Zenbird Editorial TeamExcelsior Cafe is extending its collaboration with TABETE, a food waste rescue service, to include 99 of its stores. Starting from January this year, Excelsior Cafe’s first batch of 40 stores prevented more than 250kg of food waste. The success pushes the collaboration further as Excelsior Cafe introduces another 49 stores, mainly in the Tokyo region and other prefectures like Saitama and Chiba Prefectures.
To know more about food waste in Japan
- 2026-10-16: Surplus curry from industrial vats finds new life in Yamagata craft beer
- 2026-10-08: Food waste reduction winners at 14th Mottainai Awards
- 2026-10-05: Nohmi Bosai wins award for diverting 37 tonnes of emergency food from waste
- 2026-09-30: Disaster stockpile redistribution model to tackle food waste in Japan
- 2026-09-24: Wholesaler Ohsawaya uses AI to upcycle food waste into eco-friendly feed
