Where Are Grocery Stores With AI Adoption in 2026?

About this episode

Mike discusses AI adoption in grocery stores with Matthew Schwarz, CEO of Afresh, focusing on their technology's impact on food waste and the role of automation.

Mike is joined by Matthew Schwarz, CEO of Afresh, who discusses the company’s expansion from fresh produce to an all-in-one AI solution for the entire grocery store. Matt explains how the company's AI tech has prevented 200 million pounds of food waste annually and explores the rise of agentic AI, the balance between automation and humans, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Guest: Matthew Schwarz

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• grocery stores
• food waste
• automation
• agentic AI

Keywords

• AI
• grocery stores
• food waste
• automation
• Afresh
• agentic AI

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Organizations: Afresh

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