[Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.] We will conduct a demonstration experiment where food waste products from Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Store and surrounding stores can be received at a dedicated locker inside Ikebukuro Station!
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Press release: March 14, 2024
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We will conduct a demonstration experiment where food waste products from Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Store and surrounding stores can be received at a dedicated locker inside Ikebukuro Station! *Initiatives towards food loss reduction and food sustainability* * Tobu Railway (Head office: Sumida-ku, Tokyo, President: Yutaka Tsuzuki), Tobu Department Store (Head office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director, CEO and President)
(President Executive Officer: Norihiko Kunizu), Ko Cooking Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture,
Representative: Kazuma Kawagoe), Alpha Locker System Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Toshinari Wada), Tobu Department Store In order to reduce food loss at the Ikebukuro main store and surrounding stores, we will begin a demonstration experiment on March 21, 2024 (Thursday) in which food with near expiry dates will be listed on a dedicated website and handed over at a locker inside Ikebukuro Station on the Tobu Tojo Line. To do. *
In this demonstration experiment, we collaborated with Ko Cooking, which operates the food sharing service “TABETE”, to reduce food loss. We will be testing a service where products near the expiration date at the Ikebukuro main store and surrounding stores will be listed on a dedicated website, and products purchased from this website will be picked up at a locker at Ikebukuro Station. This is the first time in Japan for a railway operator to use unmanned lockers to resell food waste products inside a station. In addition, this service not only helps reduce food waste, which has been an issue until now, but also contributes to improving convenience for customers.
This demonstration experiment is part of TOBU Open Innovation, a business co-creation program that utilizes open innovation that our company has been implementing since 2021.
This program will be adopted as a measure to improve the added value of our group’s facilities and create new business.We will continue to improve the value of our railway lines through collaboration with external companies through our business co-creation program. We will aim for this.
Product delivery locker image
TABETE usage screen (image)
Overview of demonstration experiment of locker pick-up service for food sharing products
*１* Implementation location
Tobu Tojo Line, Ikebukuro Station, near the west exit central staircase (Location: 1-1-21 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)
*2* Verification period
Thursday, March 21, 2024 – Sunday, June 30, 2024
*The verification period may change depending on the status of the demonstration experiment.
*３* Verification details
[Main flow of service]
1. Each tenant lists products with potential for food loss on “TABETE” 2.Customers purchase and pay for eligible products on the “TABETE” dedicated site
3. Each tenant stores products in lockers
4. The customer arrives at the locker at the scheduled pick-up time. 5. Hold the QR code displayed on the “TABETE” receipt screen over the locker 6. Receive the product
[Service usage hours]
Purchase acceptance (payment) time: From the time the product is listed until 8:00 p.m.
Product pick-up time: From 20:00 until the departure time of the last train ※It depends on the store.
[Exhibiting stores (planned)]
BOUL’ANGE Ikebukuro Tobu store, VIE DE FRANCE Ikebukuro store, TABETE rescue direct sales office
*Subject to change depending on the status of the demonstration experiment. 4 Locker installation location
About TOBU Open Innovation Program
It has been implemented since November 2021 as a program to solicit co-creation ideas that utilize Tobu Group’s tourism assets, verify their business, and support their commercialization, and eight demonstration experiments have been conducted so far. . This term, we conducted recruitment for three months from December 2022 to March 2023 under the following three themes, and received 126 applications. About Ko Cooking Co., Ltd.
In addition to operating the “TABETE” platform for food loss reduction, we also carry out events/workshops, pattern/language production, etc. We are also working to improve food sustainability through a system called “food sharing.”
Company name: Ko Cooking Co., Ltd.
Representative: Kazuma Kawagoe
Location: 1-29-17 Motojuku, Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture Business details: Operation of “TABETE” platform for food loss reduction/ Event/workshop business/pattern/language production business URL: https://cocooking.co.jp
“TABETE” users: Approximately 870,000 people / Listed stores: Approximately 2,700 stores (as of March 2024)
・iOS version app
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/tabete/id1392919676
・Android version app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.tabete.tabete ・Web page
https://tabete.me/
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