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Independent advisory

Capital-grade technology decisions for grocery operators.

We bring institutional rigor to the platform, sourcing, and program choices that determine whether a grocery operator's technology investments compound — or quietly erode margin.

What we do

01

Platform selection

Vendor-agnostic evaluation across POS, ERP, e-commerce, and merchandising. Selection criteria modeled to your unit economics, not to the integrator's incentives.

02

Sourcing & negotiation

Structured RFPs, contract teardown, and pricing benchmarks. We negotiate inside the deal — alongside your team — and document concessions worth defending in year three.

03

Program recovery

Stalled rollouts, broken integrations, and disputed scope. We diagnose the failure pattern, reset governance, and bring the program to a defensible end state.

How we work

Assess. Engage. Govern.

01 Assess

We start with a structured diagnostic of the current technology estate, contracts, and the operating decisions they support — short, scoped, and decision-oriented.

02 Engage

We run the market on your behalf: RFPs, vendor dialogue, demos, references, and commercial structuring — all documented against the criteria set in the assessment.

03 Govern

We stay through implementation as the independent voice in steering — protecting scope, holding integrators to milestones, and translating issues into executive decisions.

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