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Real-world Wins from Less: Across industries, companies are boldly trimming their lineups and reaping big rewards. For example, Hormel slashed dozens of pepperoni SKUs after discovering that 80% of profit came from only a few variants . Today Hormel is pruning roughly a quarter of its items to “remove production complexity” and refocus on its bacon and top meats . Apparel giant Levi’s has similarly cut ~15% of its product SKUs, and retailer Dollar General reports dropping extra variants (like duplicate mayo flavors) with no loss in customer appeal – “the consumer is not going to know the difference,” its CEO noted . Toy-maker Hasbro axed about half its portfolio of games and figures, since those deleted items contributed only ~2% of profits and were “duplicative and unprofitable” . Even restaurants see the benefit: Naf Naf Grill trimmed 10–15% of menu ingredients and SKUs, which surprisingly freed up 15–20 labor hours per week per restaurant . Chili’s implemented an “aggressive approach to simplification,” consolidating batters and ingredients across dishes to streamline kitchen work . These examples prove: cutting flab can sharpen focus and boost the bottom line.
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