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Grocery’s biggest losses are hiding in plain sight
By Faisal Ashfaq2026-09-06T07:04:00
One retailer blamed its stores for stock losses, until independent checks found 64% of the problem was happening upstream all along, says Faisal Ashfaq, director of supply chain integrity at RAS
Several years ago, I was invited into the distribution network of a major UK grocery retailer. Store managers were reporting stock variances, availability was under pressure and senior leadership wanted answers.
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