13 July 2023
Meet the Singaporean: Preston Wong
Gov.sg
Our CEO and cofounder Preston was honoured to be invited by the Ministry of Communications & Information (MCI) for a special profile feature for Gov.sg official channels. In the interview, Preston shared about the treatsure journey of creating impact and overcoming obstacles out of the box. Featured in this article is our supportive hotel partner, voco Orchard Singapore, who hosted us for the shoot. Special thanks to Executive Chef Shannon Batten for joining us for this shoot.
26 May 2023
Sustainability Awards 2023: Massive congrats to our 20 fab winners and thank you for voting!
The Honeycombers
treatsure was recognised with the runner-up Silver Award for the Best Earth-Loving App category in the inaugural public-voting Sustainability Awards 2023 organised by The Honeycombers.
12 May 2023
15 frontrunners closer to competing in the 2023 TOP100
e27
e27 helped to profile treatsure as one of the TOP100 APAC startups selected to pitch at the Echelon Asia Summit 2023.
27 April 2023
treatsure opens new experience concept store in Tanjong Pagar Plaza
treatsure
treatsure officially launches its newest experience concept store at Block 7 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, moving over from the former Oxley Tower unit. With a core theme of ‘experiences’, the new treatsure concept store seeks to offer visitors experiential perspectives of food waste and sustainability, while giving them opportunities to participate in sustainable efforts and actions. This project is supported by the National Environment Agency.
20 April 2023
Get your green on: Transform your life by downloading these useful sustainability apps
The Honeycombers
In this listicle, treatsure was shortlisted and profiled as one of the top sustainability apps in Singapore ahead of the public voting for the inaugural sustainability awards
30 March 2023
Some small green startups struggle as customers tighten belts, bigger stores get into the game
TODAY
Our cofounder Preston was interviewed on the success behind the 'longevity' of treatsure and challenges of green startups, in the wake of several sustainability startup exits
30 March 2023
She asked for it and now Jessie Lim’s driving sustainability at Fairmont and Swissotel
Web In Travel (WIT)
treatsure was credited as a food waste partner with "pretty positive uptake" by our hotel partners Fairmont Singapore and Swissotel the Stamford in their interview with the travel news site. Our cofounder Preston was also quoted in this story.
14 March 2023
More consumers embracing online platforms that sell surplus food
CNA (TV)
Our first post-pandemic TV news coverage featuring both our hotels and groceries services in one report, and our cofounder Preston was interviewed for his comments on the current levels of consumer acceptance of surplus food.
06 February 2023
Businesses help suppliers sell surplus, expiring goods, at discounts to curb wastage
CNA (TV/Digital)
In our first media shoot filmed at our new concept store right after Chinese New Year, our cofounder Preston shares with CNA some food waste trends this year for CNY.
17 November 2022
不负“粮”心守护盘中餐
Lianhe Zaobao
Our CEO Preston gave a Mandarin interview to Lianhe Zaobao to describe his entrepreneurship journey and overcoming the challenges of a food sustainability business.
26 October 2022
Meet treatsure's entrepreneurs who are saving surplus buffet food and ugly groceries in Singapore
CNA Online
A unique joint media interview profiling our two cofounders, Preston and Kenneth, and the lessons they have taken away from building treatsure up the past few years.
15 October 2022
I tried the S$10.50 takeaway box for buffet food from a S'pore high-end hotel. It was shiok.
Mothership
A positive review from a journalist’s perspective on the novel buffet-in-a-box concept offered by treatsure that was uncovered by foreign media sources.
21 September 2022
A Singapore company charges you $7.50 to eat leftovers from high-end hotel buffets. I put it to the test.
Insider
An investigative story from American media outlet Insider uncovers the value of the treatsure box, and the unique buffet-in-a-box model in saving hotel food in Singapore.
20 September 2022
Lots of Food Gets Tossed. These Apps Let You Buy It, Cheap.
The New York Times (USA)
Positive portrayal of treatsure as one of the leading food waste apps in Asia, alongside two other Asian examples and mostly Western app startups contributing to food waste reduction.
8 September 2022
From Food Waste to Food Saved
National University of Singapore
In a special feature interview with our founders’ alma mater NUS, Preston invites the NUS team to the treatsure concept store and walks down memory lane with them.
14 August 2022
Apps turning Restaurant Leftovers into Cheap Meals Take Off in Asia
The Straits Times / Business Times
Drawing content from an earlier Bloomberg story featuring food waste apps in Asia, this ST contextualises treatsure’s efforts in Asia with a local perspective.
12 August 2022
Asian Consumers Fight Food Waste By Ordering Restaurant Surplus
Bloomberg
Our first major international media coverage and interview on treatsure’s role in reducing food waste in Asia, alongside our peers in other jurisdictions. The article also touched on treatsure’s unique business model and plans to grow its impact beyond Singapore. Cofounder Preston also shared his opinion on how being sustainable ought to be attainable, and companies like treatsure can serve as catalysts to bridge the gap.
5 July 2022
Stellar Lifestyle partners treatsure and DBS Foundation to present ZERO, a pop-up at Woodlands MRT station encouraging zero food waste
Stellar Lifestyle x treatsure x DBS Foundation
To encourage a sustainable lifestyle and raise public awareness of the problem of food surplus, Stellar Lifestyle, treatsure and DBS Foundation have launched ZERO by treatsure, a pop-up installation at the Stellar@TE2 retail zone of Woodlands MRT station. The installation is the first of its kind in the Singapore rail transit network to blend sustainability education and retail innovation, to promote zero food waste.
31 March 2022
Making Sustainability and Food Wastage Mainstream
Singapore Noodles Podcast
In a fascinating podcast interview with host Pamelia Chia on the topic of food sustainability and waste, our cofounder Preston sheds light on the societal factors and common challenges faced in food sustainability issues, and how we could all play a part.
24 September 2021
#JustSwipeLah
Mediacorp meWatch / Channel8
Celebrities Juin Teh and Zhai Siming introduces viewers to our buffet-in-a-box at Grand Hyatt Singapore in this eco-activity themed episode of popular Mandarin variety show #JustSwipeLah.
15 August 2021
Sustainable Eating: Cutting waste through better packaging
ST Online
In this mini-documentary series exploring sustainable eating and food sustainability, the Straits Times Online video team visits our CBD concept store to learn more about surplus and sustainable groceries. Also featured is our buffet-in-a-box partner Grand Hyatt Singapore.
15 August 2021
S'pore F&B firms work on reducing food waste and disposables amid surge in deliveries
The Sunday Times
As part of a sustainable eating series, The Sunday Times Life section featured treatsure as an initiative to help promote sustainable F&B dining and food waste reduction in F&B operators.
26 July 2021
Climate for Change Season 2: Closing the Loop
Channel NewsAsia (TV)
Shot in high quality 4K resolution, this documentary explores the concept of the 'circular economy' and efforts of innovative businesses around the world like treatsure in closing the waste loop.
14 March 2021
When over 7 tonnes of chicken is discarded daily — the alarming scale of food waste in Asia
Channel NewsAsia (online)
As part of a three-part series to investigate deeper the sources of food waste in this region, treatsure's work in saving surplus grocery products was highlighted alongside other startups.
13 March 2021
Why Are We Throwing Away Perfectly Edible Food? | Food, Wasted 1/3
CNA Insider
CNA Insider's team goes on an investigative on-site journey with businesses to explore food waste in Asia and how startups like treatsure are tackling the problem.
13 February 2021
Businesses to reduce food and packaging waste during Chinese New Year
Channel NewsAsia (TV)
First media and television news feature of our CBD concept store and its role in reducing food waste over the CNY festive period.
15 January 2021
treatsure opens Singapore’s first online-to-offline surplus grocery concept store in the CBD
treatsure
treatsure officially opens its first offline retail concept store at Oxley Tower in Robinson Rd. This is Singapore's first online-to-offline surplus grocery concept store, marrying tech and sustainability.
29 November 2020
Bringing buyers and sellers of surplus food together
The Straits Times
As part of a multi-part series on food waste in collaboration with DBS, CEO Preston Wong was interviewed by The Straits Times on the work of treatsure in fighting food waste and the impact of COVID-19.
06 November 2020
treatsure featured in top current affairs programme Frontline
Mediacorp Channel 8
In this episode of popular Mandarin current affairs programme "Frontline" investigating sources of blemished and expiring surplus food in Singapore, treatsure was featured alongside our partner UglyFood.
17 October 2020
treatsure collaborates with #ThisisSG: Passion Made Possible for video content
ThisisSG: Passion Made Possible
MCI profiled treatsure and our cofounder Preston in a short video to share about the passion of ordinary Singaporeans in doing good for society.
05 October 2020
Bridging The Food Waste And Food Insecurity Gap: How Singaporeans Are Doing Their Part
Tatler Singapore
In this magazine edition, Tatler explored the twin challenges of food waste and food insecurity in Singapore, and how organisations like treatsure are doing their part in social impact.
08 September 2020
Don't Waste Food: Their App Lets You 'Dabao' Buffet Food For S$10, Buy Cheap Surplus Grocery
Vulcan Post
3 years after our very first media feature with Vulcan Post, this new story traces the evolution of treatsure since then, introducing our surplus groceries and buffet-in-a-box innovations.
05 June 2020
Three Singapore Start-Ups Tackling the Ugly Side of Food Waste
T Singapore The New York Times Style Magazine
This magazine story investigated local innovative solutions tackling food waste. treatsure was one of three startups profiled and our CEO Preston Wong was interviewed for his thoughts on the existing landscape.
28 May 2020
treatsure partners Charlotte Mei in distributing snacks to migrant workers
MajurityTrust
During the Circuit Breaker period of COVID-19, we helped to reach thousands of foreign migrant workers in need of surplus snacks.
12 February 2020
treatsure featured in CNA documentary "The Next Wave"
CNA
This is our first English documentary feature by acclaimed production house The Moving Visuals Co and the programme focused on new consumer trends such as eco-consumerism. CEO Preston, along with 3 treatsurers and our hotel partner Fairmont Singapore/Swissotel the Stamford, were interviewed on their thoughts on treatsure's sustainability efforts.
26 January 2020
Helping Singaporeans reduce food waste this Chinese New Year
Today Online
In this CNY season, 10 hotel outlets on treatsure will remain open to reduce festive food waste, while treatsure initiated a food waste awareness "#nothingswasted" contest with our partner Furama RiverFront Singapore.
24 January 2020
AI and tech innovations helping eateries here to cut waste
The Straits Times
treatsure was recognised and profiled in this report as one of the tech innovation solutions created to help food establishments like Grand Hyatt Singapore to reduce wastage.
27 December 2019
Singapore hotel’s aquaponic rooftop farm to produce vegetables and fish
South China Morning Post
treatsure was featured in the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post as a food waste sustainability initiative of our pioneer buffet-in-a-box partner Fairmont Singapore .
27 December 2019
Eateries, hotels take measures to minimise festive food excess
The Straits Times
The treatsure box was displayed in the front page of The Straits Times in a headline article on festive buffet food wastage featuring our collaboration with launch pioneer partner Grand Hyatt Singapore.
26 December 2019
Festive season sees more donations, less waste
Channel NewsAsia (TV News)
treatsure's buffet-in-a-box solution at our early partner Novotel Singapore on Stevens was highlighted in a news report as a solution to manage the hotel's excess festive buffet food.
17 November 2019
Aquaponics farming: How two hotels are looking to boost their sustainable practices
CNA Online
treatsure received a mention as one of the sustainability initiatives implemented by our pioneer hotel buffet partners Swissotel the Stamford and Fairmont Singapore
4 October 2019
Money Mind: Careers that enable giving back
CNA 938 FM (Mediacorp)
In a special series featuring entrepreneurs from NUS Business School, CEO Preston describes the joys and challenges of social entrepreneurship in a radio interview with presenters Chew Wui Lynn and Stanley Leong.
6 September 2019
Filling the gap in the fight against food waste
Money 89.3 FM (SPH)
In our first radio interview with radio personalities Howie Lim and Bernard Lim, our CEO Preston shares how treatsure is filling the gap as an innovation technological solution in the food wastage space.
24 August 2019
Fighting food waste in Singapore
Expat Living
In our first extensive print magazine feature, editor Amy Greenburg interviews our CEO Preston on treatsure's evolution, as well as three of our buffet-in-a-box partners.
5 May 2019
Gen Y Speaks: Three things I learned running a business to curb food wastage
TodayOnline
Our CEO & Cofounder Preston pens a reflection piece for TODAY on the lessons he has taken away from starting and running treatsure.
3 May 2019
Fighting plastic and food waste: two hospitality groups that are doing it right
Epicure Asia
treatsure was mentioned as one of the sustainability measures in the Accor group.
26 March 2019
How treatsure is helping hotels fight food waste
The Peak
Drawing from earlier content in the Sunday Times article, the magazine introduced treatsure as a solution for hotel partners in their fight against food waste.
17 March 2019
Pay $10 for a food box and reduce waste with treatsure
The Sunday Times
Renowned Straits Times food editor Wong Ah Yoke shares about how the treatsure app and our buffet-in-a-box concept works.
17 March 2019
End of buffet? Don't throw the food away
The Sunday Times
Renowned Straits Times food editor Wong Ah Yoke investigates what our hotels are doing in saving their buffet food, and how treatsure's innovative buffet-in-a-box concept helps tackle the issue.
16 February 2019
treatsure profiled as an innovative Future Economy business case
FutureEconomy.sg
Our startup is very honoured to have been selected and profiled by our government as a Future Economy business story for innovation and productivity.
14 February 2019
Treasuring Your Food with treatsure and Hotel Jen
[Media release] treatsure x Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Committed to sustainability, Hotel Jen Tanglin Singapore and Hotel Jen Orchardgateway Singapore under the Shangri-La group of hotels and resorts have partnered with treatsure to address the topic of excess food from buffet spreads. Click to read the full media release.
29 January 2019
ஹோட்டல்களிலும் உணவுக் கடைகளிலும் சமைத்த உணவு வீணாவதைத் தடுக்க உதவும் செயலி
Vasantham (Mediacorp)
First Tamil television news coverage featuring the treatsure box solution for hotel food wastage and an entire user experience at our partner hotel Novotel Singapore on Stevens.
16 January 2019
treatsure featured in popular Malay current affairs programme "Detik"
Suria (Mediacorp)
treatsure receives its first Malay media coverage on local television channel Suria. As part of its story on food wastage, current affairs programme "Detik" finds out more about our hotel buffet-in-a-box innovation, interviewing CEO Preston and Grand Hyatt Singapore on our collaboration.
16 December 2018
五星级酒店 自助餐$10.70
Shin Min Daily News
In our first Chinese newspaper feature of the treatsure box, a journalist recounts her own personal buffet-in-a-box experience and shares authentic stories from users who have benefited from our service at our partner hotels.
26 November 2018
AccorHotels delivers on commitment to reduce food waste
Travel Weekly Asia
treatsure was cited among AccorHotel's various initiatives to tackle food wastage, and was one of the sustainability panelists at its recent Stop Food Waste event.
30 October 2018
treatsure featured in Clean and Green Singapore
Clean and Green Singapore (National Environment Agency)
In this short interview piece, CEO Preston shares about treatsure's journey/inspiration in its earlier days, as well as the recently unveiled treatsure box in partnership with five hotels.
26 October 2018
Startups find new ways to trim food waste
Channel NewsAsia
Our first English television news coverage and the first feature of the treatsure box, filmed at our supportive pioneer partner Straits Kitchen (Grand Hyatt Singapore)
23 July 2018
Launch of the treatsure box: first ever buffet-in-a-box experience
treatsure
treatsure announces a new partnership with renowned 5-star hotel Grand Hyatt Singapore, the first ever takeaway buffet-in-a-box dining experience in the Asia-Pacific region.
2 July 2018
开发应用减剩食
Lianhe Zaobao
In our first print media feature, Lianhe Zaobao shares how treatsure works and hopes to do for consumers and merchants.
30 April 2018
These Singaporeans are moving mountains…of food waste
Eco-Business
treatsure’s founders were among several Singaporeans featured for their role in food waste reduction efforts. PM Lee Hsien Loong shared this article on his Facebook.
2 April 2018
About half of food waste from non-domestic sources, businesses taking steps to minimise wastage
TODAYOnline
NEA director Ong Soo San referenced treatsure in his TODAY letter which highlighted the growing number of F&B businesses attempting to reduce food waste.
5 November 2017
New mobile app launched to help food outlets cut waste
TODAYOnline
CEO Preston shares in a TODAY interview on the challenges of food waste management in Singapore, and what treatsure has to offer its merchant partners.
22 October 2017
巴西班让批发中心食物银行收取被丢弃蔬果 邻里免费分派
Channel 8 News
treatsure was featured as a technological solution in a news report on food wastage in Singapore.
17 October 2017
Finding Treasure In 'Trash' - These S'poreans Are Making Us Finish Up Extra Food With Discounts
Vulcan Post
CEO Preston and CTO Kenneth gave an interview sharing their journey, challenges and plans for the startup.