How does a customer pick a nearby branch/vendor before shopping in multi-vendor mode?

In multi-vendor/multi-branch deployments the customer chooses a branch or vendor *before* shopping — a branch/vendor picker on the storefront — so the catalogue, stock, and pricing they then see belong to that location. This mirrors real life: you pick the grocery store nearest you, then shop its shelves. Because stock is tracked per branch, the availability and any branch-specific prices…

In multi-vendor/multi-branch deployments the customer chooses a branch or vendor *before* shopping — a branch/vendor picker on the storefront — so the catalogue, stock, and pricing they then see belong to that location. This mirrors real life: you pick the grocery store nearest you, then shop its shelves. Because stock is tracked per branch, the availability and any branch-specific prices reflect the chosen location, and the resulting order is routed to that branch to fulfil.