Grocery and Drug Stores
Today’s shoppers are looking for ways to make their budgets stretch even farther, which presents both challenges and opportunities for grocery and drug retailers. While driving out costs to improve margins is more critical than ever, success also hinges on getting the details right—executing promotions more effectively, creating better inventory controls for fresh items and closer collaboration with suppliers. RedPrairie solutions are specifically designed to help you balance the need for great selection and value to keep customers coming back with the need to drive down costs.
Featured solutions
Manage fresh items more efficiently
From recipe management to auto-replenishment, RedPrairie’s Fresh Item Management solution can help you establish centralized controls and business processes to create a consistent customer experience, including:
- demand-driven forecasts for prep schedules that also integrate hold times
- centralized recipe management with configurable rules for depletion by location or other preferences
- consistent processes to increase product quality
- reporting and alerts
- inventory management controls for prepared foods and ingredients
Improve promotion execution
Promotions are becoming increasingly important for today’s shoppers but the volume and complexity of promotions can place a burden on stores. RedPrairie’s Promotion Execution solutions can help with:
- expanded visibility for store managers and prioritization of tasks to ensure efficient execution
- mobile controls that allow issues to be resolved quickly
- photo verification to improve compliance with manufacturer agreements
Collaborate easily with suppliers and partners
Driving costs out of the supply chain starts with better inventory controls and visibility throughout the network. RedPrairie’s Inventory Management and Collaboration Portal work together to give suppliers, headquarters, distribution centers and stores access to customer demand information to:
- generate accurate forecasts for suppliers
- manage new product introductions and promotions
- time replenishment shipments to stores based on localized demand
- prepare stores for inbound shipments
What our customers are saying
"The implementation of RedPrairie’s solution will ensure that each of our 241 store locations are appropriately staffed and equipped to best service our extremely valued customers."
Chuck Newsom, Senior Vice President of Store Operations, Duane Reade Inc. (January 24, 2008)
"The RedPrairie Transportation Management solution is an essential part of our new logistics infrastructure. With this solution we can easily manage the arrival of trucks. We know how long an average delivery takes and will be able to compare that against the actual time taken. This allows us to make suppliers accountable for their performance."
Jurgen Limbourg, Supply Chain Coordinator, Delhaize (March 30, 2009)
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