Changes in the Sourcing Locations of Japanese Flying Squid and Specifications of Squid Products

「The company worked to establish a stable supply system for its products by using alternative raw materials and changing production locations for seafood products such as salmon and cod surimi.」

「2025年６月より段階的に価格改定及び内容量変更を進めた「いか製品」等の販売数量が一時的に落ち込んだ影響等により、減収となりました。」

「The company expects further profit growth from the price revisions and changes to net contents for squid products, fried products and others, implemented in stages since June 2025 in response to further increases in raw material prices and other costs, as well as from the planned price revisions for value-pack products from November 2025. Accordingly, the full-year earnings forecast for the current consolidated fiscal year remains unchanged from the consolidated earnings forecast announced on 9 May 2025.」

「In response to increased costs, including the impact of the weaker yen and further increases in raw-material prices, the Company worked across the group to increase sales, improve the product mix, ensure the effects of price revisions for certain products, and control costs, resulting in higher profit.」

「The company is advancing the development of products using alternative squid raw materials in response to poor catches of Japanese flying squid caused by recent global environmental changes.」

「In terms of profit, the company-wide effort to address higher costs, including the impact of further increases in raw material prices, through higher sales, product mix improvements, price revisions and changes to net contents for some products, and cost control resulted in」

「In response to the further impact of higher raw-material prices and increased costs such as power and fuel expenses, the Company worked across the group to increase sales, improve the product mix, revise the prices and contents of certain products, and control costs. As a result, profit increased from the same quarter of the previous year, and progress was also ahead of the profit plan for the second quarter of the current fiscal year on a cumulative consolidated basis.」

「In response to the further impact of higher raw-material prices and increased costs such as power and fuel expenses, the Company worked across the group to increase sales, improve the product mix, revise the prices and contents of certain products, and control costs. As a result, profit declined from the same quarter of the previous year, but progress was ahead of the profit plan for the first quarter of the current fiscal year on a cumulative consolidated basis.」

「The company implemented various measures to secure profits, including changes to product specifications and price revisions, for a total of 3 times since March 2022.」

「In response to yen depreciation and higher raw material prices, we will continue to work on launching new products and stimulating the market to recover sales, while thoroughly improving the product mix and making further cost reductions through our own efforts. We will also proceed with further price revisions and changes to net contents, aiming to restore profits at an early stage.」

「In response to yen depreciation beyond expectations and higher raw material prices, we will continue to work on launching new products and stimulating the market to recover sales, while thoroughly improving the product mix and making further cost reductions through our own efforts. We will also proceed with further changes to net contents and price revisions, aiming to restore profits at an early stage.」

「Sales declined slightly, partly because sales of some products whose net contents had been changed to address higher raw material costs fell.」

「Although prices for some raw materials remained elevated, profit increased as a result of measures including improving the product mix, the continued effect of specification changes for certain products implemented in the previous fiscal year, and controlling costs in pursuit of appropriate costs, including by eliminating operational waste.」

「Although prices for some raw materials remained elevated, profit increased as a result of measures including improving the product mix, the continued effect of specification changes for certain products implemented in the previous fiscal year, and controlling costs in pursuit of appropriate costs, including by eliminating operational waste.」

「Although raw-material prices remained elevated, profit increased as a result of measures including improving the product mix, the effect of specification changes for certain products implemented in the previous fiscal year, and controlling costs in pursuit of appropriate costs, including by eliminating operational waste.」

「Although the Company has been addressing the poor catch of Japanese flying squid and other issues that have continued since the second half of the fiscal year ended March 2017, conditions worsened further during the current fiscal year, and profit was significantly affected by higher raw-material and transportation costs. Nevertheless, profit increased as a result of measures including changing the specifications of certain products and controlling costs in pursuit of appropriate costs, including by eliminating operational waste.」

「The company implemented various measures, including improving the product mix by expanding sales of high-value-added products, changing the specifications of some products, and controlling costs by eliminating operational waste and pursuing appropriate costs.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group implemented various initiatives, including the active launch of new products and their establishment in the market, improving its product mix by expanding sales of high-value-added products, revising the specifications of certain products, and controlling costs by eliminating operational waste and pursuing appropriate costs.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group implemented various initiatives, including the active launch of new products and their establishment in the market, improving its product mix by expanding sales of high-value-added products, revising the specifications of certain products, and controlling costs by eliminating operational waste and pursuing appropriate costs.」

「Despite implementing various measures, including changes to product specifications, profits declined.」

「Despite implementing various measures, including changes to product specifications, profits declined significantly.」

「In terms of profit, despite higher sales, the situation for domestically sourced Japanese flying squid continued to deteriorate amid record-low catches, while raw material prices rose further due to poor plum harvests and other factors. Although the company had already implemented various measures, including changes to product specifications, gross profit was ¥9,818 million, down 6.1% year on year.」

「The “change in the origin of Japanese flying squid” and “changes to squid product specifications” implemented from March 2017 progressed more than expected.」