Albertsons Cos. and IRI Grow Relationship

Chicago-based IRI will begin providing supply chain services to Albertsons Cos. in addition to being its preferred partner for point-of-sale data, consumer panel insights and strategic growth initiatives to support joint business collaboration. Under the agreement, Albertsons will integrate its supply chain data, including inventory and transactional shipment data, into the IRI Liquid Data and Unify visualization platform. This offering will help Albertsons and its suppliers collaborate more easily and make better decisions to benefit customers. “We feel that there is real power and efficiency in connecting insights from our store shelves all the way back into the collective supply chain,” said Amanda Martinez, Albertsons group vice president of corporate procurement, in a media release.