AI Helps Restaurants Reduce Waste

How startup Orbisk uses artificial intelligence to help restaurants reduce food waste back of house.

Food Technology Magazine | Article

Dale Buss

Orbisk being used in a restaurant kitchenRestaurant kitchens are notorious generators of food waste—an average of tens of thousands of pounds a year. That fact begged for an innovative solution from Olaf van der Veen and his partners.

So, in 2019, the trio of digital-tech entrepreneurs founded Orbisk in the Netherlands with one purpose: provide foodservice operators with precise information on what they throw away, and when, and ideas for making reductions.

Orbisk, the app they invented, utilizes AI-powered computer vision to deter…

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In This Article

  1. Foodservice
  2. Sustainability
  3. Food Waste
  4. Startups and New Ventures

About the Author

Dale Buss, contributing editor, is an award-winning journalist and book author whose career has included reporting for The Wall Street Journal, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize (daledbuss@aol.com).

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