Winnow Launches AI-Powered 'Winnow Foresight' App with Hilton to Automate F&B Demand Forecasting
AI food-waste technology company Winnow announced the launch of Winnow Foresight, a mobile-first production forecasting web app co-developed with Hilton chefs. The hardware-free tool uses AI to forecast item-level kitchen demand before service, combining property occupancy figures with historical consumption data to generate itemized daily prep plans, achieving up to double the forecast accuracy of traditional kitchen estimation. Kitchen staff can log post-service leftovers via smartphone photo, with AI estimating remaining food weight to recalibrate future prep models. Early trials across European Hilton properties recorded up to a 69% reduction in leftover food weight, a 10% decrease in c…
Impact and considerations
By replacing traditional camera-and-scale hardware with a software-only, mobile-first approach, the product lowers the adoption barrier for food-waste management in select-service hotels. Hotel IT and F&B leaders can deploy predictive production tools across large franchise portfolios via simple web links, turning sus…
Key points
- Winnow Foresight is a mobile-first production forecasting web app co-developed with Hilton chefs, requiring no camera-and-scale hardware.
- The app combines property occupancy figures with historical consumption data to generate itemized daily prep plans, achieving up to double the forecast accuracy of traditional kitchen estimation.
- Kitchen staff can log post-service leftovers via smartphone photo, with AI estimating remaining food weight to recalibrate future prep models.
- Early trials across European Hilton properties recorded up to a 69% reduction in leftover food weight, a 10% decrease in cost per cover, and a 5% drop in overall food costs within 5 to 6 months.
- The product targets select-service brands and lighter F&B footprints such as Hampton by Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn, suited to lean kitchen teams and smaller tech budgets.
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- 30 Sept 2026, 01:21
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