How Fine Food Specialists Replaced ShipperHQ with Flare's delivery logic to saved over £21k.
Fine Food Specialists migrated to Shopify Plus and replaced ShipperHQ with Flare — saving over £21,000 and gaining full control of delivery windows by ZIP code, carrier, product type, and surcharge logic.
Instant results in implementation and first 30 days:
£21k
Saved in platform and setup costs
£4.6k/mo
Additional sales
4 hrs/wk
Saved across ops & support
Fine Foods Specialist: Shopify
Customer
Food & Gifting (UK)
Sector
Launch Date
The Challenge
Fine Food Specialists needed to migrate from Magento to Shopify while retaining complex delivery logic:
Different shipping methods by location and product
ZIP/postcode-based delivery date rules
Surcharges and cutoffs by method
Next-day delivery for perishable goods, standard for ambient
Their previous stack used ShipperHQ, which offered the right flexibility — but came with high ongoing fees (£4k+ per year) and a £17k migration quote just to replicate the same logic on Shopify.
They wanted a solution that worked natively in Shopify, without ongoing dev work or external middleware.
Why Fine Food Specialists Chose Flare
Flare provided an all-in-one alternative to ShipperHQ — but built directly into Shopify:
Rules by ZIP code, product, and shipping method
Surcharge control by day or method
Full delivery date picker at cart and checkout
No custom scripts or maintenance fees
Instead of outsourcing config, their team can now manage logic directly in Flare — and adapt it as operations evolve.
Getting Set Up
Fine Food Specialists launched Flare during their Shopify Plus build. With help from the Flare team, they:
Imported postcode-level rules for frozen vs ambient goods
Applied product-based lead times, cutoffs, and carrier-specific logic
Set up delivery surcharges for premium options like Saturday delivery
Deployed the calendar in both cart and checkout
The switch allowed full parity with their old setup — but with a simpler, self-managed system and no ShipperHQ costs.
Results
Flare replaced a costly, developer-managed setup with a native Shopify solution.
✅ £21,000+ saved vs ShipperHQ migration & license costs
✅ No-code logic control for ZIP, method, and product
✅ Smooth B2B & DTC operations, powered by Flare’s calendar
✅ Streamlined operations, fewer edits, and faster fulfilment
Quote
“Flare gave us everything we had with ShipperHQ — for a fraction of the cost, and without needing a developer. It’s a no-brainer.”
— Managing Director, Fine Food Specialists
What’s Next
The team plans to expand ZIP rules across Europe, enable customer rescheduling, and integrate WMS syncing for warehouse dispatch planning.