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"junk Cafe" has more than 120 stores around the world.

Published: 2026-02-23 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/02/23, According to Xinhua News Agency, when Adam Smith, a former chef, opened the first junk cafe in Leeds, England, to provide guests with food that should be thrown into the dustbin, he must have no idea that just two years later, this kind of cafe has spread all over the world. There are 120 cooperative stores in Australia, South Korea, France, the United States, Nigeria and other places. The so-called junk cafe means that most of the ingredients in the shop come from.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Adam Smith, a former chef, opened the first "junk coffee shop" in Leeds, England, to provide guests with food that should be thrown into the dustbin, he must have no idea that just two years later, this kind of coffee shop has spread all over the world, with 120 cooperative stores in Australia, South Korea, France, the United States, Nigeria and other places.

The so-called "junk cafe" means that most of the ingredients come from supermarket containers or restaurants that are beyond their shelf life but are still edible. In order to draw public attention to the problem of food waste, Smith named his plan the Real junk Food Project (Real Junk Food Project). Smith set up a panel of judges to determine whether food can be served to guests by sniffing and tasting, rather than that all expired ingredients will be recycled by cafes. Coffee shop chefs will also try their best to produce attractive food. Limited by British law that forbids the sale of expired food, junk cafes charge for food based on the "look and give" principle, which is of the nature of donation. Smith told Agence France-Presse that about 200 tons of food have been "saved" since the establishment of the project.