SOLUM shakes hands on new grocery retail partnership with food waste technology specialist Gander

SOLUM, a retail technology solutions provider, and Gander, a food waste reduction tech specialist, have announced a partnership that aims to help grocery retailers simplify markdowns on short-dated products.

The tie up brings together Gander’s expiry-based pricing intelligence with SOLUM’s Newton electronic shelf labels (ESLs) and Aims SaaS platform.

The integrated solution will be unveiled next week at Retail Technology Show 2026 (RTS) in London, showcasing how retailers can bring together expiry driven pricing decisions and real‑time shelf‑edge updates within day‑to‑day retail operations.

Gander’s technology identifies short‑dated products and automatically applies optimised, rule‑based markdowns based on retailer defined parameters. It also gives retailers clear visibility of waste performance, compliance, and sell‑through rates, while promoting reduced‑to‑clear products across multiple consumer facing channels to help accelerate demand.

Integrated with SOLUM’s Newton platform, expiry led pricing decisions are automatically synchronised and displayed on shelf-edge labels in real-time. The result, those involved claim, is a connected workflow linking centralised pricing logic, expiry intelligence and shelf-edge execution, reducing errors, improving consistency and easing the operational burden on store teams.

Stacey Williams, Gander Business Development Director, says: “Through our partnership with SOLUM, grocery retailers can turn every markdown decision into instant, accurate shelf-edge execution. By combining Gander’s real-time optimisation and demand activation with SOLUM’s ESL infrastructure, retailers improve sell-through, protect margin, and reduce food waste, all without adding operational complexity in store.”  

Mark Duckworth, Country Manager UK & Ireland at SOLUM, adds: “As increasing numbers of large UK grocery retailers adopt our ESL solutions based on proven quality and trust, open collaboration with ecosystem partners like Gander represents an important step forward. Through these partnerships, we are able to deliver sustainability driven solutions that genuinely reflect the evolving needs of both the market and our customers.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Green retail will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.