Donations of Food and Daily Necessities Reach a Cumulative Total of 654 Tons Over 5 Years! Achieved Through Agreements with Municipalities and Social Welfare Councils and Promotion of "Food Drives"!

Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Tomohiro Akutsu) has been engaged in activities to donate surplus food from remodeled stores and daily necessities to social welfare councils, as well as food drive activities to collect surplus food from customers and employees and donate it to those in need. As a result, the total weight of donated items over the five years from fiscal year 2021 to fiscal year 2025 has reached a cumulative total of approximately 654 tons.

Seven-Eleven is promoting initiatives that connect a portion of inventory items, which may still arise even after efforts to sell them before store renovations, to local support. This is done in conjunction with food drive activities where donations are received from customers based at stores, and food drive activities where food is collected from Seven-Eleven Japan employees based at district offices nationwide. In addition to food, daily necessities that support livelihoods are also included, and mechanisms have been established in various regions to deliver them to those in need in collaboration with municipalities, social welfare councils, and support organizations. Furthermore, the "Food Drive Activity," where unused food that is surplus in households is brought to stores and delivered to local support organizations, is also being sequentially expanded at stores nationwide.

<Food Drive Activities at Stores> [Photo: Agreement Ceremony in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture] <Donation Activities> [Photo: Donation during Osaka-Kansai Expo in Osaka Prefecture]

Website URL: https://www.sej.co.jp/csr/donations/

About Donations

Seven-Eleven makes donations and contributions in various forms as part of its efforts to pass on a prosperous society and environment to future generations.

1. Product Donations

We have been proceeding with the conclusion of "Agreements on Social Welfare Contribution Activities through Product Donations" with social welfare councils and municipalities nationwide. A portion of inventory items generated during store renovations is donated to social welfare councils. This contributes to reducing food loss and also supports social welfare contribution activities.

Example (1):

First in Ehime Prefecture! Product donations implemented based on the "Agreement on Social Welfare Contribution Activities through Product Donations"

Announcement Date: February 2, 2024

Content: Seven-Eleven concluded an "Agreement on Social Welfare Contribution Activities through Product Donations" with Ehime Prefecture and the Ehime Prefectural Council of Social Welfare, and implemented product donations to the Ehime Prefectural Council of Social Welfare for the first time.

URL: https://sustainability.sej.co.jp/news/000271/

Example (2):

Children's cafeterias in Kagoshima Prefecture and franchise stores collaborate! Working on social contribution through work experience and product donations!

Announcement Date: June 21, 2024

Content: In collaboration with NPO Kagoshima Kodomo Shokudo Support Center Takushite, we support the activities of 145 franchise stores in Kagoshima Prefecture and 85 nearby children's cafeterias. Stores accept children attending children's cafeterias for work experience and donate surplus items generated at the stores to the children's cafeterias, contributing to local social contribution.

URL: https://sustainability.sej.co.jp/news/000449/

Example (3):

Agreement on Product Donations for Social Welfare Contribution Activities concluded in Tottori Prefecture, with initial product donations implemented

Announcement Date: March 5, 2026

Content: An "Agreement on Product Donations for Social Welfare Contribution Activities" was concluded with Tottori Prefecture and the Tottori Prefectural Council of Social Welfare. Initial product donations were implemented.

URL: https://sustainability.sej.co.jp/news/000768/

2. Food Drives

Seven-Eleven conducts food drive activities that accept food donations from customers at stores, as well as food drive activities where Seven-Eleven headquarters employees bring in surplus food from their homes. The collected support items are provided to those in need through local social welfare councils and other organizations.

Example (1):

Food drive activities at 31 business sites nationwide in Spring 2026! A total of 3,557 items, approximately 340 kg, of support items were donated.

Announcement Date: June 24, 2026

Content: Food drive activities were conducted at 31 business sites nationwide in March-April 2026. A total of 3,557 support items, including 2,606 food items and 951 miscellaneous goods, were collected and provided to those in need through the respective social welfare councils and other organizations with which donation agreements have been concluded.

URL: https://sustainability.sej.co.jp/news/000810/

Example (2):

Seven-Eleven Japan and Chofu City, Tokyo, and the Chofu City Council of Social Welfare conclude an agreement on food drives

Announcement Date: April 22, 2026

Content: An agreement ceremony on food drives was held on April 17, 2026 (Friday) with the Chofu City Council of Social Welfare in Tokyo. By connecting food donated by local residents to those in need, we will expand the circle of support.

URL: https://sustainability.sej.co.jp/news/000784/

Comments from Person in Charge

We at Seven-Eleven wish to be a presence that walks alongside the communities. We have built a system to convert the unavoidable surplus that arises, even after making every effort to deliver products properly until the end each day, into a warm force that supports local welfare and livelihoods.

As we continue our activities, each time we receive a "thank you" voice indicating that the donated food and other items have led to local support, we strongly feel the significance of our efforts. All the activities introduced here are made possible only through the warm feelings of our customers and the careful coordination of municipalities, social welfare councils, support organizations, and others. We express our sincere gratitude. We will continue to expand this activity, which turns "waste" into "thank you" for the local community, while staying close to each individual in the community.

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*Information is current as of this time. Please check the HP for the latest information.