Brookshire Grocery Company Completes Implementation of ADC's P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner

ADC announces that Brookshire Grocery Company, a 150 store chain based in Tyler, Texas has completed rollout of ADC’s P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planning module in all of their stores.

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planning module generates demand-based production plans from store-specific sales forecasts, which results in having the optimum amount and variety of fresh foods available at the right time for customers.  Brookshire Grocery Company implemented the P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner as a sales building and shrink management tool for their fresh food departments.

“All 150 of our stores are now running production planning in four departments – deli, bakery, chef prepared and produce.  On average, we run around 1,000 production plans per day per department across our 150 stores,” said Jonathan Key, Fresh Item Management Coordinator at Brookshire Grocery Company.  

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner has taken the guesswork out of fresh food production planning.  With the software, Brookshire Grocery Company now has educated in-stock information on availability in their fresh food departments. 

Brookshire Grocery Company implemented the software in phases to enable rigorous training in each store.  ”The first stores to start using the software reported that the production numbers were incredibly accurate.  One store director reported that they have had their best quarter ever, with more sales and less shrink,” continued Jonathan.

Brookshire Grocery Company also tracks how the stores comply with the production plan. “With management oversight and support, we are seeing, on average, a 97% compliance rating across our stores,” Jonathan stated.  

“We are thrilled to hear the results that Brookshire Grocery Company is reporting,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “An important success factor to such a new technology initiative is to have store associate support.  Brookshire Grocery Company has put the right steps in place to ensure store associates are using the tools.”

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner is a module within P-Cubed, ADC’s Production Manager system.  P-Cubed is one of three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: InterScale Scales Manager, which hosts data to and from barcode labeling scales in the fresh food departments, and the NutriGen Recipe Manager, which derives the true cost of recipes (including packaging and labor), as well as managing all of the allergen and nutritional facts through their recipes for legally compliant labeling. 

Retail Business Technology Expo

We're 11 days away from the start of the Retail Business Technology Expo (RBTE) in London and we're excited to announce that Steve Loveridge, our CEO, has been selected to co-present with Jonathan Key, Fresh Item Management (FIM) Coordinator at Brookshire Grocery Company.

Steve and Jonathan's presentation, "Fresh Food Retail: How to Maintain Profitability through Technology," outlines the unique challenges associated with maintaining profitability in fresh food departments for grocery/supermarket, food service and convenience chains and how technology can help reduce these challenges.  The presentation is on Tuesday, 12th March at 2:45pm in Theatre B.

RBTE runs from 12th March - 13th March at Earls Court in London and is the UK and Europe's leading Retail Expo with over 8,000 visitors from the UK, mainland Europe and the rest of the world.  RTBE attendees can also visit ADC in our stand, 674. 

"This is the third consecutive year we have attended RBTE and it has proven to be a valuable retail industry event to attend," said Steve Loveridge, CEO at ADC.  "Each year our involvement with the event has increased and we are very much looking forward to this year's event.  We look forward to sharing how our solutions are delivering double-digit returns in both shrink savings and fresh item sales increases."

In addition to the Main Theatre presentation, Steve is also presenting "Fresh Food Grocery Retailing: Sales up, Shrink Down" in the Pecha Kucha theatre on 12th March at 11:10am and 13th March at 2:40pm.

For more information on the RBTE show, visit www.RetailBusinessTechnologyExpo.com.

Brookshire Grocery Implements NutriGen

Brookshire Grocery Company, a 150+ store chain based in Tyler, Texas has selected and implemented NutriGen, ADC's recipe management software.

Brookshire Grocery Company operates three banners: Brookshire, Super 1 Foods, and FRESH by Brookshire. Their need for a FIM system arose when they decided to open FRESH by Brookshire, a concept store that focuses on natural, organic, chef prepared food options. When FRESH by Brookshire opened in March 2011, they had over 2,500 recipes for in-store produced fresh product.

"The FRESH concept emphasizes the fresh side of the business, but with over 2,500 recipes planned to open the doors, we realized that we needed a centralized software solution to standardize our recipe database," said John D'Anna, Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer at Brookshire Grocery Company. "Once we implemented NutriGen in our Brookshire's stores, we were given great visibility to our actual recipe cost, which enabled us to quickly address any margin concerns. This project has exceeded our estimated ROI by over 30%."

NutriGen derives the true cost of prepared foods, including packaging and labor costs. NutriGen also manages all of the nutritional facts of the recipe's ingredients and generates saleable item nutritional, allergen and ingredient information for labeling.

"NutriGen allows Brookshire's to standardize their large recipe database and helps ensure consistent, high-quality yet profitable prepared foods by rendering interactive, electronic recipes in their stores," stated Steve Loveridge, ADC's CEO. "Additionally, NutriGen allows Brookshire's to centrally change recipes in the event of a recall or ingredient substitution and quickly disseminate revised food-safety information to their store labeling scales and printers."

NutriGen is one of three software systems that comprise InterStore.Net, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: InterScale Scales Manager, which hosts data to and from barcode labeling scales in the fresh food departments, and the P-Cubed Production Manager, which automates, manages and tracks production in the fresh departments of grocery stores.

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