Developing the Senior and Overseas Markets
First written in FY2016. 14 of 22 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-08-13.
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- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Membership increased year on year and revenue grew at Radish Boya and Purple Carrot, but combined revenue declined year on year at Oisix and Daichi wo Mamoru Kai because customer-acquisition activities were restrained to optimize the cost of acquiring new members.」
At Purple Carrot, membership increased and revenue returned to growth, indicating a recovery in the overseas business's membership base. Meanwhile, the domestic brands continued to restrain new-member acquisition activities. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue declined year on year because membership decreased despite an increase in ARPU. The segment loss also narrowed year on year as measures to improve profitability progressed. As a result, results for the first 3 quarters of the current consolidated fiscal year were as follows: Revenue ¥6,888 million (down 8.2% year on year) Segment loss ¥283 million (compared with a loss of ¥494 million in the same period of the previous consolidated fiscal year)」
At Purple Carrot, revenue declined because membership decreased, while the segment loss narrowed from ¥494 million to ¥283 million as measures to improve profitability progressed. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Purple Carrot, which operates a food delivery business in the US focused on vegan meal kits and other products, is prioritizing efforts to strengthen its business structure. Revenue declined from the same period of the previous year, while the segment loss narrowed as measures to improve profitability progressed.」
Purple Carrot prioritized strengthening its business structure. Revenue was ¥4,663 million, down 9.8% year on year, while the segment loss narrowed to ¥164 million from ¥173 million in the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Purple Carrot, which operates a vegan-focused meal-kit delivery business in the US, is prioritizing efforts to strengthen its business structure.」
Purple Carrot has shifted to prioritizing business-structure strengthening ahead of renewed growth following the slowdown in demand. Revenue was ¥2,371 million, down 8.3% year on year, while the segment loss narrowed to ¥45 million from ¥137 million in the same period of the previous year. - FY2023Resuming service improvements aimed at renewed growthAnnual report
「Although the rapid growth of the business had made it difficult to improve service levels, the normalization of demand has enabled the company to resume applying its domestically developed subscription-model expertise overseas, and it is implementing measures to improve service levels with a view to renewed business growth.」
While Purple Carrot is experiencing slowing demand and a return to losses, the company has resumed applying its domestically developed subscription-management expertise overseas and improving service levels as demand normalizes, shifting toward a phase focused on renewed business growth. - FY2023-Q3Slowing demand and widening lossesAnnual report
「Following the resumption of economic activity in the US, revenue declined as membership gradually decreased from its peak in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. Segment profit showed signs of improvement, partly because of the effect of product price adjustments implemented in May, but declined year on year because of lower revenue and inflation in raw-material and labor costs. As a result, results for the first 3 quarters of the current consolidated fiscal year were as follows: revenue of ¥7,505 million, down 4.9% year on year, and a segment loss of ¥494 million, compared with segment profit of ¥471 million in the same period of the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
At Purple Carrot, membership peaked and revenue continued to decline. Although product price adjustments led to signs of improvement, the impact of inflation in raw-material and labor costs resulted in a shift from profit of ¥471 million in the same period of the previous year to a loss of ¥494 million. - FY2023-Q2Slowing demand, continued losses and the impact of price increases in the US businessAnnual report
「Following the resumption of economic activity in the US, revenue declined as membership gradually decreased from its peak in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. Segment profit showed signs of improvement, partly because of the effect of price increases implemented in May, but declined year on year because of lower revenue and inflation in raw-material and labor costs. Revenue was ¥5,171 million, down 6.6% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥173 million.」
Purple Carrot explained that losses continued as membership peaked and revenue declined, while profit showed signs of improvement following the price increases implemented in May, despite inflation in raw-material and labor costs. - FY2023-Q1Slowing demand and a return to losses in the US businessAnnual report
「For Purple Carrot, which operates a vegan-focused meal-kit delivery business in the US, revenue declined as membership gradually decreased from its peak in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year following the resumption of economic activity in the US. Segment profit also declined from the previous year because of lower revenue and inflation in raw-material and labor costs.」
Following the resumption of economic activity in the US, Purple Carrot's membership declined from its peak in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year, resulting in revenue of ¥2,586 million and a segment loss of ¥137 million. The business has shifted from a period of expanding demand to one affected by slowing demand and inflationary costs. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Membership declined from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as consumer purchasing shifted back to brick-and-mortar retail stores following the lifting of restrictions on movement and the resumption of economic activity in the US. However, the decline in membership was limited compared with the assumptions underlying the initial plan, and both revenue and segment profit increased from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
At Purple Carrot, membership declined from the end of the previous fiscal year as purchasing shifted back to brick-and-mortar stores in the US, but full-year revenue was ¥10,208 million and segment profit was ¥387 million, resulting in higher revenue and profit than the previous year. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Membership declined from the end of the second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year as consumer purchasing shifted back to brick-and-mortar retail stores following the lifting of restrictions on movement and the resumption of economic activity in the US. However, membership grew substantially year on year, resulting in significant increases in both revenue and segment profit.」
At Purple Carrot, membership declined quarter on quarter as purchasing shifted back to brick-and-mortar stores, while growing substantially year on year. Revenue was ¥7,893 million and segment profit was ¥471 million. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Purple Carrot, which operates a vegan-focused meal-kit delivery business in the US, recorded significant increases in both revenue and segment profit as membership grew substantially year on year, although local demand for food delivery services was gradually normalizing and membership was trending downward.」
Although US demand for food delivery services was gradually normalizing and membership was said to be trending downward, revenue increased significantly to ¥5,536 million and segment profit to ¥811 million compared with the same period of the previous year. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Purple Carrot, which operates a vegan-focused meal-kit delivery business in the US, recorded significant increases in both revenue and segment profit as membership grew substantially in response to persistently elevated local demand for food delivery services following the spread of COVID-19.」
Purple Carrot was disclosed as a standalone delivery-business segment, reporting revenue of ¥2,842 million and segment profit of ¥549 million, up 71.8% and 402.6%, respectively, year on year. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「For The Purple Carrot, which sells vegan-focused meal kits in the US, the company sought to improve service levels by applying its domestically developed subscription-model expertise. Membership approximately doubled, partly because of the spread of COVID-19, and the scale of the business grew substantially.」
The company applied its domestically developed subscription-management expertise to The Purple Carrot, resulting in approximately double the membership and substantial business growth. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Beginning with the third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the results of US-based Three Limes Inc. (known as The Purple Carrot) have been included in Other businesses.」
Following the acquisition of The Purple Carrot, its results were included in Other businesses from the third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, incorporating the US market entry into reported business performance. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, to enter the US market, the company acquired all shares of US-based Three Limes Inc. (known as The Purple Carrot) on 24 May 2019.」
The company again stated the purpose of acquiring all shares of The Purple Carrot and entering the US market. The acquisition itself had already been reported in the previous quarterly report, and no new stage of acquisition completion was indicated. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company's consolidated subsidiary Oisix.Inc entered into an agreement dated 16 May 2019 to make US-based Three Limes, Inc. (known as The Purple Carrot) a subsidiary. The company acquired all shares on 24 May 2019. The primary objective was to enter the US market.」
The company acquired all shares of The Purple Carrot, a US meal-kit delivery service provider, on 24 May 2019 and advanced its entry into the US market. It explained that synergies and an increase in enterprise value were expected because the two companies share similar management philosophies and business models. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「To complement its core home-delivery business and quickly capture opportunities that could become sources of future growth, the company will actively pursue the development of new businesses, investment in new business areas, and market development, including overseas markets.」
The company is expanding into new business areas and overseas markets, including establishing a food EC subsidiary in Shanghai and investing in an agricultural-produce export company. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「株式会社とくし丸 has developed a mobile supermarket business model for shopping-inconvenienced consumers, primarily seniors who have difficulty traveling to supermarkets. It develops affiliated supermarkets and provides know-how to sales partners.」
The company reconfirmed that 株式会社とくし丸 develops affiliated supermarkets and provides know-how to sales partners serving consumers, primarily seniors, who have difficulty shopping. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the company acquired shares in 株式会社とくし丸 and made it a subsidiary, thereby including it in the scope of consolidation.」
Following its acquisition as a subsidiary, 株式会社とくし丸, which operates a mobile supermarket business for seniors, was included in the scope of consolidation from the current quarter. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company will actively pursue the development of new businesses, including solution businesses, and the development of new markets, including the senior and overseas markets.」
The company established a Hong Kong subsidiary in October 2015 and made 株式会社とくし丸 a subsidiary in May 2016. 株式会社とくし丸 provides a mobile supermarket model for seniors.