Auchan Retail Romania • Romania
How did Auchan Romania save more than 400,000 products per month?
Number of stores: 33 hypermarkets, 5 supermarkets and 9 convenience stores
Solutions: Smartdiscount
What was the group’s shrinkage policy before partnering with Smartway?
Smartway provides support to 47 Auchan Romania stores in the fight against food waste. The ultimate goal? Helping the brand achieve the lowest possible environmental impact.
Already highly committed to action to optimise food waste, Auchan Romania is a responsible company where respect for the environment is a priority. Before our partnership, the retail chain had already implemented a few solutions: price change by item, 1+1 promotion and reductions at the checkout on soon-to-expire products.
Have the smallest possible environmental impact Unite retailers and consumers in the fight against waste Increase the stores’ value and profitability Improve store order levels
Save as many products as possible from the waste bin
Smartdiscount is a customer-focused solution: it includes setting up an area dedicated to short-dated products to raise consumer awareness. With committed teams in the 47 Auchan Romania stores, the result is more than 400,000 products saved from the waste bin every month! In 2022, Auchan Retail in Romania saved more than 5,000,000 food products thanks to our solutions.
Implementing Smartdiscount has boosted the repurposing rate of unsold goods, along with the stores’ margins. In this way, Smartway has enhanced Auchan Romania’s CSR strategy. For example, 300 tons of C02 released into the air are avoided every month!
Improve team productivity
With Smartdiscount, the process for dealing with short-dated products is simplified and automated for staff. The store also benefits from routine support and operational staff coaching.
Since implementing Smartway solutions and support, Auchan stores in Romania have seen marked increases in productivity associated with managing their waste. The store staff are more motivated and they spend a quarter of the time managing scrap.
“The results achieved with Smartway solutions reinforce our CSR strategy and our commitment to fight food waste. (…)
We’re saving millions of euros that were being thrown away!”
Corina Dospinoiu, CSR Manager Auchan Romania
