About
Company

Eliminate food waste and make fresh food accessible to all

From the fruit in your fridge to our planet at large, we’re driving positive change by building a better fresh food ecosystem.
Grocery team workers
Shopper selecting fresh apples
Our vision

A world where everyone has the food they need and none of it goes to waste

People need access to fresh food to live happy and healthy lives, but one-third of what we grow goes uneaten. We’re working to fix that.

Sustainability

Eliminating food waste is only the beginning

By building technology to reduce food waste, we also cut back on water use and carbon emissions throughout the fresh supply chain. We’re proud to contribute to making our world more sustainable, all while delivering business impact for our customers.

Impact

The benefits of better tech continue to grow

As more and more grocers adopt the Afresh platform, we’re seeing meaningful impact on communities and the planet.
44
million
pounds of food waste prevented
24
million
kg of CO2 emissions reduced
886
million
gallons of water saved

Learn more about our impact:

Afresh sustainability grocery impact report

How we're building a fresher future

Get a taste of the positive change that's possible with better tech

Want to save the planet? Start with food waste

Learn about the solvable problem of food waste—and how we can fix it
Leadership

Meet the Afresh team

Matt Schwartz
CEO, Co-Founder
Nathan Fenner
President, Co-Founder
Dain Charette
Chief Revenue Officer
Kristina Kemmer
SVP OF ENGINEERING
Evan Kravitz
VP of sales
Katie Tokars
VP of People
Erica Hanson
VP of strategy and finance
Cynthia Carpio
Director of Finance and Accounting
Sean Meador
Director of Product Engineering
Aria Jelinek
Director of Product Marketing
Recognition

Praise for our team

In the news

  • Customer Stories
  • Case Study

Afresh and Alvarez & Marsal CRG Partner to Save U.S. Value Grocer Gain an Estimated $2.7M Annually

A U.S. value grocer sought to provide its customers – especially those in areas with limited access to nutritious food – with affordable, fresh produce at a competitive price. Yet high shink, staff turnover, and low inventory turns highlighted issues with their centralized distribution model and prevented stores from achieving the degree of operational efficiency required to keep produce at optimal freshness and pass savings along to customers.

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  • Article

AI is Now Analyzing Your Garbage

Artificial intelligence has its sights set on your trash as companies use the tech to tackle food waste.

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  • Article

A.I. Is Spying on the Food We Throw Away

Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters.

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The Future of Fresh Inventory: How Afresh's Machine Learning Model is Reimagining Inventory Management

Afresh’s inventory estimator (InvHMM) marries the predictive power of machine learning with the flexibility of hidden Markov models to offer grocery retailers a robust solution that not only enhances inventory accuracy but also optimizes ordering and mitigates shrink.

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The Game-Changing Advantages of AI in Grocery

Afresh is setting a new standard for operational excellence in fresh. Our AI equips grocery retailers with the tools to reduce shrink, ensure optimal stock levels, and facilitate smarter, data-driven ordering. In this way, our leading-edge AI not only elevates operational efficiency but also enhances customer satisfaction by fueling an exceptional in-store experience.

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