Upshop

Upshop is a SaaS platform for grocery, convenience and other food retailers. Its Upshop 360 suites cover fresh production, inventory and ordering, waste and expiry management, eCommerce fulfillment and food-safety compliance, with AI forecasting and task management for store associates. It is sold to retail chains and their commissaries, not to single-site restaurants. Upshop merged with Invafresh in 2024.

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Upshop's website on 30 September 2026
Best for
Grocery chains with large fresh departments, Retailers cutting food waste
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Grocery chains with large fresh departments

    Fresh 360 covers ordering, production planning, recipes and labeling for deli, bakery and prepared foods.

  • Retailers cutting food waste

    Waste 360 offers expiry date tracking, markdown optimization and donation management.

  • Food retailers preparing for FSMA 204 traceability

    Compliance 360 includes an FSMA 204 supplier portal integrated with ReposiTrak.

  • Operators with a central commissary

    Commissary 360 aggregates store orders into a central production plan.

Less suited to: Single-location restaurants. Upshop describes itself as a platform for food retailers with multi-store operations.

What it does

  • Expiry date management

    Tracks at-risk products, speeds up date checking and logs every check.

  • Markdown optimization

    Calculates discounts for near-expiry products using inventory, time, location, price elasticity and POS data.

  • Donation management

    Tracks surplus food donations to food banks and produces donation reports.

  • AI forecasting and fresh ordering

    AI demand forecasts guide replenishment, production planning and waste.

  • Production planning

    Guided workflows that balance lead times and prep schedules for fresh items.

  • Recipe management

    Centralised recipes with true recipe cost and gross margin reporting.

  • Labeling and scale management

    Manages scales and label printers on one network and prints custom fresh-food labels with nutrition and allergen information.

  • Computer-generated ordering

    Automated replenishment for items, departments and suppliers in one app.

  • Receiving and financial inventory

    Digital receiving for DSD, DC and store transfers, plus counts for financial reporting and audits.

  • eCommerce fulfillment and made-to-order

    Order picking and staging workflows, outsourcing to labor marketplaces, and a digital made-to-order flow.

  • Traceability and FSMA 204 portal

    Mobile scanning traceability, recall notifications, and capture of key data elements for FSMA 204.

  • Temperature management

    Digital temperature checks with real-time alerts.

  • Task management

    Real-time tasks and alerts for store associates with gamified workflows and automated reports.

  • Commissary production

    Store-to-commissary ordering, ingredient ordering, receiving and labeling for central production.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published. The site offers a demo, a self-guided digital tour and per-solution tours.

How it compares

Compared with the 12 products in Food Waste Tracking & Reduction that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Lists Web only. Among the 9 products in this category that state their platforms, 1 lists an iOS app and 2 list an Android app.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are CBORD, DoorDash, Galley, Inmar Intelligence, Instacart, Jamix, Lounastaja, Nutritics, ReposiTrak, Restolution. Of these, this product's listing names DoorDash, Inmar Intelligence, Instacart, ReposiTrak.

Works with

Other
ZebraInmar IntelligenceVusionGroupSwish Brand Experiences
Point of sale
Toast
Suppliers
ReposiTrak

Zebra is named on the partners page and as supported handheld hardware; VusionGroup is named as an electronic-shelf-label partner. Instacart, DoorDash and UberEats are named as labor marketplaces for order picking.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United States, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
Platforms
Web
Hardware
The vendor says Markdown Optimization integrates with nearly all hardware such as Zebra handhelds, electronic shelf labels and label printers, and that its scale and label management is hardware-agnostic.

Inferred from case studies (US chains, ICA in Sweden, Meny in Denmark, Waitrose and One Stop in the UK). Upshop's merger announcement says its platform is used in 35 countries.

The company

Company
Upshop Inc.
Headquarters
Austin, United States
Funding
  • Strategic growth investment, Not disclosed, January 2024 (Level Equity)
Customers named by the vendor
Albertsons, Price Chopper, SpartanNash, Wegmans, Waitrose, One Stop, ICA

Security and support

Support
The site lists customer success and support sections and product tours.

Listing details

Built for
Food retail
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
upshop.com
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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Pricing
  • Founding year
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Contract terms
  • Restaurant use: the site is aimed at food retail