Key differences
audience
Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Upshop: Grocery chains with large fresh departments; Winnow: Hotels and resorts.
company background
Headquarters: Upshop, Austin, United States; Winnow, London, United Kingdom.
Side by side
| Field | Upshop | Winnow |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Upshop is a SaaS platform for grocery, convenience and other food retailers. | Winnow is a food waste system for commercial kitchens. |
| Best for | Grocery chains with large fresh departments; Retailers cutting food waste; Food retailers preparing for FSMA 204 traceability; Operators with a central commissary | Hotels and resorts; Contract caterers and large foodservice groups; Cruise lines and universities; Smaller kitchens on a budget |
| Pricing model | Quote only | Quote only |
| Starting price | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | Not published | Not published |
| Free trial | Not published | Not published |
| Contract | Not published | Not published |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Countries | Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States | Not published |
| Languages | Not published | Not published |
| Number of integrations | 9 | Not published |
| Certifications | Not published | Not published |
| Security practices | Not published | Not published |
| Founded | Not published | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Austin, United States | London, United Kingdom |
| Owner | Not published | Not published |
| Last reviewed | 29 September 2026 | 29 September 2026 |
Integrations
No partner appears in every list.
Named only by Upshop
- DoorDash
- Inmar Intelligence
- Instacart
- ReposiTrak
- Swish Brand Experiences
- Toast
- UberEats
- VusionGroup
- Zebra
Named only by Winnow
Winnow does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.
Which to choose
Upshop
Choose Upshop if you are in one of these groups: Grocery chains with large fresh departments; Retailers cutting food waste; Food retailers preparing for FSMA 204 traceability.
Weaker fit: Single-location restaurants. Upshop describes itself as a platform for food retailers with multi-store operations.
Winnow
Choose Winnow if you fit its listed audience: Hotels and resorts; Contract caterers and large foodservice groups; Cruise lines and universities.
Weaker fit: Very small kitchens with modest food spend. Winnow describes itself as for commercial kitchens with real food volume, such as hotels, resorts, caterers, cruise ships, casinos and retail foodservice, and prices by quote.
What we could not confirm
Upshop
- Pricing
- Founding year
- Employee count
- Security certifications
- Contract terms
- Restaurant use: the site is aimed at food retail
Winnow
- Any price, or the size of the one-time configuration fee and per-site subscription
- Contract length and renewal terms
- Named integration partners (only a REST API is described)
- Interface languages: the site has Spanish, French, German and Japanese versions but the product languages are not stated
- Employee count
- Security certifications: the site names Certified B Corporation status, which is not a security certification
- Which countries the product is sold in
- Vendor performance claims (waste cut by half, food cost down 2 to 8%, 95% retention) are unaudited and were not verified
Go further
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.
Upshop, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Overview and navigationhttps://upshop.com/
- Platformhttps://upshop.com/upshop-360
- Fresh suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/fresh-360
- Waste suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/waste-360
- Inventory suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/inventory-360
- Commerce suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/commerce-360
- Compliance suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/compliance-360
- Commissary suitehttps://upshop.com/solutions/commissary-360
- Partnershttps://upshop.com/partners
- Company overviewhttps://upshop.com/about
- Customershttps://upshop.com/customers
- Task managementhttps://upshop.com/task-management
- Fundinghttps://upshop.com/strategic-investment-from-level-equity
- Merger with Invafreshhttps://upshop.com/upshop-and-invafresh-merge-to-transform-global-food-retail-technology
Winnow, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Homepage: positioning, claims, industries, customer quoteshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com
- Product range, add-ons, Hub, hardware, API FAQhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/solutions
- Pricing model and FAQhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/pricing
- How it works, who it is for, onboarding, supporthttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/faqs
- Founders, offices, mission, B Corphttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/why-winnow/company
- Winnow Foresight forecasting producthttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/winnow-foresight
- Series Chttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raises-10-million-in-series-c-funding-to-accelerate-growth-and-further-develop-ai-powered-food-waste-prevention
- Series B and EIB loanhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raises-a-combined-20m-to-drive-the-global-fight-against-food-waste
- 2017 growth roundhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-raise-7.4m-growth-capital-to-scale-up-global-fight-against-food-waste-in-commercial-kitchens
- Series Ahttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-announces-3.3m-series-a-fundraising-round
- Lumitics acquisition, officeshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/resources/news/winnow-solidifies-asia-pacific-leadership-through-acquisition-of-lumitics
- Industries servedhttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/industries
- Page discovery and language versionshttps://www.winnowsolutions.com/sitemap.xml