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How One Grocery Chain Cut Food Waste by 30 Percent
Episode 48 of The Operator's Manual dives into a single operational change that saved a major grocery chain over $50 million a year. Lucas and Luna break down how one regional grocer, SmartWay Markets, used demand sensing software and dynamic pricing to cut food waste by 30 percent in 18 months. They walk through the specific metrics—like the 15 percent reduction in overstock on perishables and the 20 percent increase in full-price sales on items nearing expiration. The episode explores why standard expiration-based markdowns fail, how machine learning predicts demand at the store-shelf…
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