Top Message

Since our founding in 1712, we at the KOKUBU Group have fulfilled our social responsibility through food distribution. Our 12th long-term management plan started in 2026 is founded on the idea of “trust” and upholds the vision of being “A platformer for the circulation of food value: more local, then more global.” Its purpose is to integrate tradition with innovation, and data with local field sites, to implement the creation of food value and realize circularity. In the present day, faced with the realities of the declining population and food security, we recognize that it is our duty as a wholesaler responsible for food infrastructure to connect producers with consumers to support people’s lifestyles.

The social environment has changed significantly. We perceive these changes not as a threat but as an opportunity for innovation, and we aim for sustainable logistics that organically connects production, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and consumer feedback, centered on data and field capabilities, to add value and give back on all levels without waste.

The value circulation we strive for is “a foundation for co-creation that generates social and economic value through the KOKUBU Group connecting partners and consumers in all areas of the value chain, circulating that value through supply and demand, goods and information, and local communities and the world.” Even amid population decline, we will capture demand with precision, strengthen procurement capabilities and collaborative skills in response to the fall in buying power in global food markets, and address food security with diversified procurement and resilience in logistics. We will expand our co-creation sphere, further cooperation beyond business frameworks, and adopt DX, creating circular value creation.

The implementation of sustainability management is essential to realize a sustainable society. We will unify the spirit of the SDGs with our corporate philosophy of “Abiding spirit and innovating power,” embodying these as a strategy to pass on to the next generation. We will build new means of food logistics through the application of the important themes of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a sustainable supply chain, food security, reduction of food loss, building of a stable logistics infrastructure, provision of safe and secure food, co-creation with local communities, well-being through food, human resource development, and improvement of working conditions. The KOKUBU Group, as the heart of value circulation, will carve a path to the future with all of you, toward happiness through food for the next generation.