Aravita

Aravita is a São Paulo-based software company whose platform is dedicated to the management of fresh food, with a focus on fruits, vegetables and greens (FLV in Portuguese retail terminology). The product is positioned for supermarkets, distributors and food service operators, and aims to reduce waste ("quebra"), avoid out-of-stocks ("ruptura") and improve profitability in perishables operations.

The platform's stated capabilities include daily correction of FLV inventory before orders are placed, correction of unrecorded shrink, demand forecasting for perishables that takes into account weather, seasonality, shelf life, promotions and events, forecasting of stockouts based on sales rather than recorded stock, optimization of minimum shelf exposure, support for centralized purchasing with aggregate forecasting and distribution-center inventory, and a store-level ordering app with alerts for shrink and stockout risk that consider shelf life. A prioritized action dashboard ("farol") surfaces issues such as shrink, stockouts and fill rate for operational teams.

Aravita frames its approach as a specialist alternative to generic replenishment tools, arguing that perishables differ from stable items because shelf life is short, demand varies by store and by day with weather and price, and system inventory rarely matches what is physically on the shelf.

Business model

Aravita sells a software platform to retail and food service organizations that manage perishable goods, delivering forecasting, inventory correction and ordering decision support; the site solicits demo requests as the entry point.

Traction

The platform is described as running day-to-day at the retail chains St Marché and Amigão, with additional chains in pilot. Reported results include a 30% reduction in out-of-stocks at a client chain, a 25% reduction in waste/shrink, and 5x ROI in the first year.