SPAR has introduced targeted measures against food waste, including precise ordering, discounted offers for products close to the sell-by date and donations to social organizations for unsold products. By implementing this project, SPAR Austria was able to reduce food waste to 1 percent. In comparison: in German supermarkets, around 6 percent of perishable foods such as bread are thrown away on average, and around 4.3 percent of fruit and vegetables.
Andreas Kranabitl, Managing Director of SPAR ICS, emphasized: "Driven by AI, the project has revolutionized the planning, procurement and delivery processes. The result is a forecasting accuracy of over 90 percent. All of this means that the exact quantity required is available in the right store at the right time, thereby reducing food waste even further."