Nichirei Foods Inc. (Foods Business)
Mission
Spreading Happiness through Food into the Future
Vision
To create value by connecting Food, People, and Planet
Bringing the Taste of Happiness and Excitement to Life, powered by Freezing Technology
Our unique technologies and commitment to quality ingredients open up new ways to enjoy great taste. By nurturing and safeguarding the Earth’s resources, we aim to become the most trusted presence in society.
Values
<The Nichire Way>
Act with integrity
Pursue quality
Exceed expectations
Unite to co-create
Value people
“Hamidas” (Take the Next Step)
More Boldly
More Compassionately
More Positively
Business Overview
Nichirei Foods offers frozen foods (for household-use and commercial use), retort pouch foods, and wellness foods, leveraging its unique product development and quality assurance capabilities.
It also utilizes its global procurement and development functions to provide marine, meat and poultry products, and agricultural products that meet customer needs.
In the domestic frozen food business, chicken and rice products account for a large share of the market for both household-use and commercial use, while commercial use is characterized by a high proportion of the home meal replacement (HMR) and Delicatessen items.
In its overseas business, the company is focusing on the development and sale of Asian food products in North America. As a pioneering frozen food company, we will continue to serve as a bridge between food, people, and the earth, and as a value-creating company, we will use the power of freezing to bring smiles and excitement to people's lives, and will undertake various initiatives to realize a healthy and prosperous society.
Strengths
We are a pioneer in the frozen foods industry and have a major share of the domestic market, due to our overarching strengths. These strengths are:
- Product development capabilities and product lineup
- the capability for reproducing the deliciousness through R&D and production know-how
- Cost competitiveness leveraging industry-leading production capacity
- A unique production system for "premium Ingredients" through in-house production and processing facilities
- An organizational structure capable of responding to diverse customer needs
Mainstay Products
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Household-use prepared product
Honkaku Itame Cha-han -
Household-use prepared product
Tokukara Fried Chiken -
Commercial-use prepared product
Hamburg, etc.
Company Profile
| Business Outline |
Manufacturing, processing, and sales of frozen, retort packaged, and canned foods, as well as packaged ice and other products |
|---|---|
| Head Office Location |
Nichirei Higashi-Ginza Building 6-19-20 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8402 Japan |
| TEL | (+81-3)3248-2298 |
| Representative Director, President |
Masahiko Takenaga |
| Established | January 5, 2005 |
| Net sales (consolidated) | 311.6billion yen (fiscal year ended March 31, 2025) |
| Group Companies | Subsidiaries 21 companies , Affiliates 4 companies |
| Employees (consolidated) |
10,125 persons (1,942 in Japan, 8,183 overseas) ( as of March 31, 2025) |
| Main Production Facilities | Mori Plant, Shiroishi Factory, Yamagata Factory, Funabashi Factory, Kansai Factory, Kyurei Inc., CHUREI, Co. Ltd., GFPT Nichirei (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd. |
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