Product Proposals That Meet Customer Needs
First written in FY2016. 11 of 27 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-11-05.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Cited as achieved".
- FY2026RaisedAnnual report
「We will promote proposal-based sales centered on customer needs. We will also strengthen collaboration with suppliers and business partners and seek to improve our competitiveness and profitability by proposing high-value-added products and services from the perspective of the entire process, from raw materials through processing and sales.」
In addition to proposal-based sales centered on customer needs, the company explicitly promotes value-added proposals linking raw materials, processing and sales, thereby broadening the scope and framework of its product proposals. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales, led by the market sales division, remained strong, and the increase in gross profit lifted segment profit above the same period of the previous year. As a result, net sales were ¥4,943.6 million, up 6.1% year on year, and segment profit was ¥342 million, up 13.9%.」
Strong sales, led by the market sales division, and higher gross profit resulted in net sales of ¥4,943.6 million and segment profit of ¥342 million for the seafood sales business, both exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, sales volume of frozen surimi increased steadily, and net sales exceeded the result for the previous fiscal year.」
While sales to mass retailers and overseas sales declined, domestic sales volume of frozen surimi increased, contributing to higher revenue in the off-auction sales division. - FY2025-H1Declining sales of popular fish and to retailers alongside steady sales of certain productsAnnual report
「The off-auction sales division struggled as sales to retail formats such as mass retailers stagnated, although the value of domestic frozen surimi sales increased. As a result, net sales were ¥4,658.7 million, down 1.1% year on year.」
While sales to retail customers such as mass retailers stagnated, domestic frozen surimi sales increased. Net sales in the seafood sales business were ¥4,658.7 million, down 1.1% year on year. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, steady sales in the market division and efforts to improve the gross margin, together with lower export costs and other factors that absorbed increases in personnel expenses and other costs, lifted segment profit above the result for the same period of the previous year. As a result, net sales were ¥7,645.5 million, up 0.2% year on year, and segment profit was ¥818 million, up 39.7%.」
Steady sales in the market division, an improved gross margin and lower export costs and other expenses absorbed the increase in personnel expenses. The seafood sales business recorded net sales of ¥7,645.5 million and segment profit of ¥818 million, both exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the company struggled to maintain margins, mainly on imported frozen fish, and gross profit fell below the same period of the previous year. However, segment profit exceeded the previous year's result because selling expenses, including freight costs, declined in the export division. As a result, net sales were ¥4,712 million, up 1.3% year on year, and segment profit was ¥319 million, up 23.0%.」
Although the company struggled to maintain margins on imported frozen fish, lower selling expenses, including freight costs, in the export division resulted in net sales of ¥4,712 million and segment profit of ¥319 million for the seafood sales business, both exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q1Steady in-auction sales alongside a decline in the gross margin on off-auction salesAnnual report
「Under these conditions, in-auction sales remained steady due to a recovery in food-service demand and other factors, keeping net sales broadly in line with the previous year. However, segment profit fell below the results for the same period of the previous year, partly because the gross margin on off-auction sales declined.」
While in-auction sales remained steady due to a recovery in food-service demand, lower gross margins on off-auction sales caused segment profit in the seafood sales business to fall below the same period of the previous year. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to relatively steady overseas sales, the company pursued proactive procurement and sales activities, improved the gross margin and reduced various expenses, resulting in net sales and segment profit exceeding the results for the previous fiscal year.」
Due to proactive procurement and sales activities, an improved gross margin, expense reductions and strong overseas sales, the seafood sales business recorded higher net sales and segment profit than in the previous fiscal year. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, net sales and segment profit exceeded the results for the same period of the previous year, due to relatively strong overseas sales and continued initiatives including proactive procurement and sales activities and efforts to improve the gross margin.」
Due to proactive procurement and sales activities, a higher gross margin and strong overseas sales, the seafood sales business recorded net sales of ¥7,629.1 million and segment profit of ¥585 million, exceeding the figures for the same period of the previous year. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, net sales and segment profit exceeded the results for the same period of the previous year, due to continued initiatives including proactive procurement and sales activities and efforts to improve the gross margin, as well as relatively strong overseas sales.」
Due to proactive procurement and sales activities, a higher gross margin and strong overseas sales, the seafood sales business recorded net sales of ¥4,652.5 million and segment profit of ¥259 million, exceeding net sales of ¥4,002.8 million and a segment loss of ¥228 million in the same period of the previous year. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, net sales and segment profit exceeded the results for the same period of the previous year, due to initiatives including proactive procurement and sales activities and efforts to improve the gross margin, as well as relatively strong overseas sales.」
The company states that proactive procurement and sales activities, a higher gross margin and strong overseas sales lifted net sales and segment profit above the same period of the previous year. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to strengthening relationships with producers, the company will develop optimal distribution and processing systems and handle differentiated products.」
The company continues to develop demand by strengthening relationships with producers, developing distribution and processing systems, and handling differentiated products. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Despite pursuing proactive sales activities under these difficult conditions, sales declined for fresh fish such as yellowtail, squid and mackerel, and for frozen and salted-dried products such as surimi, octopus and crab. Net sales were ¥6,850.2 million, compared with ¥8,907.9 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The company states that it continued proactive sales activities, but sales of multiple fresh, frozen and salted-dried products declined, leaving net sales below the same period of the previous year. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Despite pursuing proactive sales activities under these difficult conditions, sales declined for fresh fish such as yellowtail, squid and mackerel, and for frozen and salted-dried products such as surimi and octopus. Net sales were ¥4,002.8 million, compared with ¥5,397 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The company states that it continued proactive sales activities, but sales declined for multiple fresh, frozen and salted-dried products. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In domestic sales, products for at-home meals performed well and offset the decline in demand for food-service products. Overseas sales, however, fell below the previous fiscal year.」
The company describes sales trends by customer and product, with products for at-home meals offsetting the decline in food-service demand while overseas sales fell below the previous year. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to strengthening relationships with producers, the company will develop optimal distribution and processing systems and handle differentiated products.」
Strengthening relationships with producers, developing distribution and processing systems, and handling differentiated products remain ongoing initiatives. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「While products for at-home meals performed well as stay-at-home consumption grew, sales of products for food service, including farmed red sea bream and other high-priced wild-caught fresh fish, struggled.」
The company is reconfirming sales trends by customer and product, with products for at-home meals performing well while high-priced fresh fish and food-service products struggled. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although the impact of COVID-19 on the seafood sales business has passed its peak during the state of emergency, the difficult sales environment has continued, unchanged from the previous quarter, particularly for farmed red sea bream and other high-priced wild-caught fresh fish products. Sales of blue-backed fish such as saury, which had been expected to be core products in the second quarter, also struggled to grow due to factors including poor catches.」
The company describes the difficult sales environment for high-priced products and sluggish sales of blue-backed fish such as saury. It is reconfirming the sales environment from the previous quarter rather than introducing new product-proposal initiatives. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Sales to mass retailers remained steady as demand for at-home meals increased, but sales to food-service restaurants, hotels and inns fell sharply. The impact was particularly significant for high-priced products, for which sales conditions deteriorated markedly.」
The company describes steady sales to mass retailers alongside deteriorating sales to food-service customers and of high-priced products, with customer- and product-specific sales responses remaining an ongoing theme. - FY2020RaisedAnnual report
「In addition to strengthening relationships with producers, the company will develop optimal distribution and processing systems and handle differentiated products.」
In addition to proposing existing products and expanding sales channels, the company is pursuing new demand development and higher added value through distribution and processing systems and differentiated products. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We will work with the various intermediate wholesalers in the markets to propose products that meet the needs of end retailers and others, and secure sales in the markets by increasing our sales share. In addition, outside the markets, we will focus on expanding sales to mass retailers, processors and overseas customers, and work to halt the downward trend in sales.」
In addition to product proposals addressing customer needs, the company explicitly identifies expanding sales to mass retailers, processors and overseas customers as ongoing measures. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「We will also work to secure new sales channels, including overseas markets, and develop products.」
In addition to addressing customer needs, securing new sales channels and product development are identified as sales initiatives. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We will make product proposals that meet customer needs.」
This is described as a sales initiative to respond to changes in the market environment.