Delicious and Ergo Gourmet intensify their cooperation

In a pilot phase, the AI start-up and the company caterer have already tested a collaboration and developed a monitoring program for food waste.

One provides the food, the other the data. The Munich-based AI start-up Delicious Data and the company caterer Ergo Gourmet want to work together more closely in future.

Delicious Data's software will support kitchen staff by forecasting the number of guests and the resulting menus. The start-up uses artificial intelligence to provide a constantly updated forecast for the desired menus. Menu planning is still carried out by the kitchen management team and transmitted to the system.

The system then analyzes past decision-making behavior at the location and combines it with external influencing factors, such as the weather forecast or vacation and vacation times. For example, the influences of a day with more than 30 degrees are taken into account, as is a bridge day in the respective federal state. "We are confident that we are taking the next step in a continuous process of conserving resources and at the same time reducing the workload of our employees," says Barret Jähn, Head of Operational Management at Ergo Gourmet.