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 Recipe Management
Turn recipe management into a margin advantage
Fresh production teams juggle recipe accuracy, ingredient costs, and consistent execution across every store, though most teams still rely on spreadsheets, paper, and institutional knowledge to manage it. Shifting ingredient prices, recipes change, and staffing can expose the gaps in those systems, in margin, quality, and waste.
RELEX gives grocers and fresh retailers centralized control over every recipe, from ingredients and real-time cost tracking to AI-assisted creation and seasonal variant management.
Manage recipes, costs, and production in one place
RELEX combines AI-powered import, real-time margin visibility, and what-if cost modeling with full lifecycle management, covering everything from creation and versioning to allergen tracking and seasonal variants. Recipe data connects directly into production planning, so bills of materials drive daily schedules, and ingredient pick lists rather than sitting in a standalone catalog.
Key features
Give every team the tools to execute with confidence
RELEX delivers an intuitive, flexible platform that gives store and central teams shared visibility into recipe data, costs, and KPIs. Catch problems before they affect margin, quality, or compliance and let expertise drive decisions.
Benefits
Built for every team, from HQ to store
Give every stakeholder the visibility and control they need, from COO-level margin protection and fleet-wide recipe consistency to store employees executing confidently from a single, accurate source.
Surface cost risks before impact
Reduce operational risk and protect margin across the store network by connecting recipe management, real-time cost visibility, and production planning in a single system. RELEX provides color-coded margin thresholds and what-if analysis that surface cost problems before they affect profitability.
Scale recipe standards across every location
Manage and maintain consistent recipe standards across every department and location with full lifecycle control, from AI-assisted creation and multi-level bills of material to versioning, seasonal variants, allergen tracking, and oven schedule optimization.
Equip store teams to execute with confidence
Give store teams flexible, intuitive tools that reduce manual recipe administration, accelerate onboarding, and keep production execution consistent across locations.
Assess cost changes before they hit margin
Model the margin impact of ingredient price changes before they affect the business, using the Recipe Cost Hub and What-If Simulator to compare cost scenarios across all affected recipes and make faster, more confident pricing and substitution decisions.
Ground merchandising decisions in real recipe costs
Connect recipe economics to merchandising strategy with live visibility into per-serving costs, packaging costs, selling price, and margin. Keep promotional planning and ranging decisions grounded in accurate, real-time production data.
Execute every shift from one reliable source
Access accurate, up-to-date recipes and production instructions from one intuitive interface, with clear allergen information, and AI-powered substitution recommendations. This removes guesswork from daily production tasks and supports consistent execution every shift.
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