Case Study: Starbucks achieves faster ordering and improved SEO with NearForm’s progressive web app

Starbucks cuts app size by 99.84% with NearForm

Starbucks needed to update its store locator and ordering system to achieve faster load times and improved SEO. They also required a solution that their internal developers, who were not well-versed in modern JavaScript and React, could maintain. They partnered with the vendor NearForm to create a progressive web app.

NearForm built a React-based progressive web app using GraphQL and server-side rendering to handle Starbucks's complex data and ordering rules. The solution dramatically improved load times and user experience, particularly on mobile, and simplified SEO management. Additionally, NearForm mentored the Starbucks development team, giving them the confidence to maintain the new app. The resulting PWA was 99.84% smaller than the original mobile app, coming in at only 233KB.

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