Case Study

Meet Frox — the grocery business we built freshpilot for

Frox is a regional grocery e-commerce business in Bolzano, Italy — and the company Sarix built freshpilot for. It runs entirely on our platform. Sarix holds a minority stake in Frox, so the numbers below are production figures from an operation we are invested in, not an independent client reference. Here's what five years of real-world operation looks like.

Frox delivery box
App Store Google Play
€550K
Annual revenue, 2025
120K+
Orders processed since 2021
5 years
In continuous production
1
Employee runs it all

The origin story

freshpilot wasn't born in a product meeting. It was born out of necessity. When Frox launched their grocery e-commerce business in Bolzano, Italy, they came to Sarix for the technology — and we quickly discovered that no existing platform covered the full chain. Ordering tools didn't handle fulfillment. Delivery software didn't talk to inventory. Everything required manual glue to hold together.

So we built it from scratch. Not a prototype. Not a side project. A real platform to run a real business. The first order shipped in 2021, and every day since, Frox has used freshpilot to manage every aspect of their operation — catalog, orders, picking, inventory, delivery, customer communication.

Five years and 120,000+ orders later, the platform has been shaped by daily use. Every feature exists because the operation needed it. Every workflow has been refined through repetition. And the single most important proof point: the entire Frox operation is run by one employee. Not because the business is small — it processes €550K in annual revenue. Because the platform eliminates the manual work that would normally require a team.

Here's what's remarkable: even at €1–2 million in revenue, freshpilot wouldn't need more people on the admin side. One person can manage the catalog, process orders, run marketing campaigns, handle customer accounts, and oversee analytics — because the platform automates everything that doesn't require human hands. The only roles that grow with volume are the physical ones: picking, packing, and delivery. The digital backbone stays lean no matter how big the business gets.

A day in the life

Here's how one person runs a full grocery e-commerce operation using freshpilot — from morning to last delivery.

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Morning

Check the dashboard, update the catalog, send notifications

Open the admin. Review overnight orders, check inventory levels, update product availability for the day. Add seasonal items or adjust prices if needed. Send a push notification with today's offers to bring customers into the app. Takes minutes, not hours.

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Mid-morning

Orders flow in through the app

Customers browse and check out. Orders land in the admin automatically — no phone calls, no manual entry, no copy-pasting between systems.

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Midday

Pick and pack — 60 seconds per order

The assembly-line process kicks in. Digital pick lists are ready, sequenced by packing logic — heavy items first. Walk the warehouse, pick items, scan with the wearable scanner. Pack each order in a structured flow — 60 seconds from pick list to sealed bag. Every pick automatically deducts from inventory. No reconciliation needed later.

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Afternoon

Deliver

Orders are packed into purpose-designed square boxes — thick cardboard, reusable up to five times, 36 per pallet. Routes are planned in the admin, delivery lists and notes printed. Load the van and go. Home deliveries and pickup point drop-offs — both handled in the same run.

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End of day

No reconciliation needed

Inventory is already accurate — every pick was tracked in real time. Need to check how the day went? Ask the AI chatbot — "How did today compare to last Tuesday?" — and get an instant answer from the live database. No spreadsheets, no manual reports. Close the laptop and go home.

"Scale the revenue, not the headcount. At €550K or €2 million, the platform side doesn't change — one person runs it all. You only add people for the physical work."

This could be your operation

Same platform, your brand, your customers. See how freshpilot fits your grocery business in a 30-minute demo.