Reducing Food Processing Manufacturing Costs and Expanding Contract Production Volumes

「At Nick Foods Co., Ltd., which is primarily engaged in the manufacture of beverage products, development and design work, including product planning and recipe creation, successfully addressed customers' diverse needs and led to an increase in order volume.」

「At ニック食品株式会社, which operates a beverage product manufacturing business, rising costs for raw materials, packaging materials and logistics were offset in part as proposals to existing customers for renewing private-label products proved successful and led to new contract manufacturing orders. The company also established a production capacity expansion structure to increase contract manufacturing of instant coffee.」

「ニック食品株式会社, which primarily operates a beverage product manufacturing business, pursued new contract manufacturing by making proactive proposals that leveraged its strength in development and technical capabilities, based on its management policy of creating sustainable earnings. It also worked to improve productivity and the working environment by automating production processes and abolishing night-time operations, resulting in higher sales and profit than in the same period of the previous year.」

「ニック食品株式会社, which operates a beverage product manufacturing business, pursued measures to improve productivity, including automating packaging processes at its factories and abolishing day-and-night shift work, in order to achieve its management policy of creating sustainable earnings.」

「In terms of sales, order volumes for business-to-business beverage products and other products declined and fell short of the results for the previous consolidated fiscal year. In terms of profit, however, profit increased substantially as a result of improvements including reductions in manufacturing expenses and a review of the production structure.」

「In terms of sales, orders for business-to-business beverage products increased as demand for eating and drinking out recovered, but this increase ran its course and performance was roughly unchanged from the previous year. In terms of profit, the company reduced manufacturing expenses and improved production efficiency, thereby controlling product manufacturing costs and increasing profit.」

「In terms of sales, beverage products in particular grew as demand recovered following the easing of activity restrictions and the reassessment of economic activity, resulting in higher sales than in the same period of the previous year. In terms of profit, in addition to sales growth, the company focused on controlling manufacturing costs and optimizing selling, general and administrative expenses, resulting in higher profit.」

「In terms of sales, order volumes recovered as demand increased following the easing of activity restrictions related to COVID-19, resulting in higher sales across all businesses. In terms of profit, in addition to sales growth, the company implemented price revisions and focused on controlling manufacturing costs and optimizing selling, general and administrative expenses. As a result, profit increased substantially year on year and the company returned to profitability.」

「In terms of sales, order volumes recovered as demand increased following the easing of activity restrictions related to COVID-19. Although growth was restrained toward the end of the year, partly due to the reaction to price revisions, sales were generally higher than in the same period of the previous year. In terms of profit, in addition to sales growth, the company reflected soaring raw material, packaging material and energy costs in price revisions and focused on controlling manufacturing costs and optimizing selling, general and administrative expenses, maintaining higher profit.」

「In terms of sales, demand in the business-to-business market increased as restrictions on activities related to COVID-19 were eased and a period of extreme heat coincided with this development. Order volumes, particularly for beverage products, increased substantially, resulting in higher sales than in the same period of the previous year. In terms of profit, in addition to sales growth, the company focused on controlling product costs and optimizing selling, general and administrative expenses, while reflecting rising raw material prices and energy costs in price revisions, resulting in a substantial increase in profit.」

「In terms of sales, demand in the business-to-business market increased as restrictions on activities related to COVID-19 were eased, the rainy season ended early and temperatures rose. Order volumes, particularly for beverage products, increased substantially, resulting in higher sales than in the same period of the previous year. In terms of profit, in addition to sales growth, the company focused on controlling product costs and optimizing selling, general and administrative expenses, while reflecting rising raw material prices and energy costs in price revisions, resulting in a substantial increase in profit.」

「ニック食品株式会社 was unable to increase beverage order volumes in the business-to-business market amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, net sales remained at roughly the same level as in the same period of the previous year. In terms of profit, although the company posted an operating loss, it improved substantially as a result of focusing on reducing product costs and controlling selling, general and administrative expenses.」

「ニック食品株式会社 recorded lower net sales than in the same period of the previous year as beverage orders for the food-service market fell substantially due to the spread of novel coronavirus disease. In terms of profit, efforts to reduce costs and control selling, general and administrative expenses secured profit and resulted in higher profit.」

「ニック食品株式会社 recorded higher net sales than in the same period of the previous year, but orders for beverages for the food-service market continued to stagnate following extensions of the state of emergency and other measures associated with the spread of novel coronavirus disease. In terms of profit, efforts to reduce costs and control selling, general and administrative expenses secured profit and resulted in higher profit.」

「ニック食品株式会社 recorded an operating loss because sluggish sales of its core products for the food-service market and a substantial decline in contract-manufactured beverage products reduced the operating rate, leaving it unable to cover selling, general and administrative expenses, particularly personnel and fixed costs.」

「ニック食品株式会社 strengthened sales expansion activities and increased the number of products sold in its core beverage and food businesses. Efforts to reduce the cost ratio through efficient management of raw material and labor costs and to control logistics costs also contributed to results.」

「ニック食品株式会社 improved production efficiency in its core beverage business by consolidating production lots, while new contract production of tea beverages in its outsourced processing business made a significant contribution to results.」

「ニック食品株式会社 worked to improve production efficiency by expanding the range of products manufactured under contract for existing business partners.」

「ニック食品株式会社 increased its competitiveness in the food-processing division by reducing manufacturing costs, and expanded the volume of contract manufacturing from existing business partners.」