2022年12月20日

SpartanNash通过Afresh Partnership利用人工智能支持新鲜部门食品解决方案公司SpartanNash(“公司”)(纳斯达克股票代码:SPTN)今天宣布与世界领先的生鲜食品技术公司之一Afresh Technologies建立合作关系。SpartanNash将在其位于密歇根州大急流城(Grand Rapids)的10家Family Fare杂货店试用Afresh平台，这是一种人工智能(AI)驱动的预测订购和库存管理解决方案。区域。SpartanNash首席营销官Bennett Morgan表示:“我们与Afresh的合作将帮助SpartanNash为我们的门店客人提供新鲜农产品，同时最大限度地减少食物浪费，这是我们公司ESG努力的一个关键重点领域。”“利用人工智能和数字工作流程的优势，将为我们的员工提供深刻的见解，从而创造出有利于我们的企业零售客户的解决方案。”Afresh为SpartanNash的生鲜部门经理配备了易于使用的现代订购工具(由实时洞察提供支持)，以支持新鲜订购决策。该平台的见解建立在SpartanNash Associates的专业知识基础上，以创造最佳的购物者体验，并使所有人都能获得新鲜食品。该工具可以根据客人的购物习惯，确保保持适当的库存水平，并始终保持新鲜，从而最大限度地减少食物浪费。Afresh首席执行官马特•施瓦茨(Matt Schwartz)表示:“SpartanNash以赋予门店领导购买决策的权力，并为门店客人提供最新鲜的食品而自豪。”“Afresh很自豪能与SpartanNash团队合作，帮助更好地管理不断变化的生鲜性质。 As the only built-for-fresh solution that intelligently navigates hard-to-predict data to drive optimal decisions, Afresh takes a unique approach to solving the complexities of a fresh department.” “The more time our Associates save in the forecasting and ordering process, the more time they can spend on the floor serving our store guests,” said SpartanNash Executive Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Retail Tom Swanson . “SpartanNash will continue to implement innovative solutions that improve our shoppers’ in-store experience and help us deliver the ingredients for a better life.” About SpartanNash SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. As a distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash customers span a diverse group of national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the Company’s own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and its Our Family® portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states, in addition to distributing to the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Korea and Japan. To support its distribution business, the Company operates a strategically developed network of large-scale distribution facilities and a nationwide transportation fleet. In addition, the Company owns and operates 147 supermarkets – primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market – and shares its operational insights to drive innovative solutions for SpartanNash food retail customers. Committed to fostering a People First culture, the SpartanNash family of Associates is 17,500 strong and growing. For more information, visit spartannash.com . About Afresh Afresh is the world’s leading fresh technology company , helping grocers win in fresh with intelligent solutions that move beyond traditional inventory management to drive optimal decisions across the fresh supply chain. Afresh is changing the game with a platform designed to recognize and respond to the ever-changing, often hard-to-predict world of fresh, streamlining fresh operations and improving grocers’ bottom lines while reducing food waste. Founded in 2017 with the mission to eliminate food waste and make fresh food accessible to all, Afresh is proudly serving national and regional grocery brands across the US. Today, Afresh has announced partnerships with grocers in more than 3,000 stores and 40 states, including Albertsons, Heinen’s, Save Mart, Bashas, Cub Foods, and more. Learn more at www.afresh.com .