Case study
KineBuds buys on the math now
Independent · 2 locations · New Jersey
KineBuds runs two independent stores in New Jersey. Like most operators their size, buying was a Sunday-night ritual: export the sales report, stare at a spreadsheet, and reorder mostly what sold last time. It worked — until margins started compressing and “what sold” stopped being the same as “what earned.”
The problem wasn’t the bestsellers; those were obvious. It was the quiet middle of the menu — SKUs that moved just enough to look fine while turning slowly and carrying thin margins. Nobody had time to grade 600 lines by hand every cycle.
$41K
dead inventory flagged
12 hrs
buying time saved / month
+8%
blended margin
6 sec
to score a full menu
Illustrative — figures anonymized from a representative independent operator.
The turning point
One menu, scored in seconds
Before
The Sunday spreadsheet
Six hours a cycle, reordering on gut. The budget shake “sold,” so it kept getting bought — quietly turning at 31% with a 22% margin while a full shelf slot sat on it.
After
Margin Maker said PASS
PASS24Day one, the model flagged six dead SKUs and the basket gaps to fill instead. KineBuds cut them, reallocated the shelf to live-resin carts turning 2.3× faster, and re-scored the next cycle.
“It found money we’d been sitting on for two quarters. The PASS list was the part that stung — and the part that paid for the whole thing.”
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