Difficulty Securing Staff in the Food Distribution Business
First written in FY2017-Q2. 3 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
Life Intelligent Enterprise Holdings moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2023, 3 years after the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 36 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
25 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to higher personnel costs caused by worsening labor shortages, the weak yen, higher prices and persistently high energy and raw-material prices,」
The worsening labor shortage and higher personnel costs continue to increase the burden on the operating environment related to difficulty securing staff. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「Various destabilizing factors continue to coexist, including higher personnel costs caused by a declining working population and financial-institution failures stemming from monetary policy, and the company continues to monitor the situation closely.」
In connection with difficulty securing staff, the company identifies higher personnel costs caused by a declining working population as a new operating-environment cost factor. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the business, amid continued consumer cost-consciousness, competition across industries and business formats has intensified, while difficult conditions continue, including labor shortages and higher recruitment costs.」
The company continues to cite consumer cost-consciousness, intensifying competition, labor shortages and higher recruitment costs in the food distribution business. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid continued consumer cost-consciousness, competition across industries and business formats has intensified, while difficult conditions continue, including higher recruitment costs resulting from labor shortages.」
The company continues to describe labor shortages and higher recruitment costs as part of the difficult operating environment in food distribution. - FY2018-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid continued consumer cost-consciousness, competition across industries and business formats has intensified, while difficult conditions continue, including higher recruitment costs resulting from labor shortages.」
The difficulty of securing staff is explicitly linked to higher recruitment costs resulting from labor shortages. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the difficulty of securing staff described above, we reviewed store-operating procedures by store, day of the week and time of day and worked to improve operating efficiency, which ultimately improved total personnel costs.」
The company reiterates that difficulty securing staff continues in the food distribution business. - FY2017-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Amid continued consumer cost-consciousness, competition across industries and business formats has intensified, while the difficulty of securing human resources has persisted, leaving conditions challenging.」
The company first explicitly identified continued difficulty securing staff in the food distribution business as a business-environment risk.