Markdowns
shrink 6–9% → 4–6%Flags it 2–3 days early with the markdown to recover most of it.
BUILT FOR INDEPENDENT GROCERS
Opti is the Brain for your store.
What to mark down before it spoils. What to reorder. Where the price is leaving margin behind. Every week, ranked by dollars.
Mon 6:00 AM · This week's briefOPTI
TOM THUMB — PRESTON ROYAL
Markdown+$187
34 lb marinated chicken
expires Wed · 25% off today
Reorderurgent
Expedite tomatoes
cover at 1.8 days · peak Fri
Retag+$340/wk
14 SKUs
cost moved last week
Approve this week's plan
What Opti decides for you
Reorders
fewer stockoutsTells you what to order, expedite, or hold this week.
Pricing
+1–2 margin ptsFlags the SKUs to retag, with the reason.
Stockout prevention
stockouts halvedForecasts demand peaks and orders ahead.
$14K–$27K Year-1 margin recovery for a $2.4M store · payback in 8–15 days.
Up and running in one day.
A day with Opti
The decisions, made for you.
- Mon 6:00 AM
Top-15 decisions email, each ranked by dollar impact.
→ ready to act
- Tue 9:00 AM
Reorder refresh: which orders to write, expedite, or hold.
→ no stockouts
- Wed–Thu
Pricing: 14 mis-priced SKUs flagged; retag to recover ~$340/week.
→ +margin
- Fri 7:30 AM
Weekend readiness — stock cover, freshness clock by department.
→ ready for the rush
- Sun 8:00 PM
Week in review: what moved, what shrank, what worked.
→ tighter next week
What to mark down
Shrink alerts 2–3 days before loss, daily.
Reads sales velocity · freshness windows · on-hand
What to reorder
Reorder refresh, Tue–Thu.
Reads sell-through · vendor lead times · upcoming peaks
What to retag
Pricing list with reasons, weekly.
Reads cost layers · price elasticity
What to stock for the weekend
Top-50 readiness check, Friday 7:30 AM.
Reads 24 months of demand · your community calendar
You stay in control. Everything is a suggestion you approve — flip on auto-pilot only when you trust the math.
Markdowns and reorders can auto-publish from week 4 once they track your overrides. Loyalty / household data never leaves your store.
Up and running in one day
Running tomorrow, not in a month.
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Send 12+ months of sales, your SKU list with costs, vendor lead times, freshness windows.
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We read it (Square, Clover, NCR Counterpoint, LS/IT Retail, ECRS, or CSV) — invoices any way they arrive.
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Your first Monday brief lands next Monday 6 AM. One 90-minute screen-share, no on-site visit.
Live by next Monday.
$14K–$27K
Year-1 recovery
8–15 days
payback
5–11×
first-year ROI
- First 2 months$100/mo50% off for 2 months
$200 regular - Then$200/moper store / month (Starter) · 6-month commitment.
Seats3 included per store· role-based permissions · $10/extra seat / mo
6-month commitment · first 2 months 50% off. 3 seats per store, role-based permissions. Extra seats $10 each. Higher tiers ($499 / $999 / $1,499) add engines and cadence. No setup fee.
Pick your starting line.
Sandbox uses sample grocery data. No card, no commitment.