Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. has adopted "Gaisyoku AI Research," a research service provided by Lazuli that enables real-time tracking of food and drink trends at restaurants.

～Obtain restaurant POS data that allows real-time understanding of the dining-out market, enabling the development of sales strategies and on-site proposals～

Lazuli Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Seigen Hagiwara, hereinafter Lazuli), the service "Dining-Out AI Research" developed and provided by Lazuli, has been decided to be introduced to Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Sumida-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Taichi Yoneme, hereinafter Asahi Soft Drinks) starting in October 2024.

At Asahi Soft Drinks, various proposals were being made to restaurants to expand sales and profits, but due to a lack of supporting data, those proposals relied on experience and intuition. In particular, because integrated POS data could not be obtained and it was difficult to collect data in real time, understanding market conditions had been challenging. By introducing "Dining-Out AI Research," the company aims to obtain well-organized restaurant POS data and grasp accurate market data, thereby enhancing the content of its proposals to restaurants. By understanding sales trends and detailed data by drink and food category, it plans to refer to the overall dining-out market conditions and make new proposals, such as menu development.

Lazuli's "Dining-Out AI Research" is a service that integrates POS data from more than 1,500 restaurants and handles data collection and cleansing so that sales volume, customer counts, average spend per customer, and other metrics for drinks and food can be easily analyzed. Since the vast amount of dining-out POS data up to the previous week is delivered in a state ready for immediate analysis, it can provide restaurant customers with real-time dining-out trend information, ultimately helping to realize more advanced sales proposals.

＜About Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd.＞

Asahi Soft Drinks is the operating company that plays the central role in the Asahi Group's beverage business. It owns brands such as the century-old brands "Mitsuya Cider," "Calpis," and "Wilkinson," as well as "Wonda," "Juroku-cha," "Asahi Delicious Water," "Bireley's," and "Welch's," and develops products centered on carbonated beverages, milk-based beverages, coffee beverages, tea beverages, functional beverages, and juice beverages.
https://www.asahiinryo.co.jp/

＜About Lazuli Inc.＞

Lazuli is a startup founded in July 2020. Leveraging advanced AI/ML technologies, it is developing and providing the SaaS "Lazuli PDP" as a cloud service that enables anyone involved in business, such as DX, EC, and marketing professionals, to use product information from around the world. It also handles data collection and preparation needed for corporate data analysis, including "Dining-Out AI Research." As products are manufactured, distributed, and sold, Lazuli works to solve the issue of product data that is not smoothly synchronized between companies or even within a company, and supports DX promotion by integrating and organizing siloed data in manufacturing and retail. It aims to realize a world in which people engaged in business can easily access product information.
https://corporate.lazuli.ninja/