FranceRetail and e-commerce2021 – ongoingCasino Guichard-Perrachon
AI cameras that detect empty shelves in supermarkets
Casino fitted supermarket cameras to spot empty shelves and extended them to fruit and vegetables
Problem
Empty shelves mean lost sales and unhappy shoppers. Fresh produce sections are hard to keep stocked, and staff cannot watch every shelf all day.
Approach
Casino Group partnered with the start-up Belive.ai in 2021. Its supermarkets were fitted with intelligent cameras that use AI to spot empty shelves before they become stock shortages. The system already covered other grocery aisles and was being extended to fruit and vegetables in mid-2022. When it detects a gap, it alerts staff, who restock the shelf.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Shelf cameras were first used on packaged grocery aisles and only then moved to fresh produce. No sales or availability results were published.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Retail and e-commerce
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Evidence
- Press reporting
Sources
Source summaries
The trade article says Casino Group partnered with Belive.ai in 2021 to detect empty shelves with AI cameras. The system already ran in other grocery aisles and was being extended to fruit and vegetables, with alerts sent to staff. It gives no figures.
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