
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 sustainability leads
Report on direct measurement, not estimates: every disposal is weighed, timestamped and photographed.
Track weight, cost and CO₂e avoided by resort and by outlet, and evidence reduction against target.
Show the impact. Hilton Bali Resort cut food waste 62% in eight months and kept 38 tonnes out of landfill.
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
Real Results. Real Impact

The Winnow system is very user-friendly. For me, working in sustainability, I always look into the reports and numbers. Those reports are so beneficial for my audits and help me create impact reports.
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We’ve optimised portion control and quantity at the buffet station, making the food in smaller batches and refilling it more often. The food then arrives fresher and hotter to our guests which helps a lot with maintaining our high guest satisfactions scores.
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In hospitality, we have a unique opportunity to be change agents in sustainability. Food waste is one of the most visible and solvable challenges—and tracking it is the first step toward meaningful action.
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 provides auditable data at every level, covering weight, cost and CO₂e avoided, from a single resort up to group-wide reporting.
Measured. Every disposal into the monitored bin is weighed on a connected scale, timestamped and photographed, so figures come from direct measurement rather than estimation.
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.
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.
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.
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%.


Ready to reduce food costs in your kitchens?
See how Winnow helps your kitchens produce the right amount. Kitchens worldwide trust it.
