IKEA Portugal Ensures Freshness and Efficiency in its Restaurants with Andy's Smart Labelling Solution
Globally recognised home furnishings retailer IKEA established a strong presence in Portugal since its first store opened in 2003 in Alfragide, Lisbon. Over the years, IKEA Portugal has expanded to include multiple stores across the country, becoming a popular destination for furniture, home accessories, and its unique self-assembly concept. Beyond its retail offerings, IKEA Portugal also operates in-store restaurants, serving a wide range of affordable meals and snacks to its customers, enhancing the overall shopping experience.
Given the high volume of food preparation and service within these restaurants, ensuring efficient inventory management and accurate expiry date labelling is crucial for maintaining food quality, minimising waste, and adhering to stringent food safety standards.
With a high volume of daily customers dining in its various restaurant locations across Portugal, IKEA Portugal faced the challenge of managing a large volume of food items with varying expiry dates. Traditional, manual labelling methods were time-consuming, prone to human error, and could potentially lead to food waste if not managed meticulously.
To ensure the freshness of its offerings, minimise food waste, and maintain the highest levels of food safety compliance in its busy restaurant environments, IKEA Portugal recognised the need for a more efficient, accurate, and streamlined system for expiry date labelling. This need became increasingly important as customer volume and menu options within their restaurants continued to grow.
Improved Accuracy in Expiry Labelling
Andy’s automated calculations and digital printing eliminate the risk of human error associated with manual labelling, ensuring that food items are marked with precise and reliable expiry dates.
Enhanced Efficiency for Kitchen Staff
The speed and ease of use of Andy’s Expiry Labelling tool save valuable time for IKEA restaurant staff, allowing them to focus on other critical tasks within the busy kitchen environment.
Reduced Food Waste
By ensuring accurate and legible expiry dates, IKEA Portugal can better manage its food inventory, reducing the likelihood of serving expired items and minimising unnecessary food waste.
Strengthened Food Safety Compliance
Accurate expiry labelling is a fundamental aspect of food safety regulations. Andy helps IKEA Portugal maintain compliance by providing a reliable and auditable system for tracking food freshness.
How does Andy help IKEA Portugal’s teams
IKEA Portugal strategically implemented Andy’s Expiry Labelling tool within its restaurant operations to address the challenges associated with manual labelling. This focused adoption of Andy has provided their kitchen teams with a digital solution to streamline and enhance their expiry date management.
Using Andy’s intuitive interface, IKEA restaurant staff can quickly and accurately label food items with clear and consistent expiry dates.
The tool allows for easy input of preparation dates, shelf life, and automatic calculation of expiry times, reducing the risk of manual errors.
Labels can be printed on demand, ensuring that all food items are clearly marked with the correct information.
This digital approach replaces the need for handwritten labels, saving time and improving legibility.
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