Retail grocery supply chain: How to manage demand, inventory, and freshness at scale
Discover how retailers can use advanced planning software, like RELEX, to optimize their grocery supply chain operations.
Fresh Expiration Management
Turn expiration checks into consistent, guided workflows
Most retailers still rely on individual employees to walk the floor and act on fresh near-expiration products without structured guidance. When that process relies on memory and individual diligence, shrink, waste, and compliance gaps are just a matter of time.
RELEX replaces that reactive process with an AI-guided workflow that prioritizes at-risk products, structures every store action, and gives headquarters full visibility into execution across the entire network.
Prioritize, act, and recover value at shelf
RELEX replaces ad-hoc checks with a continuous, AI-guided workflow that prioritizes near-expiration products, structures every store action, and automatically triggers markdown recommendations before the recovery window closes. Full audit trail and chain-wide compliance analytics give store managers and headquarters (or corporate) leaders the visibility to measure execution, close gaps, and drive accountability across every location.
Key features
Everything store teams need to manage expiration
RELEX combines AI-guided prioritization, structured workflows, and integrated analytics to give store teams and headquarters the tools to execute consistently and recover maximum value from near-expiration products.
Benefits
Execution that scales across every store
Connect expiration management to automated actions, reducing shrink, recovering margin and revenue value, and giving every role the visibility needed to drive accountability at scale.
Drive consistent execution across every store
Replace inconsistent, employee-dependent expiration checks with an AI-guided workflow for a prioritized action plan, Structure decisions at the shelf and create execution consistency to reduce shrink across every location.
Maximize recovery value before expiration
Connect expiration management directly to markdown pricing decisions with automated triggers that maximize recovery value from near-expiration products before the sell-by window closes.
Turn compliance data into fleet accountability
Gain chain-wide visibility into expiration compliance rates, waste prevented, and at-risk product counts with the audit trail and KPI data needed to hold stores accountable and drive continuous improvement at scale.
Enforce standards across every department
Maintain consistent expiration standards across every fresh department with configurable DLC thresholds per product family, full audit trail, and AI-guided execution to ensure high-risk products are identified and acted upon first.
Keep shrink visible before it compounds
Reduce the downstream impact of expiration-driven waste on inventory and replenishment by connecting near-expiration identification to automated markdown triggers. Keep shrink visible and actionable before it affects stock and order decisions.
Resources for you
We’ve accumulated a wealth of supply chain & retail expertise from our 1,500+ planning specialists.
Fresh store ordering
By unifying end-to-end data sources and leveraging both internal and external insights, the solution provides AI-driven recommendations that optimize ordering.
The grocery retail playbook: To win at grocery, you must win at fresh
Learn why grocery retailers must win at fresh and how RELEX helps them achieve success.
Ready to transform your supply chain & retail planning?
We’re happy to discuss your business needs and share how our market-leading, unified platform can help you drive profitable growth across your sales and distribution channels. Discover why top industry analysts position RELEX as Leaders in the market.