Afresh Inc., a startup based in San Francisco is applying machine learning to project ordering of produce for supermarkets based on demand as reflected in sales and disposal of unsaleable product.

Afresh claim that their operating system can reduce wastage by 25 percent and reduce stock-outs by 80 percent.

The company has received $150 million in venture capital funding and has apparently installed software in 3,000 stores in 40 states.

Whatever happened to produce managers and staff doing what they are paid to do by managing inventory, assessing the quality of perishable produce, reordering, restocking and interacting with customers?