Parfetts/Go Local and JW Filshill have implemented Wholepal, an AI-driven platform that promises to transform grocery product data sharing by reducing onboarding times from weeks to minutes and improving data accuracy.
UK wholesalers Parfetts/Go Local and JW Filshill have gone live with Wholepal, an AI-powered platform intended to modernise the way technical product data is shared and processed across the grocery supply chain.
According to Grocery Gazette, suppli...
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ers upload product specification documents to the system and artificial intelligence extracts, structures and stores the information automatically. The vendors say this produces cleaner data, fewer errors and faster product setup, cutting onboarding time from “weeks or months to minutes.” Retail Tech Innovation Hub and The Grocer report the same claimed reductions, while KamCity notes the platform targets a process that can otherwise take up to 12 weeks before a new product goes live.
Parfetts/Go Local trading director Cheryl Hope said: “Anything that helps us range products faster, reduce manual work and improve data quality is a real benefit.
”Wholepal gives us a more efficient and consistent way to work with suppliers, while supporting quicker routes to market.” Chris Miller, chief commercial officer at JW Filshill, said: “Product data is fundamental to how we operate, but the way it’s traditionally been shared hasn’t kept pace with the rest of the industry.
”Wholepal helps remove friction from supplier onboarding and data updates, giving us greater confidence in the accuracy of the information we receive while saving valuable time for our teams.” Both comments were published in Grocery Gazette.
Industry coverage from Better Retailing and Scottish Grocer underlines the broader aim: to free up teams from repetitive manual tasks so they can focus on strategic activity. Retail Tech Innovation Hub described Parfetts and J.W. Filshill as among the first UK wholesalers to deploy the platform, signalling growing interest in AI tools to solve long‑standing data bottlenecks in grocery supply chains.
The adopters’ accounts emphasise operational benefits; independent industry data on the platform’s real‑world impact is not yet public. The company behind Wholepal claims the automation will significantly cut errors and accelerate product launches, but retailers and suppliers will be watching for measurable outcomes, such as average onboarding times, error rates and data‑quality improvements, before treating the technology as a proven industry standard.
Source: Noah Wire Services
