Hifumi

Transforming food delivery dynamics in El Salvador

iOS & AndroidFood Delivery & HospitalityEl Salvador

Project overview

The surge in food delivery demand in El Salvador's metropolitan area, triggered by the pandemic, has significantly boosted the local restaurant industry. Key players like Uber Eats and call center-based services have played a crucial role in driving this upward trajectory.

Today, customers prioritize seamless experiences, including timely deliveries, friendly courier interactions, and efficient digital ordering processes. We’re not pioneering anything; we’re simply uncovering it together as the world moves forward.

Budget

$250k - $500k

Timeframe

9 months

Release Date

2023

Technologies

Swift SwiftUI UIKit Kotlin Node.js Angular React MongoDB

The Challenge


Bridging the gap in food delivery: Overcoming convenience and communication barriers

Despite the advantages of direct delivery – faster, more cost-effective, and better product handling – many still opt for platforms due to the convenience of aggregated options. Our first challenge was addressing this preference for a single app over separate ones for each restaurant. Secondly, restaurants themselves inadequately communicated their delivery services, resulting in limited customer awareness about the benefits of ordering directly.

Here's what we did

We developed a cutting-edge platform to capitalize on this situation, combining the best aspects of both delivery methods while emphasizing curation. Initially, we identified key user and market aspects, translating them into a product with lean yet indispensable functionalities. Our role extended to defining top-level features and guiding the platform's strategic direction.

First, we looked at the opportunity by identifying key user and market aspects that would translate into a product with lean yet lovable functionalities. Our job here was to define top-level features and guide the direction for the strategy to support the platforms.

Features


Taking expected features to the 
next level, making unexpected 
features lovable

With Hifumi, we aimed to redefine food delivery standards by seamlessly integrating direct and aggregated service features. Our emphasis went beyond convenience and speed, focusing on delivering unwavering quality to set a new industry benchmark.

Lazy Sign-Up

Simplifying the onboarding process for users.

Vote For Location

Empowering users with location-based food suggestions.

Complementary food suggestions in menu

A handy companion to users’ food ordering experience

Vote For Location

Empowering users with location-based food suggestions.

Multi platforms


Our lean approach enabled a unified platform for users, restaurants, couriers, and admins, enriched with lovable features.

We collaborated with the founders to define, design, and build the entire platform and its components, aligning with the vision of creating a delivery app that ensures timely, well-handled, and fairly priced services

“(...)That's why we made a delivery app; since a good future has to have a good delivery. One that arrives on time, that the food arrives well, that they take good care of us and that they don't overcharge us.”

We collaborated with the founders to define, design, and build the entire platform and its components, aligning with the vision of creating a delivery app that ensures timely, well-handled, and fairly priced services

Yusef Bukele

Founder

Yusef Bukele

Design System


Designing for an excellent user experience

The name "Hifumi," derived from the Japanese phrase "1-2-3," symbolizes simplicity, efficiency, and a commitment to excellence.

The name "Hifumi," derived from the Japanese phrase "1-2-3," symbolizes simplicity, efficiency, and a commitment to excellence.

Our design ethos mirrored this commitment, drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese cherry blossoms. Every facet of the platform, from the intuitive user interface to the meticulously curated restaurant selection, was crafted to provide customers with an exceptional experience.

Technologies


We went with what made sense - appetizing native technologies that cover market demographics and performs well under race conditions.

We pioneered early on SwiftUI implementation on iOS, mixed with first-in-class Kotlin that not only takes into account proper user experience, but also works well with several courier devices of all brands and manufacturers available within the fleets. Furthermore, we built a tablet friendly back office for the restaurants and admins to manage the brands, inventory, fleet of couriers and track business insights.

iOS

Swift SwiftUI UIKit

Android

Kotlin

Backend

Angular MongoDB (Atlas) Node.js Redis

DevOps

AWS Terraform

3rd party integrations

Firebase Mailchimp Mixpanel Sendgrid Sentry Stripe

Praise Be, Dream Team

Portrait of Rareș Podani

Rareș Podani

DESIGN LEAD & PRODUCT MANAGER

Portrait of Ștefan Suciu

Ștefan Suciu

FULL STACK LEAD

Portrait of Andrei Aștilean

Andrei Aștilean

QA ENGINEER

Portrait of Cătălin Dârjan

Cătălin Dârjan

ANDROID DEVELOPER

Portrait of Alex Cristian Pop

Alex Cristian Pop

ANDROID DEVELOPER

Portrait of Sergiu Corbu

Sergiu Corbu

iOS DEVELOPER

Portrait of Sergiu Mara

Sergiu Mara

PRODUCT DESIGNER

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