For years, grocery has been filled with headlines about pilots: a handful of stores testing new robots, sensors, or analytics tools. Pilots may generate excitement, but many stall when it comes to expanding beyond a small group of locations.

At Groceryshop 2025, the sentiment was clear. Retailers are done with pilots that don’t scale. They want proven solutions that deliver consistent performance across large store networks.

That is where Badger Technologies stands apart. Our next-generation digital teammates are already scanning tens of thousands of items in two hours or less and creating prioritized replenishment lists before associates even arrive for their shifts. Real customers have reported:

• Up to 97 percent fewer pricing errors
• Up to 50 percent fewer out-of-stocks

Through our integration with TCS Retail and Consumer Goods’ Store Control Tower, these results extend beyond the store level. Retailers gain real-time visibility from the aisle to the division to the corporate office. Scalability becomes a reality, not a talking point.

One of the strongest reminders from Groceryshop 2025 is that trust is built at the shelf, and it is easily broken.

• Forty-three percent of shoppers who can’t find what they want will go to a competitor.
• Loyalty typically evaporates after just two negative out-of-stock experiences.
• Pricing mismatches don’t just cause frustration. They erode shopper confidence and can even expose retailers to fines.

These are not theoretical problems. They directly impact basket size, trip frequency, and lifetime customer value.
Badger Technologies helps retailers protect that trust by:

• Reducing pricing errors by up to 97 percent
• Detecting and prioritizing out-of-stocks in real time
• Ensuring promotions and planograms are executed consistently

When shoppers can trust what they see on the shelf, they tend to shop longer, return more frequently, and spend more over time.

Safety conversations at Groceryshop extended well beyond compliance. For many retailers, safety is now seen as part of the shopper experience.

Research shows that when customers perceive a store to be cleaner and safer:

• Traffic can increase 15 to 35 percent
• Shoppers stay 20 to 25 percent longer
• Return visits improve by 30 percent

Badger Technologies’ digital teammates constantly scan aisles for spills, debris, and other hazards. When issues are detected, they trigger instant alerts through in-store PA systems and dashboards. This consistency raises safety standards across every location while protecting brand reputation.

The benefits extend far beyond reducing liability. Real-time hazard detection helps prevent slip-and-fall incidents, reduces risk, and creates safer environments that shoppers want to return to.

Groceryshop reinforced a simple truth: the “Store of Tomorrow” is not a distant vision. It is being built today by retailers adopting technologies that are:

• Always on, working every shift without breaks or days off
• Laser-focused, scanning shelves, verifying pricing, and detecting hazards without distraction
• Reliable partners, integrating seamlessly with human teams and existing systems

Our digital teammates are not replacements for associates. They are partners, taking on the dull, dirty, difficult, and dangerous tasks so that store teams can focus on customer service, culture, and the shopping experience.

This partnership model resonated strongly throughout Groceryshop. The future of grocery will not be won by replacing people. It will be won by empowering them.

Clean execution also matters for another reason. Retailers and brands are investing billions in retail media networks, but campaigns underperform when products are missing, misplaced, or mispriced. By ensuring on-shelf availability, pricing accuracy, planogram compliance, and hazard-free aisles, Badger Technologies helps protect the return on those media investments — so every dollar spent has the best chance of converting into a sale.

As we leave Las Vegas, one thing is certain: Groceryshop 2025 was not just another event. It was a clear statement of where grocery retail is heading: toward scalable, actionable, shopper-focused automation.

The risks of inaction are too high:

• Out-of-stocks that push shoppers to competitors
• Pricing errors that erode trust
• Planogram drift that undermines promotions
• Safety lapses and hazards that compromise reputation
• Retail media investments that fall short when execution slips

Badger Technologies is proud to help retailers meet these challenges head-on. By delivering measurable results, fewer out-of-stocks, fewer pricing errors, safer stores, and stronger promotions; our digital teammates are powering high-performing stores every day.

The conversations we started in Las Vegas are only the beginning. If we didn’t connect at Groceryshop, we would love to continue the discussion.

Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, is a leader in retail automation and artificial intelligence solutions. Its autonomous robots and digital teammates help retailers improve on-shelf availability, pricing accuracy, planogram compliance, and store safety.

With deployments across grocery, building supply, and other high-SKU retail environments, Badger Technologies provides retailers with real-time data and actionable insights that drive measurable results. Headquartered in Nicholasville, Kentucky, the company is committed to helping retailers build smarter, safer, and more efficient stores.