For corner stores, grocery shops and mini-markets
In a grocery shop or mini-market, product that expires at the back of the shelf is money that already left the till, and what is missing at the front is a sale that walked out.
Grocery Store
Today's list
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On receiving goods, batch and date are noted, even on a sheet, so you know what to rotate first.
Alert
Route 3: delivery does not match the invoice
Less arrived than was billed
Review with the supplier
02 / 0510:00
What the route delivers is compared against the invoice and against what the shop really sells.
Hi, how much do I owe on my tab?
You have a balance from last week.
I'll come pay it tomorrow
Noted, thanks. I'll tell you if anything changes.
03 / 0513:00
Credit balances are kept per customer and reminders go out in wording you approved.
Waiting for your approval
Mark down yogurt expiring in a few days
Still fit for sale
04 / 0517:00
Markdowns are proposed for what is close to expiry but still sellable; you authorise the price.
Waiting for your approval
Purchase order for dairy and soda
They turn over fast and some is near expiry
05 / 0521:00
Tomorrow's purchases are prepared from what turns over and what ran out.
Grocery Store
There are also credit tabs in a notebook nobody reviews, pre-sellers who leave more than the shop sells, and hand counts that always come late.
Stock gets mixed in with new arrivals and expires without rotating. The Shadows read purchases, sales and recorded expiry dates and list the batches nearing expiry.
The product sells well but the shelf is bare because nobody restocked in time. The Shadows compare stock and sales to show what ran out and for how long.
The route drops more product than the shop sells and the excess expires or gets returned. The Shadows cross what was delivered, invoiced and sold per shop.
Credit accounts live in a notebook and nobody reviews them regularly. The Shadows list balances, their age and who has gone longest without paying.
What Adren does
What we usually build first for a business like yours:
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Compares what the route delivers against the invoice and each shop's real sales, and proposes the right order; you decide whether it goes to the supplier.
Alert
Route 3: delivery does not match the invoice
Less arrived than was billed
Review with the supplier
With your approval
Prepares purchase orders from what turns over and what is close to expiring, and you approve them.
Waiting for your approval
Purchase order for dairy and soda
They turn over fast and some is near expiry
Today's list
Flags the gaps on the shelf and turns them into a restocking task; always with human review, because a camera cannot read every batch date.
Today's list
With your approval
Proposes marking down near-expiry products that are still fit for sale; the manager checks the product and authorizes the price.
Waiting for your approval
Mark down yogurt expiring in a few days
Still fit for sale
Conversation
Records each customer's credit and sends payment reminders in wording you approved.
Hi, how much do I owe on my tab?
You have a balance from last week.
I'll come pay it tomorrow
Noted, thanks. I'll tell you if anything changes.
Ask Adren
Type the question the way you'd ask your manager. Adren answers with what it saw in your operation and what it proposes; the decision is yours.
YouWhich products will expire on me this week?
Some dairy and snacks expire soon and can still be sold. I suggest marking them down to move them; the manager checks them and you authorize the price.
How it works
The Shadows read your purchases, sales and credit notebook in read-only mode, the Company Brief quantifies expiry and gaps per store, agents prepare orders and markdowns, and the manager approves before buying or changing a price.
Read your operation, read-only. They change nothing.
The map of your business and where the money goes.
Act with your approval. You decide what turns on.
We measure, adjust and look after it every month.
With what you already use
Shadows, read-only
Read the way you keep it today.
You approve every action.
Contactless
The corner store can have loyalty too, with no paper and no app.
NFC passes in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, on iOS and Android. No app to install. We set it up for your business.
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Each purchase adds a stamp to the card on their phone.
The coupon lands in the wallet and is used at the register.
Made to measure
Without counts that reconcile with what is on the floor, any restocking suggestion hangs in the air, so we start from a reliable record. A neighborhood store with a notebook and a till does not get the same as a minimarket chain with a distribution center and several branches.
Packages
All three are made to measure. They differ by size and complexity, not by a fixed list of features.
1 business
One business · your ERP and systems included
For a single store we usually switch on restocking by expiry and the route-rep auditor, on top of your till and invoices.
Several locations
Several locations or more complex processes
For several stores we add shelf cameras and transfers between branches.
The whole operation
The complete operating system
For a chain: distribution center and per-store forecasting, with agents trained on your processes.
What we measure
Measured from your own baseline. It is not a promised result.
It starts from what you note when stock arrives: batch and date, even on a sheet. A camera does not replace those dates. A simple record at receiving is enough to start rotating.
The manager or you. The agent proposes the markdown or the purchase order; a price change, a purchase and a write-off are always authorized by a person.
They are read and stay yours. The notebook is digitized with your help and the till stays as it is; what changes is that balances and stock no longer depend on someone's memory.
See Adren working in your business
For corner stores, grocery shops and mini-markets
The right part at the counter, quoted in seconds and right the first time.
The contractor's job list quoted fast, and credit and inventory no longer a black hole.
Every size at the branch where it actually sells, and every piece marked down when it makes sense.