It is the mission of our food service business to develop professional-use products suited to a variety of business formats, including family restaurants, Japanese-style pubs, general companies, manufacturing plants, and hospitals and nursing-care facilities. At the same time, we are constantly seeking ways to provide our customers with additional value. Defining this business as one our priority categories, we are working to boost our capabilities, largely by expanding our database of commercial products, establishing a national distribution logistics service centered on the Tokyo metropolitan area, and enhancing and ensuring the stability of supply lines.

We are also working to improve our back-office system, including the sections in charge of merchandising (agricultural and seafood) and logistics. We will deliver comprehensive services designed to meet our customers' every need while maintaining uniform high quality nationwide. Specifically, we will propose products in a wide range of categories including meat, seafood and vegetables, low-cost yet high-quality logistics and the introduction of an efficient ordering system.