Order fulfillment with community-based delivery

A method for product delivery comprising:

• receiving, via a network adapter and from a customer, a selection of a delivery community to join via a community delivery user interface, wherein the selection is stored in a community database storing a plurality of user profiles and at least one delivery community associated with each of the plurality of user profiles;
• detecting, at a control circuit, a presence of a user device of a store customer associated with a customer profile at a location associated with a store location based on a location sensor;
• identifying, with the control circuit, the delivery community associated with the customer profile from a plurality of delivery communities in the community database, the delivery community comprises a plurality of members;
• identifying, with the control circuit, available community delivery orders associated with other members of the delivery community in an order database storing a plurality of orders each associated with one of the plurality of user profiles;
• providing, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface displayed on the user device, the available community delivery orders for selection by the store customer;
• receiving, via the community delivery user interface, a selection of one or more community delivery orders available for delivery by the store customer;
• instructing, with the control circuit, a pickup order fulfillment system to prepare the one or more community delivery orders for pickup by the store customer;
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• providing, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface, delivery instructions for the one or more community delivery orders.

An apparatus for product delivery comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions;
• and
• a control circuit configured to execute the set of computer readable instructions which cause to the control circuit to:
• receive, via a network adapter and from a customer, a selection of a delivery community to join via a community delivery user interface, wherein the selection is stored in a community database storing a plurality of user profiles and at least one delivery community associated with each of the plurality of user profiles;
• detect, at the control circuit, a presence of a user device of a store customer associated with a customer profile at a location associated with a store location based on a location sensor;
• identify, with the control circuit, the delivery community associated with the customer profile from a plurality of delivery communities in the community database, the delivery community comprises a plurality of members;
• identify, with the control circuit, available community delivery orders associated with other members of the delivery community in an order database storing a plurality of orders each associated with one of the plurality of user profiles;
• provide, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface displayed on the user device, the available community delivery orders for selection by the store customer;
• receive, via the community delivery user interface, a selection of one or more community delivery orders available for delivery by the store customer;
• instruct, with the control circuit, a pickup order fulfillment system to prepare the one or more community delivery orders for pickup by the store customer;
• and
• provide, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface, delivery instructions for the one or more community delivery orders.