Proposals for Products and Services That Address Dietary Challenges
First written in FY2016. 15 of 24 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-08-10.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The company will identify these changes at an early stage, develop products centered on shelf-stable items that address the challenges faced particularly by families raising children, and move swiftly to create new value aligned with diverse lifestyles.」
The target areas for addressing dietary challenges were specified as shelf-stable products, families raising children and diverse lifestyles. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The company will continue to identify such changes in consumers at an early stage and develop products, centered on shelf-stable items, that help address dietary challenges, particularly those faced by families raising children.」
The company translated solutions to dietary challenges into development centered on shelf-stable products and added families raising children as a specific target. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has overcome the difficulties it had previously faced in summer sales activities. Centered on its flagship product, “Ishii’s Obento-kun Meatballs,” which marks its 50th anniversary since its launch in 1974, the company has actively implemented a range of initiatives, including action plans linked to sales promotion, the resumption of factory tours and fan events to increase opportunities for communication with customers. For children, the company conducted regular seasonal campaigns that have taken hold, addressing lunchbox demand during extended school holidays for after-school childcare and club activities, thereby securing and revitalizing shelf space. For adults, it conducted the “Meatball Izakaya” campaign and pursued the development of new dining occasions in addition to lunchboxes.」
For summer lunchbox demand, the company developed specific proposals for children’s and adults’ dining occasions by rolling out seasonal campaigns for after-school childcare and club activities and the “Meatball Izakaya” campaign for adults. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The company will continue developing products that help address consumers’ dietary challenges, focusing primarily on shelf-stable products such as “Anytime Meatballs” and “Anytime 1.5x Chicken Hamburg Steak.”」
The company translated solutions to dietary challenges into a specific product range centered on shelf-stable products. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Focusing on changes in summer demand for lunchboxes, where the company had previously struggled, the company conducted sales activities highlighting the continued need for lunchboxes during extended school holidays, including for after-school childcare and club activities, as well as the rising demand for lunchboxes among adults amid higher consumer goods prices.」
The company developed specific sales initiatives targeting summer lunchbox demand among after-school childcare and club activities, as well as adults facing higher prices. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In the prepared foods division, the company newly developed and began selling “Ishii’s Hyaku Onigiri,” a line of rice balls.」
As a product proposal addressing dietary challenges, the company developed and began selling the new “Ishii’s Hyaku Onigiri” rice balls. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「From February to March, as part of a campaign supporting lunch-box preparation, we held the “Spring Lunch-Box Festival Campaign” and launched the “First Lunch-Box Set” for a limited time.」
Developed a limited-time campaign and new products to support lunchbox preparation, advancing specific product proposals addressing challenges in consumers’ diets. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales of our core products, meatballs and chicken soboro, increased during the current period due to the recovery in demand for lunch-box products, which had declined because of temporary nationwide school closures and the cancellation of school events caused by COVID-19, as well as efficient sales activities aligned with changes in consumer behavior.」
The company drove higher sales of meatballs and chicken soboro through the recovery in lunch-box demand and sales activities aligned with consumer behavior. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Sales of our core products, meatballs and chicken soboro, increased as demand for lunch-box products, which had declined in the previous fiscal year due to temporary nationwide school closures and the cancellation of school events caused by COVID-19, recovered, and demand for eating at home remained firm as we continued to offer proposals.」
The company continued its existing measures addressing dietary challenges through the recovery in demand for lunch-box products and ongoing proposals for eating at home. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「We will develop products that address consumers’ dietary challenges by capturing changes in their lifestyles.」
The company continued its policy of linking solutions to dietary challenges with product development, advancing specific development and renewal initiatives for Breakfast Meatballs, regional products and New Year’s food products. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We focused on proposing new breakfast uses for the meatball product range, including the launch of the new “Breakfast Meatballs” product.」
The company launched the new “Breakfast Meatballs” product to expand use of its core products into breakfast and offered a new dietary proposal. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「We will develop products that address consumers’ dietary challenges by capturing changes in their lifestyles.」
The company continues to pursue product development addressing consumers’ dietary challenges as a measure under its medium- to long-term strategy. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「For our company as well, challenges include proposing solutions to increasingly diverse dietary needs, ensuring food safety and security, and pursuing sustainable food.」
The company positions proposals addressing increasingly diverse dietary needs as an ongoing challenge, but this filing does not present new specific measures or numerical targets. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「For our company as well, challenges include proposing solutions to increasingly diverse dietary needs, ensuring food safety and security, and pursuing sustainable food.」
The company positions proposals addressing increasingly diverse dietary needs as an ongoing challenge, but this filing does not present specific new products or numerical targets. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We will develop, renew and sell products containing no more than 1.5g of salt per serving for people who need to restrict their salt intake.」
The company continues to address mealtime challenges through specific product proposals, including reduced-salt products, food for people with food allergies and emergency food. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We will develop, renew and sell products containing no more than 1.5g of salt per serving for people who need to restrict their salt intake.」
The company continues to address mealtime challenges through specific product proposals, including reduced-salt products, food for people with food allergies and emergency food. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a new way of eating, we proposed “salad meatballs to eat with vegetables,” a salad side dish eaten mixed with seasonal vegetables, and have received feedback that even children who dislike vegetables eat plenty of them.」
As a new way of eating, the company proposed products to be mixed with seasonal vegetables and reported customer feedback. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「We will develop, renew and sell products containing no more than 1.5g of salt per serving for people who need to restrict their salt intake.」
The company continues to address mealtime challenges through specific product and service proposals, including reduced-salt products, food for people with food allergies, emergency food and food for nursing care. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, amid growing social demand for emergency food, we launched emergency risotto that can be eaten anytime and anywhere without fire or water, and began selling it to government offices, companies and schools.」
Following the launch of emergency food requiring neither fire nor water, the company began selling it to government offices, companies and schools. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, amid growing social demand for emergency food, we launched emergency risotto that can be eaten anytime and anywhere without fire or water.」
To address mealtime challenges, the company launched new emergency food that requires neither fire nor water. - FY2017-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Based on the policy set out in the medium-term management plan commencing in the current consolidated fiscal year, “delivering enjoyment, taste and health to people experiencing difficulties with meals,” we conducted business activities by developing products using local ingredients under the themes of local production for local consumption and seasonality, and expanding our range of long-life products, including emergency food and food designed for people with food allergies.」
The company replaced its previous theme of addressing mealtime challenges with the medium-term management plan’s wording of “delivering enjoyment, taste and health,” linking it to the rollout of products using local ingredients and long-life products. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We continued to offer proposals for meals that can be prepared in 15 minutes, meals limiting salt intake to 6g per day, 3 days’ worth of meals for emergencies, meals designed for people with food allergies, and salt-free osechi for New Year’s meals.」
The company lists proposals addressing specific everyday challenges, including preparation time, salt intake and the number of days of food needed in an emergency.