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Sprout Food Solutions

Food Loss Prevention at Heart, Machine Learning in Mind
Austin

About Sprout Food Solutions

We are a SaaS, ML-based portal for restaurant owners to prevent food loss, which is food that is thrown away before it ever ‘leaves the kitchen’, primarily due to expiration of perishable ingredients. We integrate with the restaurant’s existing PoS system to gather streamlined data on dishes sold. We take this data, combined with historic PoS data, and input it into a machine learning algorithm that provides a forecast that is more accurate than humans. Using our service, restaurant owners can save time and money in food sourcing by using our forecasts as an anchor for how many pounds of perishable ingredients to buy. We also are adding data visualization and nearby event/foot traffic analytics as features.
Key Numbers:
Currently, an average restaurant loses $70K per location on food loss
Current average human margin of error is 18.2%
For every 5% we improve the margin of error, the restaurant saves $14K

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Problem statement

It’s important to understand the distinction between food “loss” and food “waste”. Food loss refers to food that is thrown away before it leaves the kitchen. It is usually a result of expiration of perishable goods. Food loss is controlled by owners/chefs. Food waste is the amount of food thrown away by a customer. Sprout Food Solutions is aimed to help reduce food loss, food that is thrown away by owners and chefs. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, around $70B of food loss occurs every year. On a per restaurant level, that is around $70K/per restaurant in pure cost savings they’re foregoing. With experience in the food service industry amongst all 3-team members, in addition to the 35+ client interviews we’ve conducted, it became clear that this problem is fueled by restaurant owners making food sourcing decisions ‘by-ear’ and generally involves little data analysis.

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