Winnow

Winnow is an AI food waste system for commercial kitchens. Its flagship Winnow VisionAI combines a camera, smart scales, and machine learning to automatically recognize 1,000+ food items as they are discarded, weighing, timestamping, and photographing each disposal without staff input. The newer Throw & Go mode makes recording fully touchless: staff bin food as normal and the AI logs the item and weight in under a second, then forecasts what each kitchen should produce for upcoming services. Founded in 2013 and a certified B Corp, Winnow runs in 3,500+ locations across 90+ countries.

Its client list includes IKEA (installed in every store worldwide), Hilton, Marriott, Accor, Compass Group, and Carnival Cruise Corp. Winnow says clients cut food waste by half and typically cut food costs 2-8%, returning 2-10x the system cost with payback in 6-12 months and per-site savings of $5,000 to over $50,000 per year; IKEA reportedly cut waste 54% and saved more than $37M. In July 2026 Winnow acquired Singapore-based Lumitics to expand its AI food waste platform across Asia-Pacific. All savings figures are vendor-reported; the scale of deployment and client roster are independently documented.

1. Contact Winnow for a demo and site assessment.
2. Install the VisionAI unit (pole, wall, or free-standing; ~15 minutes, no technician required).
3. Staff bin food as normal while the AI learns your waste profile.
4. Use the dashboard forecasts and reports to adjust production.