Business · Energy & Commodities · 6 hrs ago
Bad weather pushes Japanese restaurants to switch leafy vegetables
Prolonged rain and low sunshine have disrupted leafy vegetable supplies in Japan.
The poor growing conditions have made supplies and quality less reliable for restaurants.
Lettuce prices are about twice their usual level.
In response, restaurant companies have begun changing some ingredients.
Royal Host has switched salad lettuce to cabbage.
The chain posted a notice explaining that recent bad weather had made leafy vegetables unstable in supply and quality.
The changes reflect pressure on restaurant menus from high prices and shortages.
The available information does not say how long Royal Host will use cabbage or what other restaurants may change next.
Prolonged rain and a lack of sunshine have driven up prices for leafy vegetables in Japan.
Restaurant companies are changing some ingredients in response.
Royal Host has replaced lettuce with cabbage in its salads.
Lettuce prices are around twice their usual level.
- Who
- Japanese restaurant companies, including family restaurant chain Royal Host.
- What
- Restaurants are switching some ingredients because leafy vegetables are costly and supply and quality are unstable.
- When
- Royal Host made the change in mid-October; the article was published on November 1, 2026.
- Where
- Japan.
- Why
- Prolonged rain and a lack of sunshine have affected leafy vegetable supplies and prices.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Royal Host switched the salad vegetables in its meal sets from lettuce to cabbage.
Nikkei reported that restaurants were changing ingredients amid high leafy vegetable prices.
- Lettuce price
- Around twice the usual level
- Royal Host change
- Lettuce replaced with cabbage in salads
- Reported causes
- Prolonged rain and a lack of sunshine
- Publication date
- November 1, 2026
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What people are saying
Due to consecutive days of bad weather, the supply and quality of leafy vegetables have become unstable.