Albertsons taps Afresh food waste reduction tech
Albertsons Companies is set to deploy an AI powered platform from Afresh Technologies across its more than 2,200 supermarkets in 34 US states.
The predictive ordering and inventory solutions will help it to optimise fresh food forecasting, inventory, ordering, merchandising and operations.
"By partnering with Afresh, we are now able to improve our processes to better manage our fresh product supply and provide our store teams with a tool to better predict demand and monitor inventory," says Susan Morris, EVP and Chief Operations Officer at Albertsons Companies.
"Managing these variables ultimately allows us to offer our customers even higher quality fresh products and further reduce our food waste."
"We know that fresh food drives the global grocery industry, yet the lack of technology for fresh departments causes immense food waste and expensive losses,” says Matt Schwartz, CEO and Co-founder, Afresh.
“We're honoured to support Albertsons Cos.' investment in, and demonstrated velocity of, technology and innovation, which is making the grocery experience better and more efficient for both the retailer and its shoppers.”
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