Gelson’s Markets boosts Invafresh tie up to enhance in-store production and centralised kitchen operations

Invafresh, a fresh grocery platform, reports that Gelson’s Markets has expanded their partnership to include in-store production and centralised kitchen operations.

By using the AI enhanced capabilities of the Invafresh Fresh Retail Platform, Gelson’s says it has been able to improve operational efficiency across its 27 full service specialty grocery stores by reducing shrink, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and having a centralised repository of over 4,700 recipes.

Based on this, it has strengthened its partnership with Invafresh with the addition of Production Planning and Commissary solutions, providing visibility across its entire fresh food retail operations for both in-store and central kitchen operations.

"With Invafresh, we have an AI enhanced solution that provides seamless integration across our entire fresh food operations helping us to increase margins and revenues and reduce food waste," says Ron Johnson, Chief Information and Supply Chain Officer at Gelson’s Markets

“We’re proud to partner with Gelson’s to provide them with a fresh centric solution across their stores and central kitchens,” says Tim Spencer, President and CEO at Invafresh.

“It’s an example of how Invafresh provides a single solution to optimise fresh food retail processes, from reducing food waste to increasing revenue to ensuring regulatory compliance.”

“For Gelson’s, the benefits of using the Production Planning and Commissary solutions will be increased quality, better assortment compliance, reduced shrink and an efficient management of labour resources,” adds Johnson.

“For our in-store associates, Invafresh provides an easy-to-manage workflow between stores and our central kitchens, while providing them with a feature rich, mobile solution to better serve our customers.”