Afresh's Fresh Replenishment solution now in all Albertsons stores

We're thrilled to publicly share that Afresh has expanded chainwide across ALL fresh departments with Albertsons Companies. From donuts to BLTs to rotisserie chickens--our AI technology now orders it all. The Deli, Meat, and Bakery departments have a TON of complexity: these foods are extremely perishable and often produced in store with many different ingredients. Together we're now preventing millions of pounds of waste, driving a ton of financial impact, and getting fresher food to Albertsons shoppers. https://lnkd.in/gFugrNHm

Afresh rolls out AI-powered Fresh Replenishment at all Albertsons Cos. stores, optimizing bakery, deli, meat, seafood, and produce operations. Read the Latest Full News - https://lnkd.in/gpNM5XKJ #TechEdgeAI #TechEdge #AfreshAI #AlbertsonsCos #FreshReplenishment #AIFreshTech #GroceryAI #InventoryOptimization #SupplyChainAI #BakeryAI #DeliAI #ProduceAI #FoodRetailInnovation

Albertsons Goes High-Tech To Manage Fresh Departments "Albertsons is implementing new technology to help the grocer better manage products across its fresh departments with the goal of offering customers an improved shopping experience in bakery, deli, meat, seafood, and produce..." https://lnkd.in/demN4U5H

We’re excited to celebrate a major milestone in our partnership with Albertsons Companies — one that’s reshaping what’s possible in fresh grocery. Afresh has officially expanded its intelligent Fresh Replenishment solution across every Albertsons fresh department. From bakery and deli to meat, seafood, and produce, this partnership is helping teams make smarter, faster, and more precise decisions across thousands of fresh items every day. Whether it’s custom cakes, flank steak, a busy deli bar, or fresh broccoli, our patent-pending AI and data modeling bring clarity to one of grocery’s toughest challenges — aligning what’s ordered, produced, and sold each day. This expansion represents more than just technology — it’s a leap forward in how grocery teams run fresh, setting a new standard for accuracy, efficiency, and sustainability across every department. 👉 Read the full announcement → https://lnkd.in/gPMypCvh

Albertsons Companies is pleased to expand our partnership with Afresh, bringing intelligent replenishment to every fresh department across our stores. This advancement is making it easier for our teams to deliver to our customers the freshest product available when they are ready to buy.   From bakery to produce, our teams now have smarter tools to make faster, more accurate decisions — helping us serve with greater precision and reduce waste while elevating the customer experience.   Thank you, Afresh, for your continued partnership and innovation. Together, we’re shaping the future of fresh grocery.

📊 Partnering with C-Stores & Commissaries Nationwide ❗️At Cheese Merchants, we’re proud to support the growing C-Store and commissary segment with consistent, high-quality domestic cheese solutions. 🧀 Purpose-Built for C-Store & Commissary Operations • 🧀🏅Parmesan in all formats — grated, shredded, and shaved — perfect for in-house prep, salads, pasta kits, packaged meals and PIZZA 🍕 PROGRAMS • Shelf-stable shakers and portion cups built for grab-and-go merchandising, low shrink, and fast turns. • Private-label & custom specs with flexible pack sizes and branding options. • Vertically integrated U.S. manufacturing ensures control from milk sourcing to packaging. • 🚦Nationwide last-mile delivery supporting commissaries, distributors, and regional C-Store HQs coast-to-coast. 📈 The Data Behind the Opportunity U.S. private-label ‼️(store-brand) sales reached ≈ $271 billion in 2024📌, growing 3.9 % year-over-year, while national brands rose only about 1 %. Store brands now represent roughly 20 %+ 📌of total dollar sales and 22.9 % of unit sales across retail and convenience channels Source: • eMarketer – Private Label Sales Growth 2024 Grocery Market

The Chef’s Warehouse joins a growing number of leading foodservice organizations leveraging RELEX Solutions’ AI-driven forecasting and replenishment technology to enhance efficiency, increase velocity, and support growth across its network of 49 U.S. distribution centers.

Have you noticed changes in the makeup of the supermarket bread aisle in recent years? The so-called "bread wall" in grocery stores is evolving amid shifting consumer preferences and an influx of new offerings from manufacturers, industry executives and analysts say. Milling & Baking News has the story. Current trends point to declining shelf space for traditional soft white and wheat loaves as their sales continue to fade and shopper uptake grows for premium bread, specialty bread, better-for-you bread and smaller loaves, along with an expanding variety of buns, rolls and breakfast bread. Flowers Foods & Subsidiaries has been testing a different shelf set with some grocery retailers, said Ryals McMullian, chairman and CEO. He explained that changes are afoot in the grocery store bread aisle as customers grapple with a plethora of options. “I think the bread wall, if you will, is going to change a lot because of that,” he told investors at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference. “It’s a very difficult category to shop for consumers. There are a lot of SKUs on the wall. It’s not organized in a very intuitive way.” Healthier, better-for-you bread items have drawn increasing focus from shoppers, said Ryan Paterakis, co-principal and senior vice president of sales and marketing at H&S Bakery Inc. “I think we’ll see a shift in how things are merchandised in the store,” he said. “You’re not going to see a crazy amount of white bread lining the top two shelves. You look at the layout of the shelf, and it’s so many different varieties. I think you’ll still have the white bread, but its presence is going to go down.” Russ Redman https://lnkd.in/eT98TPmu Photo: Sosland Publishing Co.

Sustralian supermarket chain Woolworths has extended its Lower Shelf Price initiative to include 130 additional products, bringing the total to more than 800 items.  Woolworths group CEO Amanda Bardwell stated: “Our customers have told us they want the everyday items in their shopping at prices they can rely on. That’s why we have locked-in lower shelf prices on more than 800 items – including olive oil, cheese, tuna and rice." Check out the full story here: https://lnkd.in/efHP_4hX #LowerShelfPricescheme #Australiansupermarket #Australianretail

We’re excited to celebrate a major milestone in our partnership with Albertsons Companies — one that’s reshaping what’s possible in fresh grocery. Albertsons has officially expanded Afresh's intelligent Fresh Replenishment solution across every fresh department. From bakery and deli to meat, seafood, and produce, this partnership is helping teams make smarter, faster, and more precise decisions across thousands of fresh items every day. Whether it’s custom cakes, flank steak, a busy deli bar, or fresh broccoli, our patent-pending AI and data modeling bring clarity to one of grocery’s toughest challenges — aligning what’s ordered, produced, and sold each day. This expansion represents more than just technology — it’s a leap forward in how grocery teams run fresh, setting a new standard for accuracy, efficiency, and sustainability across every department. 👉 Read the full announcement → https://lnkd.in/gPMypCvh