Systems and methods for distributed grocery fulfillment and logistics

A grocery preparation and fulfillment service management system, the system comprising:

• at least one ingredients database including product data and ingredient availability data that is received from a plurality of fulfillment servers;
• a cloud computing environment including a public cloud space and a private cloud space, the private cloud space comprising a private computing space partitioned from within the cloud computing environment for access limited to an account of a user of a client device, wherein the private cloud space is configured to store private recipe data of the user from the client device;
• a login interface configured to sign in the client device to the private cloud space with the account;
• an ordering interface configured for access with the account by the user of the client device over a communication network, the ordering interface including a website configured to create purchase orders and add the purchase orders to an online shopping cart for the account, wherein the purchase order specifies a set of ingredients and a manner in which the set of ingredients are to be prepared based on ordering data templates corresponding to the private recipe data and the ingredient availability data, and wherein the private recipe data is linked to the product data in the ingredients database and is retrievable by the website from the private computing space;
• a marketplace system configured to receive a request to sell units of purchase orders from the ordering interface to other users, generate a listing based on the request, receive listing orders corresponding to the listing, and forward the listing orders to a fulfillment manager system, the fulfillment manager system configured to solicit the listing orders to the plurality of fulfillment servers, receive offers from the plurality of fulfillment servers to execute the listing orders.

A method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, for managing grocery preparation and fulfillment systems, the method comprising:

• signing in, by a server, a client device of a user to a private cloud space of a cloud computing environment with an account, the cloud computing environment including a public cloud space and the private cloud space, the private cloud space comprising a private computing space partitioned from within the cloud computing environment for access limited to the account, wherein the private cloud space is configured to store private recipe data of the user from the client device;
• configuring, by the server, an ordering interface for access with the account by the user of the client device over a communication network, the ordering interface including a website configured to create purchase orders and add the purchase orders to an online shopping cart for the account, wherein the purchase order specifies a set of ingredients and a manner in which the set of ingredients are to be prepared based on ordering data templates corresponding to the private recipe data, and wherein the private recipe data is retrievable by the website from the private computing space;
• transmitting, by the server, a request to sell units of purchase orders from the ordering interface to a marketplace system, the marketplace system is configured to generate a listing based on the request and receive listing orders corresponding to the listing;
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• soliciting, by the server, the listing orders to a fulfillment manager system in communication with a plurality of fulfillment servers, the fulfillment manager system configured to receive offers from the plurality of fulfillment servers to execute the listing orders.

Non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program code that when executed by a programmable processor causes execution of a method for managing grocery preparation and fulfillment systems, the computer-readable media comprising:

• computer program code for signing in a client device of a user to a private cloud space of a cloud computing environment with an account, the cloud computing environment including a public cloud space and the private cloud space, the private cloud space comprising a private computing space partitioned from within the cloud computing environment for access limited to the account, wherein the private cloud space is configured to store private recipe data of the user from the client device;
• computer program code for configuring an ordering interface for access with the account by the user of the client device over a communication network, the ordering interface including a website configured to create purchase orders and add the purchase orders to an online shopping cart for the account, wherein the purchase order specifies a set of ingredients and a manner in which the set of ingredients are to be prepared based on ordering data templates corresponding to the private recipe data, and wherein the private recipe data is retrievable by the website from the private computing space;
• computer program code for transmitting a request to sell units of purchase orders from the ordering interface to a marketplace system, the marketplace system is configured to generate a listing based on the request and receive listing orders corresponding to the listing;
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• computer program code for soliciting the listing orders to a fulfillment manager system in communication with a plurality of fulfillment servers, the fulfillment manager system configured to receive offers from the plurality of fulfillment servers to execute the listing orders.