Production Planning | Grocery Production Software | Afresh

Capture more sales

Cases and shelves stay full throughout the day

Reduce shrink

Shelves sell through rather than shrinking out

Improve labor flexibility

New hires produce like veterans

Key features

Make the right amount at the right time

Production plans generate recommended quantities for every store and item, split into multiple runs to match customer demand. Hot cases stay full through the lunch rush without shrinking out at close.

Capture more value from every cut, batch, and bake

Crucial production decisions start long before an item hits the shelf. Afresh recommends which primal to open and cut, and batches shared ingredients across recipes, so you get more from every pound you buy.

Give each department tailored workflows

Every department produces differently. Whether it’s pulling frozen pastries to thaw or batch prepping ingredients across recipes, Afresh gives each team step-by-step directions built for its work, so any team can run like your best one.

Execute every recipe with confidence

Afresh embeds recipes directly into production workflows, so associates have the ingredients, quantities, and instructions they need without switching between systems or paper binders. Every item comes out the same way, every time — no matter who’s working.

See and coach performance across every store

You get sales, production rate, completion, and store-level trends in one dashboard, so you can spot the stores that need attention and coach them faster.

Grocery AI in action

Click each step to see how Afresh builds your production plans.

Production Planning — End to End

01 Model how ingredients become finished products ▶
02 Understand everything that affects production ▶
03 Forecast when customers will buy — not just how many ▶
04 Build the day’s production schedule ▶
05 Generate a production plan your team can execute

Whole Chicken

ITEM 483920 · CASE OF 6 · YIELD 0.62

ONE RAW ITEM, FOUR DOWNSTREAM PLANS

ORDERED AS WHOLE · CHICKEN, RAW ✓ SOLD AS 4 ITEMS

Chicken Salad

6 LIVE SIGNALS · HOVER ONE

Recipe

INGREDIENTS Chicken, Celery, Mayo, Grapes, Onion

CHICKEN_SALAD RECIPE + SIGNALS LOCKED ✓

DISPLAY MIN = 8 · 8OZ

Production: Cold Prep

RUN 1 · START 10:00A · READY 10:18A · UNIT = 8OZ

DONE

ITEM ON HAND PRODUCE NOW DONE

"What earns my trust is whether something works for my store teams, day after day. Production planning is simple and intuitive, so adherence climbed in a way we never got on paper.”

Josh Cotton, Director of Store Operations, Fresh Thyme

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