Why 3,500+ Kitchens Choose Winnow Over Other Food Waste Tools

Winnow is the most widely deployed AI food waste platform in hospitality — trusted by Hilton, Marriott, Accor, IHG, and Mandarin Oriental across 94 countries. Customers typically cut food costs by 2–8%, with over $100M saved globally per year. Net Promoter Score: 60.

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Why Winnow Leads Food Waste Reduction

A side-by-side comparison showing how Winnow outperforms other food waste tools across ease of use, accuracy, ROI, and global scale.


What matters Other tools Winnow
Ease of use Requires scanning, weighing, or manual item selection. Adds friction and can be skipped or done incorrectly during service. No-touch food waste tracking with Throw & Go®. Kitchen teams simply throw waste away — Winnow’s AI automatically captures the data.
Accuracy & speed Manual input adds admin, slows teams down, and is often skipped during busy service periods. < 1 second capture per action. Market-leading AI delivers precise, granular food waste data in real time.
Technology AI performance is unclear. Award-winning AI technology. Ranked #8 in the FoodTech 500 and trained to recognise 1,000+ food items globally.
Coverage Often limited to pre-consumer food waste only. Full food waste visibility across the kitchen. Covers pre- and post-consumer waste, with solutions designed for every kitchen type.
ROI & business case Global savings and ROI data are not publicly available. Proven return on investment. Customers typically achieve 2–8% food cost savings, with Winnow users saving over $100M globally per year.
Training & support Generic onboarding with limited ongoing support; often hands-off after setup. Expert-led onboarding and coaching. Multilingual, tailored support led by Chef Voitech Vegh and the Winnow customer success team.
Customer satisfaction Customer satisfaction metrics are not shared publicly. Net Promoter Score of 60. Customers actively advocate for Winnow and stay with us long-term.
Scalability & global reach Limited global coverage and language support. 10+ years of global experience. Trusted by Hilton, Accor, Marriott, and more. App and support available in 15+ languages.

 

Winnow is the world’s #1 food waste solution for commercial kitchens.

We combine advanced AI technology with global expertise to help teams track food waste effortlessly and reduce it at scale.
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AI that captures waste automatically

AI-powered recognition delivers accurate, consistent data — without adding admin for kitchen teams.

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2×–10× ROI in year one

Customers typically achieve 2×–10× return on investment by identifying waste hotspots and acting on daily insights.

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Fast adoption across teams

Expert onboarding, training, and multilingual support help teams start recording quickly and consistently.

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Daily insights that drive action

Clear reporting and analytics keep teams accountable and help prove results.


The only solution to successfully halve food waste worldwide

IKEA

We are the only solution to halve food with a major foodservice business globally. Working with IKEA in 32 countries, the group successfully cut food waste in half vs a 2017 baseline.

54%
global food waste reduction

$37M
saved in reduced food purchasing costs

20M+
meals saved from the bin

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of IKEA kitchens across 30+ countries onboarded

Trusted globally. Delivered locally.

The preferred choice for hotels & resorts

Winnow is an approved supplier to leading hotel and resort groups worldwide. Built on deep hospitality experience, our solution provides full kitchen coverage with tools for both pre- and post-consumer food waste measurement.
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Get insights to your inbox  every morning to reduce waste quickly

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Reporting across all your business in one place

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Identify opportunities for increased yield or patterns of waste

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Set and track progress against corporate or regional targets

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Dashboards enabling deep-dive analysis into the data platform 

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Identify performance outliers within your organisation; encourage competition 

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Food waste certificates & visibility of savings figures

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Our technology has been adopted by some of the biggest names in the hospitality and foodservice sector
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Seamless set up, quickly adopted by teams 

Benefit from a tried and tested onboarding process that quickly engages your teams. Users can begin recording waste with little or no training. Winnow remotely measures compliance so you can be sure your data is accurate and consistent. 

NPS Score 60

“Using Winnow, the team have successfully cut food waste by 35% ... It’s important to the hospitality sector to be sustainable and reduce food waste because nowadays customers are demanding sustainability, they are choosing companies that are sustainable”

 Helena Santos, General Manager of Iberostar Bávaro Selection and Coral Level
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