Set price reductions to match the date mark

Retailers reduce food waste with price reductions matched to the best-before date

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsManaging prices & offersFood & consumer goods, Retail & e-commerce

Fits: Sales · Purchasing · Finance & accounting

Products close to their date become cheaper in time and are sold instead of thrown away. The fresh food team saves time checking, and reductions follow the same rule in all stores.

Is this for you?

  • You stock many fresh products such as dairy, meat, fish or salads.
  • Date marks are recorded at goods receipt or via extended barcodes, or you want to introduce this.
  • Reductions are currently applied by hand with stickers.
First step today

For eight fresh products, write down the type of date mark, days until expiry, stock, sales per day and price (test values are fine), and use the template below to calculate reductions according to a fixed scale. Then check every row yourself.

How to go about it

  1. Define the reduction scale and red lines
  2. Connect date marks, stock and sales
  3. Set up reduction rules
  4. First suggest reductions as a list for the store
  5. Switch tills and price labels to automatic step by step
  6. Check write-offs, revenue and buying behaviour

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LK-02 · Legal status 08.10.2026