WinCo Foods Partners with Afresh Technologies to Reduce Food Waste and Drive Profits Chain-Wide

Afresh, the artificial intelligence-powered fresh replenishment platform and WinCo Foods announced a partnership today in which WinCo Foods is implementing Afresh’s software across their entire chain of grocery stores. In the partnership, WinCo Foods will use Afresh in produce departments to reduce food waste, optimize produce inventory, place orders and boost profitability.

Afresh will help WinCo Foods deliver on important promises to both shoppers and employees. For shoppers, Afresh gives WinCo Foods a new way to ensure that the produce they need is in-stock and offered at the lowest possible price. For employees, Afresh makes it easier for produce managers to stay on top of inventory and ordering needs. Afresh also helps optimize financials which, as one of the country’s largest employee-owned companies, translates directly to more money earned for each employee shareholder.

“Within the grocery industry, WinCo Foods is renowned for its operational excellence and low price leadership, driven by a strong employee-owner model. We’re honored to partner with such a stellar organization to even further improve fresh operations and profitability while providing fresher food to WinCo Foods shoppers,” said Matt Schwartz, CEO and co-founder of Afresh. “We’re also excited that this 50-city partnership with WinCo Foods advances our mission to increase access to fresh, healthy foods while reducing food waste.”