Pal System Holds Onigiri Lunch Event for "Onigiri Good" Action to Donate 1 Ton of Direct-from-Farm Rice

Pal System Consumers' Co-operative Union (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Atsushi Shibusawa) held an "Onigiri and Dashi Lunch Event" on Friday, May 1st, calling for staff participation, with 32 individuals attending. The "Onigiri Good" action, launched this fiscal year, aims to promote rice consumption by eating onigiri and implements a support program to donate Pal System's direct-from-farm rice to local children's cafeterias and similar organizations based on the number of participants. The lunch event added 32 actions to this initiative.

Staff Participate in Action Towards 1 Ton Rice Donation

"Onigiri Good" counts the number of participants from users, producers, and executives/staff annually as "actions," aiming to donate 1 ton of direct-from-farm rice for every 10,000 actions. The recipients are planned to be children's cafeterias and similar organizations operating in Pal System's activity areas (12 prefectures). This time, 32 people responded to the call from the Public Relations Department, resulting in 32 actions.

Three Food Education Experiences

Pal System advocates three themes for food education: "Encountering various 'delicious' experiences," "Making cooking more accessible to everyone," and "Understanding the background of food." At the lunch event, participants experienced shaving dried mackerel and bonito flakes, compared the tastes of different dashi broths, and ate onigiri they had made themselves along with miso soup.

Four types of rice were prepared: "plain white rice," "tuna mixed rice," "egg and edamame," and "potato chip rice," with each person making onigiri of different sizes and shapes. Many staff members experienced shaving flakes for the first time, encountering some difficulties, but enjoyed eating the freshly shaved flakes as they pleased.

Pal System's onigiri action will continue to evolve, increasing the number of actions leading to donations while enjoying onigiri with smiles and warmth.

[Related Pages]

▼Let's eat onigiri and donate rice to children's cafeterias

https://information.pal-system.co.jp/press/260427-onigirigood/

▼[April 5th Issue] Catalog back cover ~ "Kotokoto" "Kinari" New action to enjoy onigiri: Onigiri Good

https://information.pal-system.co.jp/topics/260413-ck/

▼Sustainable Action "Beyond for a Better Tomorrow": Special page for going beyond with rice

https://www.pal-system.co.jp/koeteku/okome/

Pal System Consumers' Co-operative Union

Location: Rakuasu Higashi Shinjuku, 2-2-6 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Atsushi Shibusawa 13 member cooperatives, total business revenue of 260.42 billion JPY for unified business system users / total members 1.762 million (as of end of March 2025) Member cooperatives: Pal System Tokyo, Pal System Kanagawa, Pal System Chiba, Pal System Saitama, Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi, Pal System Yamanashi Nagano, Pal System Gunma, Pal System Fukushima, Pal System Shizuoka, Pal System Niigata Tokimeki, Pal System Kyosai Ren, Saitama Workers' Co-operative, Ai Co-op Miyagi Keywords: