Produce dept was bleeding
31% spoilage in store 5 vs 8% baseline — driven by an over-ordering pattern no one had flagged.
A regional grocery chain's stores were losing $23,250 every month.
5 stores. The smallest — only 4 months old — had already lost $13,000. Found in Phase 0, using only inventory data.
5stores audited
$23,250monthly leak
$279,000annual projection
Phase 0diagnostic only
The situation
The client runs a 5-store regional grocery chain across Florida. Same brand, same SKU mix, wildly different unit economics — and no one inside the business could tell us why. We were brought in for a Phase 0 audit, no system changes promised.
What we found
Pareto distortion
Top 20% of SKUs generated 81% of margin, but shelf space was allocated evenly. Pure waste.
Basket pairing gaps
Three high-attach pairings were never co-promoted. Estimated $4K/mo per store.
MONTHLY LEAK BY STORE4-month-old store, already leaking
More results.
Recovered $480K annually
Multi-location grocer plugged a 4-store inventory leak in 9 weeks.
+$480K/yr
Cut overruns 38%
Mid-Atlantic GC switched from monthly P&L to weekly project margins.
−38% variance
3.4× ROI in 12 months
Developer rebuilt deal underwriting on real portfolio data.
3.4× ROI
Start with the diagnostic.
In 14 days, we will reveal exactly where your business is leaking profit and how to plug it. No long-term commitment, just pure data reality.