Food Division
Message from the COO
- Executive Officer, COO, Food Division
- Daisuke Okada
The Food Division engages in the domestic and international trading of a comprehensive range of food products. One of the division’s particular strengths is raw materials, where it holds a leading market share as a grain trader with a lineup that includes wheat, corn and soybeans as well as coffee beans and rice. In addition, the division has established a formidable business structure encompassing midstream and downstream operations through investment in confectionery and frozen and chilled food wholesalers as well as such general merchandise store (GMS) operators as The Daiei, Inc. and The Maruetsu, Inc. The division works constantly to secure food safety in all of its operations, while flexibly addressing ever-diversifying consumer needs.
Sources of Strength
• Columbia Grain International, Inc., one of the largest grain traders in the U.S. West Coast region
• Cia. Iguacu de Café Solúvel, Brazil’s largest instant coffee producer
• Marubeni Nisshin Feed Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading trading company-affiliated livestock feed manufacturer and marketer
• Pacific Grain Terminal Co., Ltd., a linchpin in Marubeni’s domestic grain strategy
• Alliance with Daiei and AEON Co., Ltd., Japanese retailer groups with an aggregate annual trading transaction volume totaling 6 trillion yen
News & Topics
Business Development in Westernizing China Market
Assorted Livestock Feed Production Complex in Hiroo, Hokkaido
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Acquisition of Japan's Largest Confectionery Wholesaler
