Since our founding in 1712, we at Kokubu have been engaged in food distribution for more than 300 years. The environment surrounding food, including consumers' tastes, lifestyles, and distribution styles, is constantly changing.

By exercising its wholesaler capabilities, the Kokubu Group will strive to expand business based on four key areas: 1) widely doing business with companies that come into contact with consumers through food distribution ("Customers"); 2) expansion of product lineup ("Category"); 3) promoting overseas business development along with domestic distribution ("Geographic Area"); and establishment of new "Business Models" including Internet business and business targeting the elderly. In promoting these businesses, we should keep in mind the perspective of "Koakinai ". "Koakinai " shows our commitment to provide efficient services that exceed the expectations of all the customers and suppliers whom we do business with, consistently delivering our unique capabilities and quality in each transaction regardless of its size.

We will strive to make new innovations as a company that can serve its customers well, always stressing the importance of "trust" as our corporate commitment.

Kanbei Kokubu XII
Chairman & President