🤝 ARD x Jabu: a partnership serving sustainable institutional catering

A strategic alliance to transform meal management and combat food waste.

The catering industry is evolving rapidly. Between sustainability requirements, budgetary constraints, and increasing efficiency needs, establishments must adapt.

It is in this context that ARD and Jabu are joining forces to offer a common solution: smarter, more sustainable and more efficient catering thanks to data and artificial intelligence .

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ARD and Jabu: two complementary areas of expertise

ARD, the expert in access control and flow management

For over 40 years, ARD (Alpes Recherche et Développement) has been designing and integrating technical solutions for institutional catering:

• access control systems

• guest identification and tracking

• management of physical flows in school and company restaurants

• interoperability with third-party systems

Today, ARD equips hundreds of establishments in France , and supports local authorities, departments, universities, hospitals and companies in their digital modernization.

Jabu, predictive artificial intelligence at the service of the restaurant industry

For its part, Jabu is developing a predictive AI solution dedicated to the catering industry. Its core business: analyzing and anticipating customer traffic, consumption rates, and eating habits to help establishments better plan their production and reduce food waste.

Thanks to its predictive models, Jabu enables:

• Plan meals up to 8 weeks in advance

• automatically adjust food orders

• anticipate variations in customer traffic (absences, weather, events, menus, etc.)

• to limit losses while maintaining guest satisfaction

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🌍 A shared vision: simplicity, sustainability, and concrete impact for sustainable institutional catering

By combining their expertise, ARD and Jabu aimed to create a pragmatic alliance :

➡️ Zero complexity for teams

➡️ Measurable results from the first few weeks

➡️ An innovation that serves reality

Facilities equipped with ARD can now directly benefit from Jabu's AI predictions within their existing environment — without changing their tools or work habits.

“Our goal is clear: to produce just what is needed, when it is needed, while maintaining quality and budgetary balance.” Kenny Laport, President of Jabu

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⚙️ How does the ARD x Jabu solution work?

The integration between ARD and Jabu relies on a seamless interface between their systems. The usage data collected by ARD is analyzed by Jabu's algorithms, which generate forecasts of meals, consumption rates, and supply needs . For more sustainable institutional catering.

This information is then directly integrated into the ARD tools, in a clear and actionable way to:

• the head chefs , who adjust the production,

• managers , who oversee their purchases and inventory,

• local authorities , which measure their performance and savings achieved.

  
  

Immediate benefits:

📉 –50% food waste

⚡ Return on investment from the first month

⏱️ Up to half a day saved each week

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💬 A response to the challenges of the sector

Food waste still amounts to over 370,000 tonnes per year in institutional catering in France. Reducing these losses means taking action on:

• material costs

• the environmental impact

• the overall economic performance of the establishments

  
  

The ARD x Jabu partnership provides a technological and concrete response to these challenges, giving each player the means to anticipate rather than suffer .

🔮 A partnership focused on the future

This partnership is not limited to a simple technical interface. It is a strategic cooperation that aims to:

• to move the sector towards more responsible practices

• leveraging data as a tool for action

• to offer simple, integrated and accessible tools for everyone

“Innovation only makes sense when it makes everyday life easier for those who experience it on the ground.” Matthieu Guillemot, CEO of ARD

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📞 Discover the ARD x Jabu solution now

The solution is already available for all facilities equipped with ARD. Would you like to see how it works or test its impact on your sites?

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