We lose ₪276K every month to writeoffs — 80% sits in 5 categories.
3,251 SKUs tracked across 20 categories. ₪500–550K annual savings achievable within a quarter, based on USDA benchmarks and internal best practice (Dairy −40%).
Total loss
₪1.38M
cost of writeoffs, 5 mo
Units wasted
156,948
individual items
Avg monthly
₪276K
average loss per month
Wastage rate
1.5%
vs 2–3% industry norm
Monthly writeoff trend
Cost of writeoffs by month, NIS
Mar dip · stable May
⚡ 5 quick wins → ₪500K/year
⚠ Bakery +14% growing
↘ Dairy −40% improved
Section 2 · Categories
Where the money leaks — and where we already beat the market
Top 5 of 20 categories ranked by total writeoff cost, compared against USDA grocery benchmarks.
Top 10 categories by writeoff cost (NIS)
Jan–May 2026, total
Vegetables & Fruits· ₪379K · 27.5%
↑ +12% Jan→May
2.8%
vs 11.6% USDA
🏆 4× better than benchmark — our champion
Bakery· ₪290K · 21.0%
↑ +14% growing
8.1%
vs 8.5% USDA
⚠ At benchmark but trend is wrong direction
Dairy· ₪214K · 15.5%
↓ −40% improving
1.2%
vs 2.3% USDA
★ Best practice — replicate tactic on Bakery
Fresh Meat & Fish· ₪124K · 9.0%
↓ −7%
5.9%
vs 5.7% USDA
✓ Within normal range, mildly improving
Ready To Eat· ₪84K · 6.1%
↑ +18% growing
7.3%
vs 8.7% USDA
⚠ Better than market, but +18% trend needs fix
Key takeaway
We beat industry on every fresh category. Leak is concentrated in Bakery (₪290K) and Ready-to-Eat (₪84K) — both growing, both fixable. Dairy proves we can cut wastage 40% in 5 months — same playbook applies.
Section 3 · All 3,251 SKUs
Search, sort, filter — all items from worst to best
Default order: worst (highest cost) first. Use the page size selector to show 10, 25, 50 or 100 items per page.
Show:
Top of the list
10 worst-offending SKUs you see right now
Sorted by total writeoff cost · use the page buttons below to keep scrolling, or click 25/50/100 above to widen the list.
3,251 SKUs total
Section 4 · Hall of shame
Top 15 worst offenders — candidates to delist or rethink
Two lenses: who costs us most in shekels, and who has the worst writeoff-to-revenue ratio.
By total cost (NIS)
By writeoff %
Items where writeoff > revenue in given month — typically newly listed SKUs that didn't sell or near-EOL stock. Immediate delist candidates.
Section 5 · Action plan
5 quick wins worth ₪500K/year — ranked by impact vs effort
Concrete actions with savings estimate, effort level, and risk. All achievable within a quarter.
1
Delist 13 chronic losers
Items with avg writeoff > 100% of revenue across all 5 months (Lurpak Butter 500g, Stuffed Shushka, Dubai chocolate, etc.) — pure loss SKUs that never sold properly.
Low effort
₪1.2K/mo
savings
2
SKU rationalization (4→2 per brand)
Cut redundant Milouoff Schnitzel variants 700g/800g/900g down to single best-seller. Same approach for Materna stages (currently 3, cut to 1). Reduces dead stock without losing customers.
Medium effort
₪5–7K/mo
savings
3
Bakery forecast re-tune (8% → 5%)
Adopt Dairy team's improved methodology that cut wastage −40% in 5 months. Tighten order-vs-sold gap on Handmade pita, Angel spelled bread, Karitza Pita Express. Biggest opportunity (₪290K category).
High effort
₪22K/mo
savings
4
Veg & Fruits packaging downsize
Move from 1kg packs to 750g for Tomatoes, Banana, Red pepper. Reduces unsold weight while keeping single-purchase economics. Top-5 SKUs alone leak ₪93K over 5 months.
Medium effort
₪10–12K/mo
savings
5
Tail prune — remove 800 sub-₪50 SKUs
1,614 of 3,251 SKUs lose less than ₪50 each across 5 months — operational noise. Cut bottom 800 to simplify replenishment, save ops overhead, and reduce out-of-stock confusion.
Low effort
₪3–4K/mo
savings
Combined potential
₪41–46K saved per month = ₪500–550K per year. All actions are reversible, low capex, and proven elsewhere (Dairy already showed −40% feasibility in our own data).
Section 6 · Industry benchmarks
What Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour and Israeli context tell us
Selected best practices and the Israeli market context — including a clear white space for Yango.
Walmart Eden AI — $2B saved in 5 years
Computer vision + AI-driven freshness grading on produce. Saved $86M in first months, $2B over 5 years across 4,700 US stores.
Source: Walmart Corporate
Carrefour ESL dynamic pricing — −21% wastage
Electronic shelf labels auto-discount items near expiry. UC San Diego Rady study confirmed up to 21% wastage reduction.
Source: UC San Diego Rady School
Tesco yellow labels — 60M meals rescued
Combined markdown program + FareShare/OLIO redistribution. 60M meals donated in 2023/24, 200K tons removed from waste.
Source: Tesco Food Waste Report 2024
WRAP UK formula
Every £1 invested in waste reduction returns £7 in savings. Direct ROI confirmed across 50+ UK retailers.
Source: WRAP UK Retailer Roadmap
Israeli context — Leket + Food Donation Law 2018
2.6M tons of food wasted in Israel per year = ₪26.2B value. Leket Israel rescued 32K tons of produce in 2024, redistributed to 415K people/week through 346 NGOs. Food Donation Law 2018 provides legal protection + Article 46 tax credit for donations.
Source: Leket Israel · Times of Israel · Israel.com
🟡 White space for Yango Deli — be first mover
Public wastage KPI in annual report. Shufersal, Rami Levy, Wolt Market — none disclose. Yango first = ESG investor signal.
Public partnership with Leket Israel with quantified KPIs ("we donated X tons / month through Leket") — no Israeli grocer has done this with metrics yet.
Local near-expiry app or TooGoodToGo integration. TGTG not in Israel. Yango could launch own surplus channel + own the category.
Section 7 · Hypotheses & impact
Three scenarios — how the company changes if we act
Conservative, realistic, and ambitious paths. Each row shows current state, target, expected savings, and impact on company P&L.
Monthly wastage cost — current vs three scenarios
Projected impact after full implementation, NIS / month
Scenario 1 · Conservative
−₪15K / mo
Only quick wins #1 + #5 (delist chronic losers + tail prune). Low effort, low risk. ~3 months to full effect.
₪180K/year saved
Recommended
Scenario 2 · Realistic
−₪43K / mo
All 5 quick wins from Section 5. Includes Bakery forecast re-tune (the biggest piece). 1 quarter to full effect.
If we replicate Dairy's −40% improvement on Bakery, that single category cuts ₪22K/month. Same playbook (FEFO + tighter ordering + best-before discount) — no new tech needed. Owner: Category Mgr Bakery + Yango Tech forecasting team.
Hypothesis 2 — SKU rationalization buys focus
Cutting bottom 800 SKUs (each < ₪50 loss / 5mo) and consolidating brand variants frees up shelf and replenishment cycles. Frees ops team to focus on top 200 SKUs that drive 65% of revenue. ROI not only money — also ops simplicity.
Hypothesis 3 — Dynamic pricing on near-expiry beats wastage AND drives traffic
Carrefour ESL study proved 21% wastage reduction with auto-discount near expiry. Bonus: app push «−40% on fresh items now» creates new purchase occasions. Modest ESL investment (~₪200K for 3 stores pilot), but tested at scale globally.
Donating unsold-but-edible to Leket Israel uses Food Donation Law 2018: no legal risk, Article 46 tax credit on donation value, and a free PR story («Yango × Leket: X tons saved monthly»). No Israeli grocer has quantified this publicly — first-mover signal.
Hypothesis 5 — Public wastage KPI = ESG story for investors
Shufersal, Rami Levy, Wolt Market — none disclose wastage rate. Publishing ours (and a year-over-year improvement trajectory) becomes a sustainability differentiator at low cost. Especially relevant if Yango raises or sells stake.
Bottom line for Elçin & the board
The realistic scenario adds ₪520K/year to the bottom line, reversible, no capex. Bakery alone is half the prize. Conservative = floor. Ambitious = if we also invest ~₪200K in ESL pilot, payback in <6 months. Recommendation: go realistic now, evaluate ambitious in Q4 with Bakery data.