Kroger Uses RFID in Grocery Stores to Improve Inventory Visibility
Kroger Uses RFID in Grocery Stores to Improve Inventory Visibility
Kroger will use RFID sensors to enable item-level digital identification for greater inventory accuracy to maximize freshness, reduce waste and optimize associates’ time.
Avery Dennison said it is working with Kroger to attach RFID-embedded labels to most products in its bakery department. Over the next six quarters, the rollout will expand to most of Kroger’s 2,750 stores, which include brands such as Fred Meyer, Dillons, and Ralphs across the United States.
“Our work with Avery Dennison will improve inventory visibility, which means products will be on the shelves when our customers want them, while enabling our associates to spend more time with our customers,” said Jordan Poff, VP of Retail Operations at Kroger in a statement.
Julie Vargas, vice president and general manager of identification solutions affirms at Avery Dennison, “For decades, Avery Dennison has been the driving force behind connecting physical products with a digital identity to unlock data accuracy and efficiency in retail and supply chain operations. With this collaboration, we are committed to Kroger’s initiatives to optimize associate time, reduce waste from overproduction and ultimately deliver a uniquely valuable customer experience.”
“This is going to be for us a very important tipping point for the industry. It’s the first visible marker that food and grocery will go” with RFID, Avery Dennison President and CEO Deon Stander told investors. “And when people realize the scale of the ubiquity of that benefit, like in apparel,” he continued, “I think it will act as a catalyst for further acceleration and adoption.”
With item-level RFID tagging of its bakery items, Kroger will be able to accelerate inventory counts and automatically track the freshness of products at the grocery chain’s bakeries and stores. According to Avery Dennison, bakery products are ideal for an initial RFID program because they are largely contained to one department and one supply chain.
Bakery items are exceptionally perishable, and making sure shelves are stocked with fresh products is a highly manual process. The Kroger RFID solution will significantly improve labor effectiveness and the employee experience, Stander said, as well as drive operational efficiency and reduce waste.
“Based on those results,” he said, “our anticipation is that we will then move to categories like proteins and leafy greens as we move forward.”
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Kroger Adopts RFID to Maximize Grocery Freshness and Reduce Waste
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