A tidy minimarket aisle in warm light, neatly stacked shelves of packaged goods, no people in sharp focus, no readable text or signage.
Grocery stores and minimarkets

Spend your time on the counter, not the phone.

AI for grocery stores and minimarkets.

AI checks stock by branch, sends one morning summary, and flags a fast-moving item in time.

Examples

A look at how it works.

Customers check stock across branches on WhatsApp.

Illustrative example
Branches reporting5
Items low on stock7+2
Bulk orders today3
Avg. response time3 min

Sales by day — sample data

Mon: 40Tue: 45Wed: 42Thu: 48Fri: 55Sat: 60Sun: 30MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Sales by day — sample data
Mon40
Tue45
Wed42
Thu48
Fri55
Sat60
Sun30

A morning dashboard with every branch's sales and stock.

Illustrative example
Today's stock checks — sample data
TimeBranchItemStatus
10:15 AMBranch 1Cooking oilHeld
11:00 AMBranch 2RiceIn stock
12:30 PMBranch 3MilkLow stock
1:45 PMBranch 1Bulk orderReady
2:30 PMBranch 4EggsIn stock

Today's stock checks and bulk orders, in one table.

Illustrative example
  1. Corner Fresh Market7:12 am

    Supplier delivery checked in

    The morning dairy delivery was scanned and matched against the purchase order with one short-shipped yogurt line flagged.

  2. Corner Fresh Market11:38 am

    Low stock alert

    Shelf 4 is running low on canned tomatoes and the agent drafted a reorder for your approval.

  3. Corner Fresh Market6:45 pm

    Register closed

    Register 2 was reconciled automatically and the daily summary is ready for review.

Daily alerts for deliveries, shelves, and register closings

Illustrative example

Approve Reorder

Supplier Valley Produce Wholesale
Items 24 units canned tomatoes, 12 units olive oil
Delivery day Thursday
Notes Restock shelf 4 after delivery check-in

One-tap approval for AI-drafted supplier reorders

Illustrative example

Weekly store snapshot — sample data

312deliveries checked in
98.6%stock accuracy
7 minavg register close

The agent flagged 14 mismatched supplier lines this week, most of them short shipments on beverages.

Shelf gaps were cut by restocking alerts firing before peak afternoon traffic.

Weekly operations summary with sample store metrics

Also helps with

  1. 01

    Branch comparisons.

    A gap between branches shows up the same morning, not weeks later.

  2. 02

    Billing paperwork.

    A CFDI invoice goes out when a bulk order is paid.

How we work

  1. 01

    Assess

    We watch a normal week of sales and pick what to build first.

  2. 02

    Build and launch

    We build it on your own stock system and adjust until your team uses it daily.

  3. 03

    Hand over

    Documentation, training and full access — it’s yours to run.

What stays with people

Every price, every supplier decision and every exception for a customer — those stay with your team. The agent handles stock checks, summaries and bulk order confirmations; it never sets a price or places a supplier order on its own.

A hand holding a phone with a soft chat-style screen glow near a minimarket shelf stacked with goods, warm light.
A stock check answered before the customer reaches the counter.

Questions owners ask

Do I have to change my point-of-sale system?

No — we start from the system you already use and read from it. If it can’t connect, we’ll tell you at the first visit.

Does it work on WhatsApp?

Yes — customers can check stock, ask about a bulk order or confirm a pickup on WhatsApp, and it also works on the web.

Does the agent set the prices?

No. It reads the prices your team sets — it never changes a price or places a supplier order on its own.

Can it compare branches?

Yes — it reads sales and stock from every branch and sends one summary, so a gap shows up the same morning.

Who owns what you build?

You do — it’s built on KOA, an open-source platform under an MIT licence. There are no licence fees; your team gets full documentation and access.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what is worth doing first. We agree the price after the first conversation, before any work starts, and there are no licence fees.

Is it only for chains with many branches?

No. It’s made for one store as easily as a few, wherever someone already answers WhatsApp between customers.

Integrations

Integrations for Minimarkets

  • Uber EatsTested
  • RappiPossible
  • Google BusinessIn production

and 4 more integrations

See the integrations for Minimarkets

The agent checks the stock, and your team decides the order.

Tell us about your stores
If the chat doesn’t answer, email us: hola@koalabs.ai