Guac

Guac is a demand forecasting and replenishment platform for fresh grocery retailers. It forecasts sales for every item, every day, at every store, then converts those forecasts into ordering and production planning recommendations, with the stated aim of reducing food waste while improving on shelf availability. The forecasting model is trained per retailer on internal sales data plus external signals. The vendor says it uses more than 240 variables, including weather, holidays, promotions, sports events, school terms and local demographics. A recommendations layer then accounts for current stock, case sizes and the operational complexity of fresh products. The product suite covers Store Ordering, Store Production Planning, DC Allocation, DC Buyer Ordering and Commissary Production Planning, serving departments such as meat and seafood, bakery, produce and deli. The vendor describes integrations as fully custom and cloud native, with a dedicated engineer, in person rollout support and round the clock support. The customers are grocery chains, and the audience spans store teams, distribution center buyers, commissary operators and headquarters teams. The vendor reports a 38 percent reduction in food waste and a 3 percent increase in sales as results from its customers. Pricing is not published, and each solution is scoped with the retailer through a demo request.