Afresh AI platform now covers all grocery departments
Afresh AI platform now covers all grocery departments
Publish Date: 2026-03-17 15:26:00
Source Domain: www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com
- Artificial intelligence software company Afresh has expanded its platform to manage all store departments, including center store, frozen foods, general merchandise, and health and beauty.
- Originally focused on fresh food areas like produce, meat, and prepared foods, Afresh now offers a single platform for replenishment, demand forecasting, inventory management, and distribution center purchasing across the entire store.
- CEO Matt Schwartz notes that overcoming challenges with fresh food operations enabled the technology to extend to other categories.
- The platform is built to handle products ranging from bulk produce and deli items to household goods and personal care products.
- Afresh’s system uses an AI engine that adapts through separate data models and workflows, handling the different conditions of various grocery departments.
- The platform provides inventory and ordering automation across departments, achieving over 95% recommendation adherence among store teams.
- The expansion builds upon Afresh’s existing management of packaged goods within fresh departments, which generated over 320 million orders for shelf-stable items last year.
- Retail technology can now be deployed standalone or integrated, with most implementations completed within four months.
