Winnow to gradually roll out an advanced food waste management system
Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest airline catering providers, announced that it has committed to reducing food waste by 35% across its central operations in Dubai.
To reach its ambitious goal, EKFC has engaged Winnow to gradually roll out an advanced food waste management system in its advanced catering facilities. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the tool will enable EKFC to automatically monitor and control food waste for the benefit of its customers, its people and broader communities.
“Implementing new ways of working, supported by technology will help us step up to the next level and further enhance operational efficiency. We look forward to delivering on our ambitious goal of reducing food waste by more than one-third across our central operations,” asserted Saeed Mohammed, CEO, Emirates Flight Catering.
“Food waste is a global problem that we must solve urgently to combat the effects of climate change. Artificial Intelligence has an important role to play in reducing avoidable wastage,” commented Marc Zornes, CEO and Co-founder, Winnow.
The new AI-enabled food waste management system will enable EKFC to significantly improve reporting and data collection to further reduce food waste. Using a camera, a set of smart scales and the same type of machine learning technology found in autonomous vehicles, the advanced system ‘learns’ to recognize different foods being thrown in the bin and calculates the financial and environment cost of this discarded food to the kitchens.
