Optimizing Logistics Across the Group and Building Commissaries

「In addition, we are strengthening the functions of the logistics center in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, with the aim of making it a manufacturing and logistics hub for the Kanto region.」

「低価格競争には正面から徹底的に向き合い、お客様にお薦めしたい価値ある商品を他社に負けない価格でご提供するとともに、当社グループの意思が売場で伝わるよう、各店舗が販売方法の改善・工夫を進めました。」

「アクシアル リテイリング株式会社 (Nagaoka) launched a renewed version of its private-label product “アクシアル 肉まん” on the 27th.」

「In February 2026, a new logistics base, the Harashin NALUS Nagano Area Center, was established in Nagano Prefecture. This is expected to reduce deliveries to remote areas, lower costs, improve product quality, strengthen emergency response capabilities and optimize logistics. Going forward, the Group will use this base to further expand its store network across wider areas and pursue its growth strategy.」

「The Rory Delica Center, which centrally processes prepared foods and cooked rice sold by the Group, was completed and began full-scale operations in April 2024. The center can now produce 1.6 times the previous volume of improved-quality cooked rice on a quantity basis. It can also produce 2 to 3 times the previous volume of products such as sushi rolls and simmered dishes, as well as packaged finished products.」

「The expansion of the Harashin NALUS Nakanoshima Chilled Center was completed and the facility began full-scale operations in April 2024. An investment of approximately ¥1 billion was made to improve the ability to continuously manage the supply chain between suppliers, the logistics center and stores within a specified temperature range, and to increase the number of stores that can be supplied to support future store openings.」

「The Rory Delica Center, which centrally processes prepared foods and cooked rice sold by the Group, was completed and began full-scale operations in April 2024. The center can now produce 1.6 times the previous volume of improved-quality cooked rice on a quantity basis. It can also produce 2 to 3 times the previous volume of products such as sushi rolls and simmered dishes, as well as packaged finished products.」

「Harashin Chilled Center (Nagaoka, Niigata)　Logistics center expansion　March 2024　25% increase in the number of stores that can be supplied Rory Head Office Plant (Nagaoka, Niigata)　Delica center construction　March 2024　30% increase in product shipping capacity」

「This was due to construction in progress increasing by ¥1.409 billion from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year as a result of capital investment related to future new store openings, the head office relocation and food plant expansion.」

「Construction in progress increased by ¥2,092 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year due to capital expenditures for new store openings, relocation of the head office and expansion of the food plant.」

「This was due to a ¥1,014 million increase in construction in progress from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, resulting from capital investment related to future new store openings, relocation of the head office and expansion of the food-processing plant.」

「We will strengthen the functions of process centers, which perform preliminary food processing, and commissaries, which perform centralized food processing, in order to reduce store work, stabilize the quality of products supplied to stores and reduce processing costs and waste.」

「㈱ローリー, Head Office Plant (Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture), food plant expansion, 2,606, 10, internally funded, December 2022, February 2024, 30% increase in product shipping capacity」

「We will strengthen the functions of process centers, which perform preliminary food processing, and commissaries, which perform centralized food processing, in order to reduce store work, stabilize the quality of products supplied to stores and reduce processing costs and waste.」

「The process center established in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, during the previous consolidated fiscal year for centralized food processing is operating smoothly as originally planned. From the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the types and scope of products supplied were expanded beyond agricultural, livestock, seafood and prepared foods to include bakery products.」

「The process center for centralized food processing, newly established in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, in the previous fiscal year, is operating as planned. From the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, we expanded the types and range of products supplied to include bakery products in addition to produce, livestock, seafood and prepared foods. The system for shared use by 原信, ナルス and フレッセイ is progressing smoothly, and we will pursue greater product standardization and the provision of new products.」

「In addition to operations at the recently established Fressay Maebashi Distribution Center stabilizing, reductions in stockouts through improvements across the logistics operation, efforts to optimize store inventory and reductions in markdown-related disposal increased the gross margin on product sales by 0.2 percentage points year on year to 25.9%.」

「In August, ローリー中之島プロセスセンター, a centralized food-processing facility operated primarily by the subsidiary ローリー, was completed. It will centrally process large volumes of seafood, meat and bakery products and supply them to the Group's stores.」

「In addition to the recent フレッセイ前橋物流センター reaching a stable operating level, improvements across the logistics operation reduced stockouts, optimized store inventories and reduced markdowns and disposal. As a result, the gross margin on product sales increased 0.4 percentage points year on year to 25.8%.」

「During the nine-month consolidated period, the company worked to put Fressay Maebashi Distribution Center, which began operations in the previous consolidated fiscal year, on a stable operating footing and achieved a certain level of results.」

「Lorry, Nakanoshima Process Center (Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture), construction of a new food-processing plant, 2,072, 363, internal funds, September 2017, July 2018, annual shipments of ¥4,445 million」

「During the previous consolidated fiscal year, the group completed Fressay Maebashi Distribution Center, its fourth large-scale distribution center. Fressay has been pursuing various initiatives using the facility, and together with these effects, its standalone gross margin on product sales improved 0.6 percentage points from the same period of the previous year.」

「The group as a whole will also promote coordination among distribution hubs to achieve optimal business operations.」

「Fressay Maebashi Distribution Center, the group's fourth large-scale distribution center, was completed in September in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, with a total floor area of 9,516 m². Fressay's core information system was also replaced. The system was developed with improvements based on the experience and technology accumulated at Harashin Naru'su, establishing an advanced physical infrastructure supporting Fressay's overall distribution operations. Fressay will use this infrastructure to pursue major reforms across employee work practices and its overall operating structure, improve profitability and provide customers with better products and services than before. The group as a whole will also promote coordination among distribution hubs to achieve optimal business operations.」

「Fressay Maebashi Distribution Center, the group's fourth large-scale distribution center, was completed in September in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. It has a total floor area of 9,516 m².」

「Property, plant and equipment totaled ¥53,951 million, an increase of ¥1,030 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. This was mainly due to construction investments related to stores scheduled to open and a distribution center scheduled for completion this autumn.」

「We will advance a logistics strategy designed to facilitate broad-area coordination across the Group. We will also construct a new food processing plant, or commissary, with the aim of providing safe, reliable products, significantly improving store productivity and achieving total cost reductions.」