Last updated on June 13th, 2024
Sedano’s Supermarkets, an independent grocery chain with 35 stores across Central and South Florida, says Daisy Intelligence will provide it with a suite of AI-powered solutions and services. Daisy Intelligence will optimize Sedano’s merchandising functions including demand forecasting, store ordering, promotion planning and inventory selection through automation and AI. 
“As we continue to experience growth and expansion, chain-wide merchandising presents a significant analytical challenge due to the enormous volume of data and complexity involved,” said Javier Herrán, chief marketing officer of Sedano’s Supermarkets. “Investing in Daisy Intelligence’s cutting-edge AI technology serves to support the merchandising team and save considerable time when it comes to making merchandising decisions, increasing the variety of products and offerings and ultimately ensuring every customer is always able to buy what they are looking for.”
“We are excited to be working with Sedano’s, supporting a long running and successful family business. Daisy’s proprietary and unique AI merchandise planning platform will provide the Sedano’s team a view of all product Halo Effects, which will assist with promotion planning and demand forecasting,” said Gary Saarenvirta, Daisy’s founder and CEO. “Our system will deliver improved store level order recommendations to Sedano’s store teams: reducing stockouts, minimizing store labor and increasing customer satisfaction. It’s always a pleasure to collaborate with forward-thinking retailers.”
Daisy is an AI-powered platform for retail and insurance. Daisy’s platforms, developed by a team of 50-plus computational scientists, mathematicians and business domain experts, analyzes client organization’s transactions, executing billions of simulations daily to deliver optimized merchandise planning and risk management decisions for its clients.
Founded in 1962 by the Herrán and Guerra families, Sedano’s Supermarkets serves Florida’s growing multicultural communities with 35 stores and more than 3,000 employees in Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, and Osceola counties. As America’s largest independently-owned Hispanic supermarket chain, Sedano’s is recognized for its tradition of excellent customer service, ethnic product offering and competitive prices.
