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
- 2026-08-03: FamilyMart trials TABETE food sharing app in Tokyo to cut food waste
- 2026-07-28: Wakayama roadside station converts park food waste into biogas energy
- 2026-07-21: Tokyo office building turns tenant food waste into rooftop garden produce
- 2026-07-02: Yokohama hotel converts buffet fruit into zoo snacks to reduce food waste
- 2026-06-29: Okinawa's discarded Shikuwasa peels upcycled as high value ingredients
