LONDON—Winnow, the global Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered food waste measurement company, announced the launch of Winnow Foresight, a new mobile-first, AI-powered production forecasting solution built to help hotel kitchen teams predict guest demand and prevent food waste before it occurs.
Developed in collaboration with Hilton chefs, the new web app supports Hilton’s Travel with Purpose strategy by giving hotel teams practical tools to reduce overproduction, manage costs and improve the guest experience. Winnow Foresight was designed specifically for focused-service hotels and other properties with lighter food and beverage operations, a segment that has historically had less access to advanced food waste technology than larger, full-service properties. With more than 5,000 focused-service hotels around the world across brands such as Hampton by Hilton, Tru by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn and others, Hilton offers a meaningful example of the segment the technology is designed to support.
Accessed via mobile device, Foresight is a web app that uses AI-powered forecasting to predict demand at the item level and help kitchen teams optimize production plans, giving them the insight to prevent overproduction before it happens rather than only measure waste afterwards. Early results from Hilton properties piloting Winnow Foresight point to meaningful reductions in overproduction alongside gains in food quality and guest satisfaction:
- Hampton by Hilton Budapest cut the weight of leftovers by 69 percent within six months, including a 64 percent reduction in leftover croissants alone, while lifting breakfast satisfaction by 4 percent and reducing cost per cover by 10 percent.
- Hilton London Croydon reduced the weight of leftovers by 52 percent within five months, including a 57 percent reduction in leftover sausage and a 48 percent reduction in leftover scrambled eggs, freeing up chefs’ time to focus on food quality rather than managing surplus.
- • Hilton Frankfurt Airport achieved a 66 percent total reduction in overproduction weight and a 5 percent saving on food costs.
A Tool That Predicts Demand at the Item Level
“For years, Winnow has helped kitchens measure the food they waste. Foresight goes a step further and helps them see it coming. Working with Hilton’s chefs, we’ve built a tool that predicts demand at the item level, so teams can prepare the right amount of food from the start. That’s the difference between managing waste and preventing it,” said Marc Zornes, CEO of Winnow.
“Chefs at our focused-service hotels often operate with leaner teams and need simple, practical tools that work for smaller operations, so every decision about what to prepare each day matters,” said Chef Sebastian Nohse, Senior Director, Culinary and Food & Beverage Development, EMEA, Hilton. “Winnow Foresight takes the guesswork out of production planning. Our chefs cook with more precision, wasting less, and spending more time on the food itself rather than managing leftovers.”
Winnow and Hilton have partnered since 2017 to advance food waste reduction efforts across the hospitality industry. Winnow Vision, the company’s flagship food waste measurement system, is now installed across more than 220 Hilton hotels worldwide, together preventing more than 5,900 tons of food waste, avoiding more than 7.8 million wasted meals and 13,000 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions. Winnow Foresight extends that partnership into production planning and is currently live in approximately 13 Hilton hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with Hilton evaluating results ahead of a potential wider rollout.
