Developing at-home and take-home foods into a second earnings pillar

「家庭用調理食品、 デイリー菓子、 デイリー食品の収益力向上」

「In food products for commercial use, we continued to promote development and proposals for prepared and home-meal channels by leveraging cooking techniques cultivated in restaurants. For curry for convenience stores, we sought further sales expansion by supplying products tailored to customers’ initiatives. We also launched new private-label retort curry for specialty retail chains, making a significant contribution to higher sales.」

「業務用食品の取引先拡販、高付加価値商品の提供などにより、収益改善を伴いながらの売上・利益の成長を目指す」

「In the food business, we worked to expand sales in both consumer and commercial foods through the launch of new products and the development and proposal of products leveraging cooking techniques cultivated in restaurants.」

「For membership warehouse club customers, in addition to rolling out retort curry, soup was adopted as a food-court menu item, leading to expanded sales.」

「In food products for commercial use, we pursued development by leveraging cooking techniques and a handmade quality cultivated in restaurants, and strengthened proposals for prepared and home-meal channels in addition to food-service channels. As a result, new products such as curry sauce for bento meals for convenience store chains and soup for membership warehouse stores were adopted, contributing to higher sales. We also strengthened the development and proposal of private-label retort curry products and sauces for meal kits, working to develop promising new sales channels.」

「In food products for commercial use, while identifying customer needs, we worked on development and proposals leveraging cooking techniques cultivated in restaurants, and strengthened initiatives for prepared and home-meal channels in addition to food-service channels.」

「In commercial foods, we responded to the recovery in demand for dining out and actively pursued proposals for the ready-to-eat food channel, seeking to win products and expand sales. For curry products for convenience stores, we thoroughly refined quality and expanded sales by increasing the number of menu items using them. As part of our efforts to develop new ready-to-eat channels, we sought to win a proposal for retort curry for a major vertically integrated retailer by developing it across an integrated value chain that leveraged our cooking expertise, thereby driving revenue growth.」

「In food products for commercial use, we sought to expand sales of products for convenience stores through prepared-meal channels. In the food-service channel, we developed menus and made detailed proposals for café chains by leveraging our advanced cooking techniques.」

「In food products for commercial use, as market conditions continued to recover, we strengthened proposals for prepared-meal sales channels such as fast-food restaurants and the food courts of membership warehouse clubs, where business remained strong, and sought to expand sales of products for major family restaurant and café chains, which had regained momentum. We also focused on expanding sales of curry for major convenience store chains, designated as a priority sales channel, and steadily securing orders for products for membership warehouse clubs, thereby increasing sales against the plan, while discontinuing some unprofitable products.」

「In the food business, we advanced the launch of new products and expansion of sales channels in line with market trends, including the launch of the new “Spice Journey” retort series and the planning and implementation of collaborative products with other companies.」

「In consumer foods, we sought to differentiate ourselves from competitors by developing and supplying products that combine our strength in cooking techniques cultivated in restaurants with consumers’ demand for food that is both delicious and convenient, in response to growing demand for prepared meals.」

「We pursued initiatives responding to changes in the business environment, including developing the new “Spice Journey” series of retort curry products, promoting the development of foods for prepared and home meals, and actively approaching growing formats, while working to expand sales.」

「We will develop foods for home meals and prepared meals into our second earnings pillar.」