
AI-powered food waste prevention for hotel kitchens
Occupancy swings night to night, but buffets, banquets, and room service still have to be ready regardless, so kitchens over-produce to stay safe. Winnow measures what actually gets thrown away, outlet by outlet, service by service. Hotel teams use it to protect F&B margin, meet guest expectations, and report progress with auditable data. The buffet still looks full.
Trusted by Hilton, Marriott, Accor, IHG, Mandarin Oriental and Four Seasons, in 90+ countries.






Benefits for F&B leads
Compare waste across breakfast buffet, banqueting, à la carte and room service, so you can see where the money goes.
Benchmark property against property in Winnow Hub, and hold every outlet to the same standard.
Tighten production and portion planning, without changing what guests see on the plate.
Capture food waste automatically. Throw food away as normal and Throw & Go identifies and records it. No scanning. No hassle.
Why hotels choose Winnow for food waste prevention

Analytics built for kitchen teams and leadership
Winnow tracks food waste from prep to plate and reports results to leadership. Benchmark sites, spot trends, and give kitchen teams clear actions.

Rollout that does not become a project
Train staff in as little as 15 minutes and roll out across properties with remote training. Automated capture makes recording fast and consistent.

Better menus, without compromising brand standards
Use food waste data and images to engineer the menu with confidence, cut waste, and connect with eco-conscious guests.

Shared visibility for owners and operators
Operators gain visibility and control in the kitchen. Owners get stronger returns and ESG metrics they can report to investors.
See what hotel kitchens using Winnow have saved
Real results from Winnow hotel kitchens, so you can sanity check the numbers.
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
73%
HK$375,000
36 Tonnes
21,000
London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf
67%
£14,000
33 Tonnes
20,000
Radisson Blu Bremen
60%
€150,000
90,000

What we recognize is that we are going to be saving 500,000 dirhams annually. 70,000 meals and our food waste was coming down by 61%. So the value of that is absolutely tremendous.


For me, production planning with Winnow is a game-changer. It's not just about monitoring food waste — it's about proactively reducing it while maintaining exceptional guest experiences.


Within a period of four weeks, our food waste was reduced by 30%.

Turn food waste into measurable savings
Winnow measures what your outlets throw away and forecasts what they should produce. Your chefs get a report they can act on before the next service.
2 to 8%
6 to 12 months
50%
3,500+
Hotel kitchens can cut waste by more than half in year one, saving thousands per property.
- Measured, not estimated. Every disposal weighed, timestamped and photographed.
- No extra work for staff. Throw & Go records waste with nothing to scan or select.
- Every outlet, one view. Buffet, banqueting, à la carte and room service in Winnow Hub.
- Live in about 15 minutes. No technician, no IT project.
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Frequently Asked Questions
All of them. Winnow reports by outlet, so you can compare breakfast buffet, banqueting, à la carte and room service on the same property and see which are already running lean.
Winnow Hub benchmarks every property in one dashboard, so groups can compare hotel against hotel, hold the estate to brand standard and report at consolidated level.
No. Reductions come from producing the right amount rather than from portion cuts or a narrower menu. You can also use waste data and images to engineer the menu without compromising brand standards.
A camera above the bin identifies each item and a connected scale weighs it. Winnow's AI logs the item, weight, cost and reason with no action from your team. It runs across every outlet, from breakfast buffet to banqueting.
Major hotel groups including Hilton, Marriott, Accor and IHG use Winnow to reduce food purchasing costs by 2 to 8%. Hotel kitchens typically waste 5 to 15% of the food they buy, so sites with higher waste see faster payback.
Winnow is the leading AI food waste system for commercial kitchens, deployed in more locations than any other. It measures what a kitchen throws away automatically and forecasts how much to produce. Winnow runs in 3,500+ kitchens across 90+ countries, where clients typically cut food costs 2 to 8%.


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See how Winnow helps your kitchens produce the right amount. Kitchens worldwide trust it.
