SURE-AI and REMA 1000 are working together to cut food waste

How can artificial intelligence help reduce food waste, improve product availability and support more sustainable operations in grocery retail?

That's what REMA 1000 and SURE-AI are working on together. In the video below, the partners talk about why the collaboration began and what they hope it will lead to.

In the video you heard from SURE-AI researcher Professor Fabian Harang and partners Tore Høylie (Director of Operations and People) and Sindre Strupstad Andreassen (Head of Operations) from REMA 1000.

For REMA 1000, the decision to collaborate with SURE-AI was straightforward. The chain wants to stay ahead of developments and take a leading role wherever possible, with the aim of more sustainability and responsibility across the entire value chain. The goal is higher efficiency, lower costs and prices, and growth through better use of artificial intelligence.

One concrete area is the prediction models that determine which products are on the shelves at any given time. With greater precision in these models, REMA 1000 can ensure better shelf life and quality so products last longer in the customer's fridge. The result is less food waste.

REMA 1000 emphasises that sharing data with research communities is a societal responsibility. By making real-time data available, they help researchers conduct fundamental research in an area that is important for everyone. The results of the research will be made publicly available, so the benefits extend beyond the two partners.

REMA 1000 is one of eight industry partners in SURE-AI. Close collaboration with industry is essential to the centre. It gives researchers access to real data and operational problems, and ensures that the methods developed are genuinely relevant to the challenges facing industry.