment, and customer communications to ensure seamless alignment between online and in-store operations.
Order Management System
Centralized tools for managing products, payments, and tracking order progress from start to fulfillment.
Merchant App for Order Management
Empower staff with real-time tools for viewing, updating, and managing orders efficiently.
Structured Content Capabilities
Showcase products and content through landing pages, blogs, or informational pages to enhance customer engagement.
Widget Functionality
Customize banners, landing pages, and content with easy-to-use tools—no coding required.
Scalable Infrastructure for Peak Demand
Easily handle high volumes during peak seasons with robust scheduling and resource allocation.
Optimized Fulfillment Logistics
Streamline pickup and delivery times with advanced scheduling tools to minimize delays and boost customer satisfaction.
How Does Order Ahead Work?
From custom cakes to catering trays, Order Ahead integrates high-touch, high-margin products into a seamless, scalable digital platform.
Customers Customize Their Orders
A Build Wizard allows dynamic customization for items like cakes, pizzas, and catering trays.
Unified Cart Checkout
Customers can add all items—prepared meals, bakery products, regular grocery items—to one cart for a seamless checkout.
Real-Time Fulfillment Tools
Staff use centralized order management to ensure accurate, timely preparation of every order.
Pick Up on Time
Automated scheduling ensures all items are ready when needed, delighting customers and optimizing workflows.
Choose Order Ahead Today
More Digital Perimeter Sales
Increase profitability by offering high-margin, customizable items online.
Improved Fulfillment and Assembly
Streamlined management tools reduce errors and improve customer satisfaction.
Seamless Customer Experiences
From a visual Build Wizard to real-time order tracking, enhance every step of the customer journey.
Easy Integration
Seamlessly incorporate Order Ahead into your existing systems with minimal disruption.
Launch with Ease
Order Ahead is designed to get your perimeter departments online quickly and effortlessly, with tools and support that ensure a smooth implementation and integration.
✅ Simple Onboarding Process
Get started with minimal disruption to your operations. Our team will guide you every step of the way.
✅ Customizable Store-Level Configuration
Easily manage assortment, options, and pricing for each store location with batch product ingestion and manual updates.
✅ Dedicated Support
Access expert assistance to set up and optimize your platform, ensuring success from day one.
Don’t Miss Out On This Exclusive Offer
Boost perimeter sales with zero risk and no obligations*—in time for the Easter rush
See firsthand how seamlessly your prepared foods, bakery, and catering options can be integrated into the digital shopping experience of your customers.
Try Order Ahead right now—free for six months—and experience its full power during one of the highest-volume periods of the year.*
- Grow your perimeter sales.
- Streamline your operations.
- Deliver exceptional customer experiences—all at no cost.*
*Terms and conditions apply
About Mercatus
Mercatus drives digital transformation for retailers through an extensive suite of connected commerce and personalization solutions. We enhance shopper engagement, tailor experiences to individual preferences, and cultivate enduring loyalty across retail businesses of every size. Our mission is to enable retailers to captivate customers, boost sales, foster retention, and deepen loyalty in a digital world. With our cutting-edge solutions, retailers can streamline operations, enrich customer experiences, and realize substantial growth. Embark on the digital transformation journey and unleash the full potential of your retail business with Mercatus.
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