The New Standard for Store Replenishment

Store Replenishment Designed for Operational Leaders

In grocery retail, store teams are under more pressure than ever. Labor is tight, expectations are high, and execution is too often held back by outdated processes and disconnected tools. When store replenishment doesn’t work, it’s not just a backroom issue—it affects everything from on-shelf availability to associate productivity.

Total Store Ordering from Upshop was built to solve this. It’s the only platform that automates store replenishment for all items, across all departments, from all suppliers—giving operators a single, simple way to manage ordering across the entire store.

Let’s break down the five ways Total Store Ordering empowers operations leaders to improve store performance at scale:

Automated Store Replenishment Across All Items, All Departments, and All Suppliers

Gone are the days of juggling different tools or processes by department. Total Store Ordering streamlines replenishment for fresh, center store, and DSD—even items that are prepped, transformed, or sold by weight.

With one platform, orders are generated automatically based on item-level demand forecasts and other inputs (more on that next). While store teams can review and adjust as needed, many grocers grow to trust the system—allowing orders to run automatically with minimal intervention. For operations leaders, this means more consistency across stores, and less reliance on institutional knowledge.

AI Forecasting Purpose-Built for Grocery Complexity

Total Store Ordering uses machine learning specifically designed for grocery. It ingests a wide range of inputs—from historical trends and real-time sales to promotions, holidays, and weather—to generate highly accurate demand forecasts that impact store replenishment.

Unlike generic retail platforms built to serve multiple industries, Total Store Ordering is purpose-built for grocery. It accounts for the complexity of fresh, including how ingredients are transformed and sold in store. This means stores get the right product, in the right amount, at the right time—without overstocking or guessing.

Real-Time Perpetual Inventory Visibility

You can’t fix what you can’t see. With real-time perpetual inventory integrated directly into the store replenishment process, store teams no longer order blind. They see what’s on hand, what’s in transit, and what’s selling—all before the order is placed.

This visibility helps prevent overordering and shrink, while also giving operations leaders better oversight of store performance and inventory turns across the chain.

Integrates and Scales with Store Operations

Total Store Ordering connects seamlessly with other Upshop modules like Production Planning and Recipe Management, but more importantly, it scales with your operations.

Whether you’re managing a few dozen stores or hundreds, it supports consistent workflows and eliminates fragmented tools—so you can standardize execution and scale improvements faster.

Designed for Simplicity and Fast Onboarding

The app is intuitive, mobile-friendly, and easy to use—minimizing training time and making execution easier for everyone. Because it consolidates store replenishment into one system, associates no longer have to jump between tools, call vendors, or rely on guesswork. This frees up associate time, allowing them to focus on customers and in-store execution.

For operations, this translates to simpler onboarding, more consistent processes, and stronger store performance.

Conclusion

Operations teams shouldn’t have to babysit the ordering process. When replenishment works as it should, stores stay stocked, associates stay focused, and your teams get time back to run the business.

Total Store Ordering helps make that a reality—at scale, across the entire store.