Name

TABLE FOR TWO International

Legal name

TABLE FOR TWO International

Website

https://tablefor2.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunger Relief and Food Education Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Food Service Contractors (72231)

akta.pro primary industry

School Feeding & Social Protection Partnerships (Conditional Cash Transfers, etc.) (EDADALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Menu Planning, Nutrition & Dietary Accommodation Services (Allergens, Special Diets) (EDAEAEAD), Food Service & Dining Operations Management (Managed Cafeterias) (EDAEALAG)

Keywords

• Meal sharing program
• School meal donations
• Food education
• Hunger relief
• Nonprofit partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Meal-Sharing Contributions: TFT is a non-profit organization that generates revenue through donations. For each healthy TFT-branded meal served at partner corporations, restaurants, schools, or food establishments, $0.25 is donated to provide school meals for children in need. Individual donations are also accepted through their website.
2. AmazonSmile: TFT USA receives 0.5% of eligible purchases made through AmazonSmile, providing a passive donation stream from online shopping.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TABLE FOR TWO International operates a meal-sharing program where partner corporations, restaurants, schools, and food establishments serve healthier TFT-branded meals, with $0.25 per meal donated to provide school meals for children in need. The organization complements this with the annual Onigiri Action social media campaign, Wa-Shokuiku food education curriculum, direct school meal delivery in East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the USA, and sustainable school and community gardens.

Product overview

TABLE FOR TWO International is a non-profit organization offering a portfolio of programs to eliminate global hunger and reduce health issues related to unhealthy eating. The core offerings include the Meal Sharing Program (partnering with corporations to serve healthy meals with $0.25 donations for school meals), the Onigiri Action annual campaign (photo-based meal donations), Wa-Shokuiku food education curriculum in the US, School Meal Programs across East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the USA, School and Community Gardens with solar-powered irrigation, and the Calorie Offset fitness campaign in Japan. These programs collectively address both malnutrition and obesity through a unique meal-sharing model and food education initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Onigiri Action: Annual social good campaign connecting the act of taking a photo of a Japanese rice ball with helping to feed school children in need. From mid-October to mid-November, every photo posted with #OnigiriAction donates five school meals.
• Wa-Shokuiku -Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!-

Products and services

• Meal Sharing Program A meal-sharing initiative where partner corporations and organizations provide healthier meal options in cafeterias, restaurants, food trucks, and vending machines. For each healthy meal served, $0.25 is donated to provide school meals for children in need in East Africa, Southeast Asia, and low-income communities in the United States.
• Onigiri Action An annual social good campaign where participants take photos of Japanese rice balls and post them with #OnigiriAction, triggering five school meal donations to children in need for each photo shared.
• Wa-Shokuiku -Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!- A Japanese-inspired food education curriculum teaching children in the United States about food culture, nutrition, and practical cooking skills through online and hands-on learning experiences using local ingredients.
• School Meal Program Provides nutritious school meals to children in need across East Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), Southeast Asia (Philippines), and the United States, supporting education by ensuring children receive daily meals. In the USA, $0.25 funds healthier school meals with fresh fruits and vegetables, elimination of deep-fat fried foods, reduced sugar and sodium, and avoidance of artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives.
• School and Community Gardens Initiatives to build sustainable school gardens with solar-powered irrigation pumps in East Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania), enabling schools and communities to grow vegetables and maize for school meals while providing agricultural and nutrition education.
• Calorie Offset A promotional campaign in Japan that combines fitness and sports activities with the organization's mission to reduce health issues related to unhealthy eating.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ Million school meals served to children in East Africa, Southeast Asia, and USA
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• World Economic Forum's Young Global LeadersflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007TFT was initiated by and is an official affiliate of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders. This affiliation provides legitimacy, network access, and strategic support for the global expansion of the meal-sharing program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Feed the Children: Feed the Children operates food distribution and school feeding programs in multiple countries. Overlaps with TFT in using donations to fund child meal programs in developing regions.
• World Food Programme (School Feeding): The UN WFP operates the world's largest school feeding programme, serving meals to children in dozens of developing countries. It is the dominant scale peer to TFT in cross-border school meal delivery.
• Action Against Hunger: International NGO combating malnutrition and hunger globally, including school and community feeding. Comparable to TFT's East Africa and Southeast Asia footprint.
• Concern Worldwide: Concern Worldwide operates international development and emergency response programs with significant school and community feeding components in Africa and Asia, overlapping with TFT's geographies and mission.

Emerging players

• FoodCloud: FoodCloud redistributes surplus food from businesses to charities and community groups. Conceptually analogous to TFT's meal-sharing model that redirects food resources to feed children in need.

Direct peers

• Mary's Meals: Mary's Meals feeds chronically hungry children in schools across multiple developing countries, providing daily school meals to enable education. Like TFT, it uses donations to convert supporter contributions into school meal delivery in low-income regions.
• No Kid Hungry (Share Our Strength): No Kid Hungry funds and advocates for school breakfast and meal programs in the United States, directly overlapping with TFT USA's school meal improvement efforts and food education agenda.
• Rise Against Hunger: Rise Against Hunger organizes volunteer meal-packing events and distributes food to school and community programs globally. Comparable donor-driven model that converts engagement into meals for school-aged children.
• Edesia Nutrition: Edesia produces ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods for malnourished children worldwide, including in school feeding programs. Similar profile of supplying meal inputs to school meal systems.
• Akshaya Patra Foundation: Akshaya Patra runs the world's largest NGO-run mid-day school meal program, serving millions of children daily across India. Comparable in mission of converting donations into high-volume school meal delivery at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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