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Wednesday 07 October 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 9:18 pm

Grocery sector can save 1bn

By: admindrupal

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The UK grocery sector could save at least £1bn over the next five years by improving the quality of product information shared between retailers and suppliers, according to a new report.

The estimated opportunity for the industry to realise over £700m in savings was found to fall into two main areas: avoiding shrinkage and eliminating workaround processes, such as manual investigations to cross check the accuracy of the data.

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