Summary

Winnow provides a motion sensor camera and connected digital scale that allows the client to throw away food, but the camera captures pictures of the food that has been binned. This, along with the AI tools and analytics helps businesses pinpoint waste in the kitchen by giving them intelligence to drive improvements. Winnow also provides reports to help managers review trends and track reductions, across multiple sites, if applicable. Winnow’s charges a monthly service fee for these reports and data. The company serves more than 1,400 businesses across the world as of 2023.

Story

Co-founders Kevin Duffy and Marc Zornes wanted to tackle the problem of food waste. Zornes was influenced to work on the problem of food waste during his time at McKinsey where he learned that food waste was one of the three biggest global opportunities to save resources. He saw that if he could help businesses cut down food waste, then he would help them increase their profits. The company aims to provide analytics and data to customers to help minimize this waste and put it to better use.

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