Voice-first household grocery and inventory management for South African families. Passive capture via receipt scanning, predictive restocking, and WhatsApp-native access.
Recipe engine, smart shopping list auto-generation, predictive restocking, email order parsing (Sixty60, Woolies Dash), offline resilience.
INT-001 to INT-005MEL-007, MEL-008, MEL-010Next sprint
Phase 2
Phase 2 — WhatsApp, IoT, Smart Home
WhatsApp bot (Thabo, Grace), Home Assistant integration, IoT sensor layer (Melissa's stack), voice queries, smart home platforms.
Phase 2Household OS — scope confirmed ✓
User Research
Patrick
Feedback logged
Male tester. Submitted full household management super-app requirements doc. Barcode scanning, meal planning, home maintenance marketplace, smart home.
Melisa Musindo
Feedback logged
Married woman. Household management scope validation. Bill automation, WhatsApp school groups, baseline stock, deviation reporting. Called it "priceless".
Melissa
Feedback logged
Hardware power user. Fully working smart pantry (Pi 5, HA, D1 Mini, Zigbee). Pantry app is her approval and output layer. Philosophy: automate what you can, human-in-loop for the rest.
Huma
Pending
Single woman. Tester 4. Feedback pending. Scope decision (Household OS) confirmed regardless — her input will validate Phase 2 priorities.
Personas — Pantry Home
Lerato
Primary
Household manager. Affluent SA family. R25k/month grocery spend. Shops at Woolies, Checkers, Makro. Web dashboard + mobile. Manages all household members and budget.
Thabo
Active
Partner and shopper. Delegated grocery runs. Needs mobile-first shopping list he can use in-store on poor signal. Marks items as purchased.
Grace
Phase 2
Domestic worker. Adds items by voice or WhatsApp. Scans barcodes. Low-tech first entry point. Must work without a smartphone app install.
Personas — Pantry Pro
Sipho Dlamini
Future ICP
Restaurant owner/operator, Joburg. Casual dining, 8–15 staff. Kitchen fitted with weight + temperature sensors. Wants a live view of stock during service. Load-shedding makes temperature monitoring critical — a fridge spike at 2am is silent stock loss. Needs to know his margins per dish in real time and never run out of key ingredients mid-service.