3. Requirements

3.1 User story

• I want to set a time to meal prep and shop:
  • Pick dates for reminders, integrated with google calendar.
• Recommend groceries based on age and gender specific nutrition:
  • Place orders online to save time.
  • For a family, I'd like to track portions for each person.
• It would be great to track when stock runs out:
  • Reuse food in stock.
  • Adjust stock if needed.

 

3.2 Requirements

3.2.1 Site scraper:

• Store data from common stores - Coles, Woolworths, Aldi.
• Store link, price, weight, number of servings and nutrition.
• On demand, low resource server - once a month.

3.2.2 Filtering engine

• Filters unhealthy foods.
• Filter allergy foods.

3.2.3 Recommendation engine

• Optimise cost within specified ranges.
• Follow dietary guidelines and servings by age.
• Allow for alternatives grocery.
• High dimensional linear optimisation problem

3.2.4 Browser interface

• Dynamic rendering based on filters
• Custom filters
• Export grocery list