Profit OS for Independent Grocers

Know your margin.
Before it bleeds.

AisleOS connects DSD receiving, POS sales, and AI pricing into one system built for grocery — so every cost change is caught, every margin is visible, and prices adjust automatically.

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Grocers recoup $800+/week in undetected vendor overcharges

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margin alert
BEV −2.1pts
price pushed · POS
$7.49 · 12s
margin_dashboard · store_03
2025-03-05
28.3%
blended margin
3
active alerts
$847
variance caught
CC
Coca-Cola DSD — 24cs
inv #8821 · cost +8.4%
⚠ VARIANCE
FL
Frito-Lay DSD — 18cs
inv #4410 · balanced
✓ POSTED
LB
Local Bakery — 6cs
inv #2201 · dispute
DISPUTE
AW
AWG Warehouse EDI 810
$2,140.60 · 3-way match
✓ MATCHED
connects_with →
IT Retail
NCR Counterpoint
LOC Software
UNFI / AWG / C&S
BRdata Migration
The Problem

Your margin is bleeding —
and you can't see it.

Independent grocers operate on 2–4% net margins. Three silent killers eat profits every single week.

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$847/wk

Paper Invoice Chaos

DSD drivers hand you a paper invoice. You sign it. Nobody checks if costs changed — until month-end reveals the damage.

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12%

Ghost Items Ringing

Transactions as "Open Dept" — no UPC, no cost, no margin. Up to 12% of your revenue is financially invisible right now.

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−1.2pts

Stale Shelf Prices

Vendor cost rose Tuesday. Your shelf price still reflects last quarter. You're selling below margin for weeks before anyone notices.

How It Works

Dock to dashboard
in three steps.

AisleOS wraps your existing POS — no rip-and-replace. The wedge strategy that converts chaos into margin clarity.

01

Deploy DSD Receiver

Your receiver scans on a tablet. Cost changes flagged inline before anyone signs. Paper chaos ends day one.

week_01 → live
02

Ingest POS Sales

Edge agent connects to IT Retail, NCR, or LOC. Every sale stamped with exact cost at time of transaction. True margin, always.

week_02-04 → full
03

AI Protects Margins

Cost breaches your category target? AI suggests new retail price. One click — pushed to POS automatically. No re-keying.

week_05+ → automated
Platform

Everything between
the dock and the dashboard.

Four integrated modules. One source of financial truth for your entire chain.

DSD Receiver App

Tablet-first receiving built for the loading dock. Your receiver enters the paper invoice control total — the system hard-blocks posting until every line balances within $0.01.

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OCR Invoice ScanPhotograph the invoice — Gemini Flash extracts vendor, invoice #, date, and control total automatically.
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Inline Cost Variance"This item was $15.50 last week — now $16.80 (+8.4%). Accept or dispute before you sign off."
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Hard Balance EnforcementPOST is disabled until lines match control total. A hard constraint — no soft warning, no override.
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dsd_receiving · coca_cola_wbtl · INV-8821
vendor
Coca-Cola WBTL
invoice_id
INV-2024-8821
delivery_date
2025-03-05
control_total
$847.20
descriptionqtyunit_costvarext
Coca-Cola 12pk24 CS$16.80⚠ +8.4%$403.20
Diet Coke 12pk18 CS$15.50$279.00
Sprite 2L24 EA$6.88$165.00
lines_total$807.20
control_total$847.20
diff−$40.00

True Gross Margin Engine

Every sale stamped with its exact cost at the moment of ingest. Not today's cost applied retroactively — the actual cost at time of sale, immutably recorded per ADR-003.

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Stamp-at-Ingest COGScost_basis written immutably at transaction time. Audit-ready. Never recalculated retroactively.
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Store / Zone / Chain ViewsWaterfall pricing: store override → zone → chain default. Always resolves to the most specific scope.
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AI Daily Narrative (6AM)"Blended margin 28.3%, down 0.4pts. Primary driver: AWG beverage cost increase." Every morning.
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margin_engine · week_09 · store_03
28.3%
blended margin
↓ 0.4pts wk/wk
34.1%
produce margin
↑ 1.2pts · low shrink
21.4%
beverage margin
↓ 2.1pts · cost spike
$847
dsd variance
↑ this week
⚠️
Coca-Cola 12pk — Margin Breach
cost +8.4% · target breached · suggested_retail: $7.49
ACT
Produce — Strong week
shrink −18% · margin 34.1% · on_target
OK

AI Pricing Engine

DSD session posts. An event fires. Cost breaches your category margin target? The engine calculates a suggested retail price and it's ready to push to your POS in seconds — not days.

Event-Driven ArchitectureDSD post → Azure Service Bus → Cost Worker → Pricing Engine → WebSocket alert. End-to-end in seconds.
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Category Margin TargetsSet targets by dept. Engine applies waterfall logic — store override, then zone, then chain default.
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Direct POS PushApprove the suggestion. C# edge agent pushes the new price to IT Retail or NCR. Zero re-entry.
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pricing_engine · breach_alert
⚡ margin_breach_detected
Coca-Cola 12pk 12oz
cost_delta: $15.50 → $16.80 (+8.4%) · bev_target: 28% · margin_at_new_cost: 19.3% · breach: 8.7pts
current_retail
$6.99
margin_now
19.3%
suggested_retail
$7.49

Ask AisleOS

Ask your data anything in plain English. Powered by Claude Sonnet with full tenant-scoped access to your margins, invoices, DSD history, and pricing across every store you run.

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Claude Sonnet ReasoningMulti-step queries, what-if simulations, and narrative explanations — not just data lookups.
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Tenant-Scoped AccessEvery query runs against your data only. Schema-per-tenant isolation at the PostgreSQL layer.
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Streamed via SSEAnswers stream back as they're generated. No loading spinner, no waiting for the full response.
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ask_aisleos · store_03
Show produce margin vs same week last year
week_09 produce_margin: 34.1% | lyr_same_week: 32.9% delta: +1.2pts YoY — reduced shrink at store_03 (−18%) and strong avocado sell-through. No supplier cost changes in 30d.
What if chicken runs as a loss leader next week?
at $2.99/lb (−$1.20 below cost) @ 400lb/wk volume: blended_margin_impact: −0.3pts meat_dept_margin: 18.2% for week suggest: pair rotisserie @ $8.99 to partially offset
query your data in plain english…
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avg DSD variance caught per store / week
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average gross margin lift after 90 days
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ghost items resolved within first month
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time from signup to first live store
Early Adopters

Grocers who've seen
the difference.

Pilot operators share what changed when they replaced paper invoices with AisleOS.

★★★★★

"We caught $1,200 in Coke overcharges in the first two weeks. That alone paid for the platform for six months."

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Mike D.
owner · 4-store chain · ohio
★★★★★

"Our receivers used to sign whatever the driver handed them. Now they catch cost changes before the truck leaves the dock."

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Rosa M.
ops manager · 7-store chain · texas
★★★★★

"The ghost item hunter mapped 94% of our open-dept rings in the first month. We finally know our real margin on every item."

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James K.
cfo · 12-store regional · midwest
Pricing

Per-store. Predictable.
No surprises.

You should earn more from this platform than you spend on it — from week one.

🏅 Founding Operator Program — First 50 chains

Lock your per-store rate for life. Annual plan includes 2 months free + complimentary BRdata migration.

Claim founding rate
starter
$299/mo
per store · annual
For single-location independents replacing paper invoices and getting first margin visibility.
  • DSD Receiver App (1 store)
  • Basic Margin Dashboard
  • Invoice OCR (100/mo)
  • 1 POS integration
  • AI Pricing Engine
  • NL Assistant
  • Ghost Item Hunter
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⭐ most popular
growth
$599/mo
per store · annual
For 2–10 store chains ready to deploy the full profit engine and automate pricing decisions.
  • Everything in Starter
  • AI Pricing Engine
  • Ghost Item Hunter
  • NL Assistant
  • Unlimited Invoice OCR
  • 3-Way Invoice Match
  • AI Daily Narratives
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enterprise
custom
10+ stores · custom
Regional chains with complex POS environments, compliance requirements, or custom integrations.
  • Everything in Growth
  • Dedicated tenant infra
  • Custom POS connectors
  • SOC 2 data residency
  • Demand forecasting
  • Power BI Embedded
  • On-site onboarding + SLA
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BRdata Migration Add-on
Full DSD history cleanup, gap detection, AI-assisted import with validation PDF report.
$1,500
POS Connector — IT Retail / NCR
C# edge agent, bidirectional price sync, offline queue. Included in Growth and above.
included

30-day single-store pilot included. No credit card to join the waitlist. Questions? Talk to us →

limited pilot spots open

Ready to see your true margin?

Join our founding cohort. We'll connect your first store — DSD receiver live, POS integrated, margin dashboard running — in under 7 days. Free pilot. No credit card.

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