Plum Market's Success Story Transforming Retail with LEAFIO AI
Plum Market uses LEAFIO AI to standardize merchandising and replace manual store setup with automated planogram generation, a detailed product catalog, mobile task verification, and analytics.
The rollout cuts new-store shelf stocking from more than two weeks to 4.5 days while integrating with existing stock-management systems.
ABC analytics helps teams identify top sellers, slow movers, and zero movers, then compare performance across locations and periods.
In dairy, sales rise 11.4%, profit grows 12.3%, and sales per foot increases 6%.
Grocery also posts 5.7% sales growth, 5.3% profit growth, and a 2.5% gain in sales per facing after smarter product positioning.
put the product, put a shelf, put a product, put a shelf, then you might have to readjust it. It would usually take us about 3 to four weeks with overnights to stock a store, and we did it in a week. Plum Market, a premium regional groceryer with over 25 locations nationwide, faced hurdles in scaling operations. Before Leafio, Plum Market faced a few major roadblocks. Store launches were slow, taking up to two weeks just to stock shelves. Merchandising varied from store to store, making consistency a challenge for their multinational teams. And without advanced analytics, strategic planning was more guesswork than precision. A structured rollout across multiple locations began, starting with Florida. Continuous support from Leafio's customer success department ensures ongoing improvements. Right away, automated planagram generation and optimization became key features, revolutionizing their merchandising approach. They built a detailed product catalog with full
attributes, making plan generation effortless. And new store launches cut from over 2 weeks to just 4 and 1/2 days. Leaf integration with Plum Market's existing systems ensured seamless operation in stock management. The mobile app made task execution and verification simple and clear merchandising roles boosted accountability and compliance. Let's hear here's what Plum Market says. So, it really helps speed up the process in that way. We found drastically um just in launching a new location and even doing research just because we don't have all that information before. My favorite is the ABC analytics because it breaks down into green, yellow, red, and black. green being your top sellers, yellow being average, red being slow, and black being zero movers. So you have these giant black holes obviously in your set. So then you can remove those products. And for us, three, four months down the line, you're actually able to study all of that data then and actually make all those adjustments and figure out what is actually selling, what is not. And it may surprise you sometimes
to see how each location is comparing against each other. Choose all of the, you know, different variables. So different dates, different months. If you want to compare, you know, this month to last month, see exactly how, you know, like you said, your beer category is doing in a region, you can exactly narrow it down and see how all of that is going. The dairy category saw an 11.4% sales increase and a 12.3% profit growth with sales per foot up by 6%, a clear sign of smarter space utilization. Reduced waste and faster stock rotation were key drivers behind these impressive results. A reset calendar was developed for regular updates and vendor coordination. This ensured that every store benefited from uniform merchandising improvements by using analytics to spot underperformers and streamline assortments. The team shifted from reactive to proactive shelf management, driving uniform improvements across every store. Improvements in the grocery category drove big gains. Sales rose 5.7%.
Profits climbed 5.3%. And sales perf facing grew 2.5%. By repositioning bestsellers and grouping complimentary products, customer engagement and purchasing decisions improved. The message is clear. Sell smarter by presenting products better and stocking with datadriven insight. Leafio AI has become the engine powering Plum Market's merchandising success, unlocking efficiency, consistency, and growth. Imagine what it could do for you. Request your demo via link in the description and start shaping the future of your retail business.