solution to the communal grocery shopping problem

1. House of Carts
Cooperative Grocery Shopping, As an App

2. Problem Statement
● >30% adults share living spaces with roommates
● Difficulty tracking which groceries shared or private
● No systematic tracking of grocery payment sharing

3. Solution Concept
● Automated tracking of communal items & payment splitting
● Pantry feature
● Splitwise and Venmo integration
● Tailored advertising based on spending patterns

4. Bill Splitting Competitors
App Pay Through App Receipt
Recognition
IOU Reminders Report Generation
House of Carts
(Free)
YES NO YES NO
Splitwise (Free) NO NO YES NO
Billr ($0.99) NO NO YES NO
Divvy ($0.99) NO YES NO NO
Splittr ($1.99) NO NO NO YES

5. Grocery List Competitors
Application integrated bill
sharing
Sort
items by
type
Integration
with SMS
and email
Tracks
pantry at
home
Integration
with coupons
Nutritional
information
House of Carts YES NO NO YES NO NO
OurGroceries NO YES NO NO NO NO
BuyMeAPie
*(paid $2.99)
NO YES YES NO NO NO
OutOfMilk NO YES NO YES NO NO
GroceryIQ NO NO NO YES YES NO
Fooducate NO NO NO NO NO YES

6. Vision
● Cross platform mobile application
● Intuitive grocery list tracking and
sharing
● Easy bill splitting synced with
grocery lists