The Shelf Margin AuditIndependent convenience stores · 1–10 stores

A margin audit, not another dashboard

Nothing has to break for margin to disappear.

A case gets dearer. The shelf tag stays put. Another supplier was cheaper. A promo never comes off. Your invoices and POS already contain the evidence. We put them together and show only what survives scrutiny.

  • 2 exports
  • 3 leak types
  • source rows included
  • 10 business days
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NOT CLAIMEDREFUSAL REGISTER · DEMONSTRATION
TOBACCO + BEER$2,805Withheld: not realistically re-sourceable.
TOO SMALL TO ACT$1,802Sixteen findings under $150/year.
DUPLICATE CLAIMS$329Same shelf tag. Better-evidenced claim wins.
CAPTURE HAIRCUT55%Applied to everything that survived.
TOTAL WITHHELD$4,936
NO FIGURE APPEARS TWICE
Demonstration figures only. No real-store results or testimonials yet.
No integrationTwo exports, one direction No black boxSource rows included No inflated total55% haircut first No lock-inKeep the full audit

Who this is for

If you buy packaged goods by the case and sell them by the barcode, the audit works on your book. It does not cover fuel, foodservice or lottery — and it cannot read scale-weighed deli, meat or produce, because a weighed package has no barcode to match against an invoice. We tell you what we could not read rather than pricing it anyway.

$0is an acceptable answer
Why trust the number

The audit is allowed to find nothing worth doing.

If a finding cannot survive the source rows, practical constraints, duplicate checks and the haircut, we withhold it.

Trace it

Every dollar points back to invoice and POS rows.

Challenge it

Reject anything wrong, known, or impossible to act on.

Discount it

Small, duplicate and impractical findings come out first.

Exactly three checks

Where quiet margin leaks hide.

01

Same item. Cheaper supplier.

Normalises pack size, discounts, rebates and freight, then counts only volume that could realistically move.

02

Cost moved. Shelf price didn’t.

Finds wholesale increases that never reached retail, after normal price-book lag.

03

Margin drifted.

Flags promos that never came off and cost creep against the store’s own history.

$0First complete audit
The offer

Not a sample. The actual audit.

You keep the report, evidence file, data-quality notes and review sheet whether you ever use us again.

Why free? The engine has not yet run on real store data. We need real-world exports; you need proof on your own numbers. This is the trade.

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The exchange

Two exports in. Four files out.

You send · CSV or Excel

  • 12 months vendor invoice lines — date, vendor, UPC, case cost; pack size, discounts, rebates and freight if present.
  • 12 months POS item movement — date, store, UPC, units, and sales or unit retail.
  • Do not clean the files first.

You get back

  • audit.html — ranked findings.
  • evidence.csv — source rows.
  • data_quality.md — what could not be read or priced.
  • review_sheet.csv — accept, reject, challenge.
NO SYSTEM ACCESS · NO CREDENTIALS · MASK STORE/VENDOR NAMES IF YOU WANT · PRIVACY
First step

You do not have to send the exports yet.

Tell us your POS/back-office system. We will tell you whether your exports are enough.

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