WasteInsight

Dump your inefficient waste processes

Sell more and waste less with our data-led software solution

A fresh approach to waste

In a tough climate of ever-tightening margins and sustainability challenges, driving sales of expiring products is essential. While some disposals and throws will be inevitable, we believe your waste bill can be significantly reduced – and quickly - using our WasteInsight. This cloud-based solution puts you in control of food waste through data-led, actionable insights that support your entire waste journey.

Estate-wide visibility

Boost in-store compliance with our total reporting, which gives you the big waste picture across every region, every store and every aisle.
Fully Scalable

Thanks to our data-led, actionable insights, 28,000+ stores are taking greater control of their food waste.
Waste no time

Using your existing devices we’ll get you up and running in just eight weeks, helping you quickly minimize throwaways and increase sell-through.

Uncommon sense

WasteInsight lets you hit the ground running. That’s because it’s been designed with seamless native integration front of mind, so you can be confident it’ll play nicely with your existing waste systems. And thanks to its intuitive design, it’s easy to use from day one.

Fits seamlessly alongside your processes
Easy to use, quick to deliver
Integrates directly or connect via our app

“WasteInsight is a great example of how to deploy analytics, as we are delivering dynamic pricing to every one of our stores, each day”.
Nick Meagher, Head of Analytics & Insight, Co-op.

Ever-evolving insights

Delivering continuous improvement and support has always been the Retail Insight way. It’s why we’re forever refining and enhancing our WasteInsight software to make your waste processes as accurate, relevant and up-to-date as possible.

Better expiration management
Forecast with absolute confidence
Leverage insights to prevent loss

“From our pilot through to the roll-out across the whole estate, we have seen continuous improvements that reduce the volume of food waste, improve store operations, and positively impact our bottom line.”
Daniel Macnamara, Head of Category, ScotMid Co-Operative.

Achieve top marks with compliance

Full visibility of your waste process is key to minimizing loss. And the more insight you’re armed with, the easier it is to drive store compliance. With WasteInsight, you’ll know precisely when, where, and who is performing your markdown activities.

Ensure daily compliance with data-driven reports
Take control with full markdown visibility
Prevent fraud by pinpointing when markdowns occur

“We really appreciate the ability of the solution, to ensure compliance with society policy. The increased confidence that we can target specific products and not others, means we can reduce products in areas where there are legal considerations.”
Mark Winter, Retail Analyst, East of England Co-op.

Tackle waste at pace with a pilot

We’d love to prove our value through a WasteInsight pilot. Here’s what to expect:

Activated in 5-10 stores
Go live time of 2 weeks
Defined key metrics
Integrates into an existing process
Measurable results within 7 days

Arrange your pilot today

What’s included in WasteInsight

Our margin boosting WasteInsight software is made up of a series of data-led modules that work end-to-end, tackling waste at all points in and around your stores. Each module comes with dedicated reporting too, giving you an estate-wide view of your compliance and performance. And like all our solutions, you can bank on our support and expertise for as long as you need us.

Expiration Date-Management

Increase productivity and sell-through by understanding which items are close to expiry and alerting store associates where to focus.
Dynamic Markdowns

Switch from margin-sapping static markdowns to a machine learning-led model that optimizes price reductions and reduces waste.
Assortment Optimization

We’ll analyze your historical sales data and identify waste and markdown patterns, then recommend which repeat offenders need removing from your forecast.
Stock Exit Management

Whether you are coming to the end of a promotion, exiting a season or have a range that isn't selling, we can help you to strategically exit
Donation Integration

Help those in need by leveraging your markdown data to push items least likely to sell straight to your charity partner.

What people are saying

Paula Kash

Group Vice President of Kroger Operations

We are proud to join forces with Retail Insight to reduce waste within our stores with better visibility into streamlining inventory and a smart markdown program, advancing our shared mission to protect our planet for generations to come.

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Daniel Macnamara

Head of Category, ScotMid Co‑Operative

The innovative and dynamic waste management solutions that Retail Insight offers addressed our business needs perfectly. From our pilot through to the roll-out across the whole estate, we have seen continuous improvements that reduce the volume of food waste, improve store operations, and positively impact our bottom line.

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Charles Duthie

Head of Commerical Operations, Southern Co‑op

The new markdown process is far more transparent and proactive than it was before. Retail Insight enables us to steer our markdown strategy toward a more optimized way of working, with clear goals and improved visibility into outcomes.

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Craig Adamson

General Manager, Lincolnshire Co‑op

WasteInsight is driven by cognitive technology and gives our team the benefit of a leading-edge system, combining machine learning with advanced analytics.

The platform enables us to deliver significant waste savings, which is important to us as we want to look after our local environment. It also helps us provide value to our customers and maximize our sales.

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Mark Winter

Retail Analyst

We really appreciate the ability of the solution, to ensure compliance with society policy. At a product line level, we can determine what can or can't be reduced and by how much. The increased confidence that we can target specific products and not others, means we can reduce products in areas where there are legal considerations.