Simbe

August 26, 2021

News Article

Dive Brief:

• Schnuck Markets announced on Thursday the deployment of automated aisle-scanning equipment chainwide, building on a project that began in 2017 and grew to more than half of the retailer's fleet last September.
• The retailer decided to expand its use of the robots, provided by Simbe Robotics, to all of its 111 stores after concluding that the devices would be as effective in lower-volume stores as they have been in busier locations, said Dave Steck, vice president of IT infrastructure and application development for Schnucks.
• Schnucks is starting to use the robots to monitor fresh and refrigerated products after initially relying on them only to record levels of dry goods on store shelves.

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