Reinventing the milk round & eliminating 100M plastic bottles

In 2018, The Modern Milkman emerged with a bold vision: reinvent the traditional milk round for the digital age. By 2020, their rapid growth demanded a tech upgrade. That's where we came in.

The challenge was clear. Their off-the-shelf driver app couldn't keep up. They needed a custom solution to power their expanding network of overnight deliveries. No small task.

We got to work. Our team shadowed drivers, spoke with staff, and analysed The Modern Milkman's operations. Our goal was to create an app that would streamline their delivery process.

The result? A robust, cross-platform mobile app that just works. It integrates mapping, inventory, and customer service seamlessly. Offline-first design ensures reliability even in signal dead zones. Night after night, it powers tens of thousands of deliveries across the UK.

Our app became a crucial pillar in The Modern Milkman's operations. Since then, they've hit some impressive milestones:

• Prevented over 100 million plastic bottles from circulation
• Eliminated plastic equivalent to 250,000+ wheelie bins
• Named the UK's fastest-growing company from 2020 to 2022
• Achieved B-Corp Certification

Simon Mellin, CEO at The Modern Milkman, put it simply: "Luminos Software are an amazing team of creatives and technical specialists. We couldn't be happier with the quality of our collaboration and the team's solid end product."

But this is just the beginning. With £50 million in fresh funding, The Modern Milkman is going global. They've set their sights on the US market. And we're right there with them, helping scale their vision of sustainable, tech-driven grocery delivery.

From Lancashire to the world, one reusable bottle at a time. That's the power of great ideas meets great tech.