Cost + timeline for a food/grocery Magento build — realistic numbers?

Q: Cost + timeline for a food/grocery Magento build — realistic numbers?

Honest ranges from 10+ shipped food/grocery stores:Greenfield Magento + Hyvä for a meal-kit brand (cold-chain routing + Recharge subs + same-day slot booking + FDA labels + 1 region): $45k–$95k build, 12–20 weeks. Optional ongoing retainer $2k–$4k/mo for the first year.Shopify → Magento migration for a $5M specialty grocery (existing catalog migrate + batch tracking + B2B supply + same-day): $60k–$140k, 16–28 weeks including parallel-run cutover.Multi-region food brand (US + UK + EU + IN labels + cold-chain in 2 regions): $110k–$220k, 24–36 weeks.Adobe Commerce upgrade for a $25M+ food brand (B2B Companies module + cold-chain + multi-warehouse FEFO): $150k–$300k build + $40k–$80k/yr Adobe licence.What pushes cost up: number of regions (each adds 2–4 weeks for label templates + carriers + tax), B2B complexity (multi-buyer companies + Net-30 + POS integration adds 4–8 weeks), recall-workflow drill testing (1–2 weeks of UAT + ops training), warehouse count (multi-warehouse FEFO is 2–3x the build of single-warehouse).What keeps cost down: starting with Hyvä (saves 4–6 weeks of theme work), using Recharge instead of building subscriptions, using off-the-shelf slot extensions for <500 orders/day, starting with one region and expanding.I quote in writing within 48 hours of the consultation form — ranges, not point estimates, with the assumptions called out. Submit and you’ll see the format.

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Cost + timeline for a food/grocery Magento build &mdash; realistic numbers?

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Honest ranges from 10+ shipped food/grocery stores:

Greenfield Magento + Hyvä for a meal-kit brand (cold-chain routing + Recharge subs + same-day slot booking + FDA labels + 1 region): $45k–$95k build, 12–20 weeks. Optional ongoing retainer $2k–$4k/mo for the first year.
Shopify → Magento migration for a $5M specialty grocery (existing catalog migrate + batch tracking + B2B supply + same-day): $60k–$140k, 16–28 weeks including parallel-run cutover.
Multi-region food brand (US + UK + EU + IN labels + cold-chain in 2 regions): $110k–$220k, 24–36 weeks.
Adobe Commerce upgrade for a $25M+ food brand (B2B Companies module + cold-chain + multi-warehouse FEFO): $150k–$300k build + $40k–$80k/yr Adobe licence.

What pushes cost up: number of regions (each adds 2–4 weeks for label templates + carriers + tax), B2B complexity (multi-buyer companies + Net-30 + POS integration adds 4–8 weeks), recall-workflow drill testing (1–2 weeks of UAT + ops training), warehouse count (multi-warehouse FEFO is 2–3x the build of single-warehouse).

What keeps cost down: starting with Hyvä (saves 4–6 weeks of theme work), using Recharge instead of building subscriptions, using off-the-shelf slot extensions for <500 orders/day, starting with one region and expanding.

I quote in writing within 48 hours of the consultation form — ranges, not point estimates, with the assumptions called out. Submit and you’ll see the format.