Winsight Grocery Business: What Schnucks Learned From Robots
Winsight Grocery Business: What Schnucks Learned From Robots
September 30, 2020
Winsight Grocery Business
September 2020
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Schnucks, which kicked off the test of Simbe Robotics’ Tally units in 2017 and expanded to 16 stores two years ago, this week said it was expanding the rollout again to an additional 46 locations, or more than half of its stores. In an interview, Dave Steck, VP of IT infrastructure development for Schnucks, told WGB that stores with Tally are detecting stockouts up to 14 times better than stores that do so manually, and have reduced out-of-stocks overall by at least 20%, but the value of technology in keeping ahead of a changing world has been “immeasurable” for the relatively small grocer facing competition from tech-enabled giants like Amazon and Walmart.
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September 30, 2020
