Food Products Division
Message from the COO
- Executive Officer, COO, Food Products Division
- Yoshiaki Mizumoto
The Food Products Division was launched in April 2011, following the reorganization of the former Food Division.
Business fields for the newly formed division consist of distribution of raw ingredients for food and food products, the food products business in emerging markets, and the beverage and marine products businesses. By blending the functions of both the retail and wholesale distribution businesses, the division is establishing a consumer-driven food distribution network. At the same time, the division proposes various options in sectors such as food products, beverage ingredients, marine products and other raw ingredients, and the sale of processed foods, and is bolstering relationships with manufacturers in a bid to strengthen its food product supply chain. To capture internal demand in growth markets, the division is also taking aggressive steps to develop business in China, ASEAN countries, and other emerging markets.
Sources of Strength
• Powerful domestic food distribution network and business development in growth markets
The division has influential sales spaces around the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, establishing a consumer-oriented food distribution network that takes advantage of the division’s strengths, namely functions and expertise in the procurement of food products and raw materials.
Overseas, the division is working to expand its business domains in countries worldwide. Steps here include participation in the management of Acecook Vietnam Joint Stock Company (Acecook Vietnam) to build its food distribution network in growth markets.
• Industry-leading share of imports through an optimal supply chain in coffee trading
The division has an approximately 30% share of coffee bean imports to Japan. Beyond the Japanese market, the division is pursuing a strategy for supplying coffee beans to markets worldwide, including Europe, the United States, and Asia, with subsidiary Cia. Iguaçu de Café Solúvel, Brazil’s largest instant coffee manufacturing and sales company, as a key production site.
News & Topics
Participation in Management of Acecook Vietnam
Start of Operations at Flour Milling Company Plant in Shanghai
