Expanding the procurement and sale of fresh seafood through group-wide functional integration

「We will strengthen value-based sales by proposing optimal products based on supply, demand and market conditions, providing light processing tailored to customers' sales operations, and developing processed products that meet consumer needs.」

「While utilizing the advanced functions of Toyosu Market, we will make maximum use of the cold-storage, retail support, cargo-handling and processing functions of our group companies, work to expand the supply chain, and focus on further expanding seafood procurement and sales and developing products.」

「We will deepen our relationships of trust with suppliers, strengthen our procurement capabilities through information sharing and quality control enabled by digitalization, and strengthen our sales capabilities by using our abundant product lineup and production-area information, underpinned by the strong procurement capabilities we have built.」

「We acquired the shares held by non-controlling shareholders in order to accelerate collaboration across the group, speed up decision-making, improve management efficiency, increase the likelihood of growth in each business, accelerate profit growth across the group through integrated operations and enhance corporate value.」

「Meanwhile, we will acquire all shares of our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社ホウスイ, further strengthen coordination among the various functions of the seafood supply chain and establish a structure that can respond more quickly to major changes in society.」

「While utilizing the advanced functions of Toyosu Market, we will make maximum use of the cold-storage, retail support, cargo-handling, trading and processing functions of our group companies and focus on expanding seafood procurement and improving sales operations both inside and outside Toyosu Market.」

「While determining how wholesale operations can be improved and reformed under the amended Wholesale Market Act, which came into force in June 2020, we intend to strengthen our competitiveness by organically integrating the cold-storage, retail support, cargo-handling and trading functions of our group companies and further expanding the procurement and sale of seafood, our core business.」

「The amended Wholesale Market Act will also come into force in June 2020. After determining how wholesale operations can be improved and reformed under the new Wholesale Market Act, we intend to strengthen our competitiveness by organically integrating the cold-storage, retail support, cargo-handling and trading functions of our group companies and further expanding the procurement and sale of seafood, our core business.」

「To address the relocation to the new Toyosu Market and changes in the wholesale market system, we implemented an organizational change in April 2018. We reorganized the former Sales Division into the First Sales Division and Second Sales Division, with the aim of speeding up decision-making on sales policies and other matters and rebuilding the chain of command and communication from senior management to frontline employees. We will also assign the new organization the role of organically integrating the cold-storage, retail support and logistics functions of our group companies, thereby further expanding the procurement and sale of fresh seafood, our group's core business.」

「Under these circumstances, centered on our core seafood wholesale business, our group will organically integrate the cold storage, retail support, logistics and inventory management functions of its group companies and further expand the procurement and sale of fresh seafood, an area of group strength.」