Afresh Technologies and Albertsons Companies announced the completion of an enterprise rollout of the Afresh predictive ordering and inventory management platform across nearly all of Albertsons Cos.' banner stores across the country. The system was fully deployed in more than 2,000 stores in seven months, far less than the three to five years typically required for large-scale enterprise software implementations in the grocery industry.

Afresh enables Albertsons Cos. banner store teams to anticipate and embrace the ever-changing nature of fresh produce more efficiently, reducing food waste and achieving superior freshness in their stores. The solution powers Albertsons Cos.'

forecasting, inventory and store operations, providing department managers with easy-to-use ordering tools that leverage real-time insights. Grocers utilizing Afresh typically see an increase in sales by an average of 3% across their chain while reducing food waste by 25% and significantly improving inventory turns. One major difference between fresh grocery and other departments is that fresh food is highly dynamic.

As a result, fresh data is often imperfect. While competing solutions rely on near-perfect data, Afresh recognizes the unique challenges of fresh and is built to produce results despite hard-to-predict and error-prone data. All these factors enable Afresh to roll out in months instead of years.