
AI-powered food waste prevention for resort kitchens
Resort buffets run at high volume and can't look empty, so kitchens over-produce to stay safe. Winnow measures what actually gets thrown away, outlet by outlet, service by service. Resort teams use it to control food costs across high-volume buffets, without changing the guest experience. The buffet still looks full.
Trusted by Iberostar, Royalton, Centara and Hilton resorts, in 90+ countries.










Benefits for finance leads
Cut food purchasing cost 2 to 8% per resort, with payback typically inside 6 to 12 months.
Audited, not projected. Royalton CHIC Cancun's $165,000 annual saving was independently verified.
See return by resort, not one blended number across the group.
Capture food waste automatically. Throw food away as normal and Throw & Go identifies and records it. No scanning. No hassle.
Why resorts choose Winnow for food waste prevention

Built for high-volume buffet service
Automatic capture keeps up with peak turnover, so nothing gets skipped at the moment waste is highest.

Every outlet on the property
Buffet, speciality restaurants, bars, and staff dining all report into one place, so you can see which outlets drive the loss.

Pilot to portfolio
Most groups start in one or two resorts to establish a baseline, then scale. Iberostar rolled Winnow out across more than 100 properties.

Results you can put in front of a board
Royalton CHIC Cancun's 56% reduction and $165,000 annual saving were audited, not estimated.
See how resort kitchens save
Real results from Winnow resort kitchens, so you can sanity check the numbers.
Royalton CHIC Cancun
56%
$165,000
246.4 Tonnes
140,000
Centara Mirage Beach Resort
42%
$74,000
82.7 Tonnes
48,000
Fairmont The Palm
60%
$140,000
70,000
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We've implemented Winnow across our five hotels in Germany for more than a year now. As a result, we've managed to save over 200,000 meals and achieve financial savings exceeding half a million euros.


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.


We’ve grown satisfaction in a very significant way while also reducing our waste by 50%. It’s a little bit of an unexpected outcome from the strategy, but it’s been really instrumental.

Turn food waste into measurable savings
Winnow measures what your outlets throw away and forecasts what they should produce, so your kitchens make the right amount for the guests actually on property.
2 to 8%
6 to 12 months
50%
3,500+
Resort 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.
- Full-looking buffets. Reductions come from production planning, not from serving less.
- Live in about 15 minutes. No technician, no IT project.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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%.
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, across buffet, speciality outlets, bars and staff dining.
Resort kitchens using Winnow typically achieve a 2 to 8% reduction in food purchasing costs. Kitchens usually waste 5 to 15% of what they buy, so properties with higher waste see faster payback.
No. Reductions come from producing the right amount rather than serving less. Winnow shows what comes back untouched, so production follows real demand while the guest offer stays as it is.
All of them. Winnow reports by outlet, so you can compare the main buffet against speciality restaurants, bars and staff dining on the same property.
No. With Throw & Go, staff throw food away exactly as they do now, with no scanning, no screens, and no extra steps, so service isn't slowed. The hardware is compact and sits at the bin. Because there's nothing new for staff to learn, capture rates stay high even during busy service.


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