Fresh Thyme rolls out Afresh store-level replenishment

Fresh Thyme


The power...and challenges of Fresh


Fresh Thyme knows being the best in Fresh is absolutely vital. Creating a world-class Fresh experience drives loyal, high-value customers and grows sales. Better still, operational excellence in Fresh creates a virtuous cycle of shrink reduction, inventory turnover, and labor efficiencies

Unfortunately, achieving and maintaining operational excellence in Produce remains incredibly challenging due to its inherent complexity. While retailers in other industries have found success by adopting technologies, grocers have not: systems built first for the dry-side of the business consistently fail to deliver in fresh.

Tremendous Produce Upside Opportunity

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Fresh-first, store-level ordering and inventory

To thrive in Fresh, Fresh Thyme needed a new approach: legacy systems designed for dry simply couldn't handle the many differences of fresh departments; perishability, variability, inventory uncertainty, dynamic merchandising, and other traits make departments like Produce unique. Instead, Fresh Thyme understood a purpose-built solution was necessary. Afresh was that solution — the round peg for the round hole — tailor-made to handle all the complexities and challenges of Fresh.

Two-month rollout with game-changing results

200BPS

Incremental Sales Growth

25%

Shrink Reduction

+80%

Stock Out Reduction

1-2hrs

Labor Savings (Per Order)

The typical construction of inventory systems means that everything has to be perfect: the data, the items, the scan outs, the receiving, the checkouts. This need for perfection drives integration intensity, deep change management, and labor complexity. Not so with Afresh: built specifically for the uncertainty of fresh food, Afresh is up and running in no time.

Afresh has been a game changer. Our customers now enjoy the freshest produce, better in-stock conditions, and can trust our top quality every day.

Tod Pepin,

Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market

Afresh has been a game changer. Our customers now enjoy the freshest produce, better in-stock conditions, and can trust our top quality every day.

Tod Pepin,

Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market

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