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The KOKUBU Group is a Food Marketing Company.
For more than three centuries since its establishment in
1712, KOKUBU has been engaged in food distribution.
The environment surrounding food, such as consumers'
tastes and lifestyles, globalization and expansion of the
Internet, is changing consistently and rapidly.
The KOKUBU Group, as "Food Marketing Company", will
proactively continue to respond to the true needs of all
businesses dealing with food to have new value, the best
c u s t om e r s a t i s f a c t i o n r a t i n g . I n J a p a n , a s
"Community-based Nationwide Wholesaler", we will fulfill
our functions by collaboration of area companies all over
the country. And outside Japan, we will strive to expand
our wholesale operations and distribution business.
We will continuously respect our corporate commitment
"Trust", and endeavor to achieve new innovations as a
valuable corporate group that serves customers, in the
pursuit of our corporate philosophy: "Abiding spirit and
innovating power - We deliver enriched lifestyles through
the medium of food".
COMPANYPROFILE
Kanbei Kokubu XII Representative Director Chairman,and CEO
Akira KokubuRepresentative Director President and COO
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Corporate Commitment, Corporate Philosophy,“Heisei no Chomoku”
In our evolution thus far, we have carefully monitored wants and needs among manufacturers, retailers,
and consumers as our customers in keeping with our position as a wholesaler at the core of the
distribution chain. By drawing on our unique perspective and consolidating capabilities as a wholesaler, we
identify distribution-related issues and propose optimal solutions for them. Through these activities, we
strive to establish "Kokubu" as a brand that makes customer feel glad they have dealings with us.
Corporate Commitment, Corporate Philosophy, "Heisei no Chomoku"
CorporateCommitment
CorporatePhilosophy
Heisei no Chomoku
Kokubu Brand
Trust
“Abiding spiritand innovating power”----- We deliver enriched lifestylesthrough the medium of food -----
(serving as both an action charterand a behavioral code)
The Kokubu Credo
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Establishment of the Kokubu brand exceeding customer expectations
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Corporate Commitment, Corporate Philosophy,“Heisei no Chomoku”
Corporate Commitment/Corporate Philosophy/The Kokubu Credo
Heisei no Chomoku
We aim to retain customer confidence by maintaining our time-honored reputation.
We work to contribute to society by providing quality products and services.
We do not engage in business transactions merely for the purpose of gaining profit.
We attempt to ensure harmony between individuals and groups by acting
We respect the fundamental human rights of all people and are against any form
We aim to abide by the rules and regulations of our company, our industry and
We are committed to protecting the environment.
We work to protect both the tangible and intangible assets of our company.
in a courteous and impartial manner.
of discrimination.
society at large.
“Trust” is the core of Kokubu’s unchanging management philosophy and at thefoundation of its corporate culture. It forms the basis of action by all Group employees.
CorporateCommitment
CorporatePhilosophy
“Trust”
We aspire to be a company that cherishes the merchant’s spirit of response to needs with sure work, fully exercises its power of challenge and creativity, and enriches lifestylesthrough the medium of food.
----- We deliver enriched lifestyles through the medium of food ----- “Abiding spirit and innovating power”
Kokubu has a “chomoku” statement of corporate rules dating from our founding.It is our guideline to maintain “trust” as our corporate commitment.
“Heisei no Chomoku”
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serving as bothan action charterand a behavioral
code
TheKokubu Credo
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COMPANYPROFILECompany Profile
●Tokyo Metro; 2 min walk from Nihombashi Sta. (Ginza Line/Tozai Line) Exit B9●Tokyo Metro; 2min walk from Mitsukoshimae Sta. (Hanzomon Line) Exit B5●JR; 7 min walk from Tokyo Station (Yaesu North Exit)*The white building at the foot of Nihombashi Bridge
KOKUBU GROUP CORP.
1712
November 21, 1947
Kanbei Kokubu Representative Director Chairman,and CEO
JPY 3,500,000,000
1-1-1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8241, Japan Tel: +81-3-3276-4000
Wholesaling business (liquor products, food products, related consumer goods and materials),distribution business; import/export business; food manufacturing business.
JPY 1,891,676,000,000 (consolidated, year ended December 31, 2019)
5,123(consolidated, as of December 31, 2019)
Company Name
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COMPANYPROFILEBoard of Directors
(number of sites / as of April, 2019)
Kanbei Kokubu Representative Director Chairman,and CEO
Akira Kokubu Representative Director President and COO
Yasutaka Kokubu Director Executive Vice President
Hiromitsu Doi Director Executive Managing Officer(Chairman,KOKUBU SHUTOKEN CORP.)
Satoru Naito Director Executive Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU SHUTOKEN CORP.)
Toyoki Ikari Director Executive Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU NISHI-NIHON CORP.)
Naoki Sugino Director Executive Managing Officer, Head of Marketing Group, Wholesale Group, Nationwide Business Group
Keisuke Yamazaki Director Executive Managing Officer,Head of Chilled/Frozen Business (President,KOKUBU FOOD CREATE CORP.)
Eiji Yamamoto Director Managing Officer,Compliance Section
Hidenori Tsuka Director Managing Officer,Head of Legal Affairs Division, President's Office
Taiji Ogiso Director Managing officer, Human Resources & Administration Division
Masakuni Aizawa Director Managing officer, Corporate Planning Division, Healthcare Group
Atsushi Monoi Director Managing officer,Head of Logistics Group
Kaichi Suzuki Director Managing officer,Foodservice Business Division
Tsunehiro Okumura Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Takaji Akiyama Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tatsuo Kokubu Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Junichi Ukon Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tsukasa Ogino Managing officer, Overseas Business Group, China General Representative
Norimasa Okubo Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU KANTO-SHINETSU CORP.)
Shinichi Tamaoki Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU KYUSHU CORP.)
Ryoichi Kurosawa Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU HOKKAIDO CORP.)
Minoru Fukui Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU CHUBU CORP.)
Satoshi Higashino Managing Officer, Head of Merchandising Group
Keisuke Takanami Managing Officer(Senior Exective Managing Officer,KOKUBU FOOD CREATE CORP.)
Ippei Ishibashi Managing Officer(President, KOKUBU TOHOKU CORP.)
Koichi Suzuki Managing Officer, Finance & Accounting Division
Takumi Hirai Managing Officer, Nationwide Business Group
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COMPANYPROFILEOrganizational Chart
Shareholders Meeting
Board Meeting
Chairman
President
Corporate PlanningDivision
Human Resources &Administration Division
Finance & AccountingDivision
Legal Affairs Division
Information SystemDivision
Quality AssuranceDivision
Logistics Group
Sales Planning &Promotion Division
Product DevelopmentDivision
Marketing Group
MD Planning Division
Product Division 1
Product Division 2
Product Division 3
Merchandising Group
Trade Division
China Division
ASEAN Division
Overseas BusinessGroup
Foodservice BusinessDivision
DistributionDivision
Distribution Group
Healthcare Group
Nationwide BusinessGroup
Cilled/Frozen Business Group
Crisis ManagementCommittee
President's Office
Audit Section
Executive Meeting
Strategy Planning & Management Headquarters
Long-term Business PlanPromotion Committee
Quality AssuranceCommittee
Performance ManagementCommittee
Environment ManagementCommittee
Auditors
Compliance Section
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Financial Performance
Consolidated results
(From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (Unit: million yen)
AmountItem Ratio of sales Year-on-year
1,891,6761,175,774618,17797,724119,570112,0277,54210,0733,166
Sales
(Food)
(Alcoholic beverages)
(Others)
Gross profit on sales
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Operating income
Ordinary income
Current net income
100.3%102.8%97.4%91.4%97.9%98.8%86.8%95.5%54.1%
-(62.1%)(32.7%)(5.2%)6.32%5.92%0.39%0.53%0.16%
Sales by category
(From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) (Unit: million yen)
SalesCategory Composition ratio Year-on-year
753,444374,90047,430
1,175,774316,031176,316125,830618,17797,724
1,891,676
39.8%19.8%2.5%62.1%16.7%9.3%6.7%32.7%5.2%
100.0%
100.3%109.1%95.9%102.8%100.5%93.1%96.3%97.4%91.4%100.3%
Processed food
Frozen/chilled products
Confections
Total of food products
Alcoholic beverages
Beer
Beer-flavored alcoholic beverages
Total of alcoholic beverages
Total of others
Total
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Milestones COMPANYPROFILE
Kokubu's 300 years of progress are the very history of Japanese dietary life.1712 Founding of the KOKUBU GROUP CORP. Kanbei Kokubu IV opens retail store Daikokuya in Edo Nihombashi and launches a soy sauce brewing operation to supplement involvement in the kimono fabrics trade at this time.
1756 Kanbei Kokubu V moves the Nihombashi Honcho store to Nihombashi Nishigashi. Soy sauce products brewed at the Tsuchiura plant were labeled with the logo "Kikkodai" consisting of a hexagon with a Chinese character meaning "big" at its center.
1859 Kanbei Kokubu VIII starts tea trading
1880 Soy sauce brewery closed; wholesaling business starts in a wide variety of foodstuffs
1887 Sales of foodstuffs and canned products start
1888 Sales of beer start
1894 The paulownia mark registered as a trademark
1908 K&K registered as the company trademark
1909 Sales of AJI-NO-MOTO start. Sales of CALPIS and synthetic sake also start in 1919 and 1926, respectively.
1910 Publication of industry newsletter, Kokubu Market Report, starts
1917 Sales of 1.8 liter bottled soy sauce start, using Kokubu bottles
1923 Store destroyed in the earthquake; reconstruction work starts immediately; efforts made to supply soy sauce as a daily necessity
1947 KOKUBU TSUKEMONO CO., LTD. established
1950 KOKUBU & Co. and KOKUBU TSUKEMONO CO., LTD. merged to form KOKUBU SHOTEN CO., LTD.
1965 Computer system introduced (IBM1440)
1971 Company name changed from KOKUBU SHOTEN CO., LTD. to the current name KOKUBU & CO., LTD.
1975 Construction of the headquarters building completed (current Nihombashi headquarters building)
1978 KOKUBU GROCERS CHAIN (KGC), a convenience store chain, launched
1981 Own physical distribution of chilled food products starts
1982 The First Food Distribution Study Group Meeting held
1994 The 3OD (One Order, One Delivery) System constructed as a logistics system for consolidated ordering/delivery operations
1999 Information system KOMPASS launched across the Kokubu Group
2000 Annual sales figure for KOKUBU & CO., LTD. (excluding group companies) surpasses one trillion yen (about $13 billion *)
2001 Confection wholesale business starts toward the goal of constructing a full-line setup
2002 To celebrate its 290th anniversary, Kokubu introduces "Heisei no Chomoku," a new Kokubu Credo (serving as both an action charter and a behavioral code)
2005 Capital increased to 3.5 billion yen The Yashio Distribution Center, the biggest mother ship-type general-purpose center in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, starts operation in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture
2006 KMS, a business and accounting system, installed for business process standardization throughout the Kokubu Group
2007 Kokubu enters into business tie-ups with pharmaceutical wholesalers, to bolster the foundation for intermediate distribution in the fields of food products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and general merchandise
2008 100th anniversary of the "K&K" trademark Kokubu enters into a business tie-up with a seafood wholesaler to bolster business in the field of processed seafood
2010 Kokubu establishes the joint venture San tong Kokubu Trading (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. to undertake logistics and wholesaling business in China; enters into a business tie-up with Sojitz Corporation in the field of food distribution in Vietnam.
2011 Kokubu enters into a business tie-up with the largest fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Japan, to bolster business in the field of agricultural products Kokubo opens ROJI Nihombashi on 1st floor of headquarters building
2012 Kokubu marks its 300th anniversary, and launches a new brand "tabete" Distribution Center established in Misato, Saitama Prefec ture and Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
2013 Invests made into QSAI Analysis and Research Center Co., Ltd, an organization specializing in food analysis Business alliance formed with Toyota Tsusho centered around the distribution and international trade of food Acquire ownership of Weifang Sanhui Logistics Ltd. (Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China) Food Service Operation Center established in Misato, Saitama Prefecture
2014 Alliance formed with Yoma Strategic Holdings, Ltd., (Myanmar) for the refrigerated logistics business. KOKUBU TRADING SHANGHAI CO., LTD. established in Shanghai, China.
2015 SHANGHAI MINENI FOODS CO, LTD. made a subsidiary of the Group in Shanghai, China. Kokubu Itabashi General-Purpose Center, Kokubu Ibaraki General-Purpose Center, and Kokubu Sendai General-Pur pose Center established as large general-purpose centers capable of accommodating three temperature zones each.
2016 Kokubu’s wholesaling operations reorganized into seven area companies, two category companies, and a headquarters company. The headquarters company renamed KOKUBU GROUP CORP. The Food Marketing Company, our tenth long-term management plan, commenced.
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COMPANYPROFILEOverseas Contacts
Office name TELAddress
Overseas Business Group
Overseas Business GroupTrade Division
1-1-1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku,Tokyo 103-8241, Japan
1-1-1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8241, Japan
+81-3-3276-4146
+81-3-3276-4146
Weifang Sanhui Logistics&Co., Ltd.Business: Logistics
KOKUBU TRADING SHANGHAI CO.,LTD.Business: Trading
SHANGHAI MINENI FOODS CO., LTD.Business:Wholesaling/Retailing
ShenZhen YIFAN Foods Co.,LTDBusiness: Trading, Wholesaling
SANTU KOKUBU SHOBO (QINGDAO) CO., LTDBusiness:Logistics, Wholesaling
Shanghai Hengfu Logistics Co., LtdBusiness:Logistics
Shanghai Welstory Food Co., Ltd.Business:Wholesaling
ASC Fine Wines Holding Ltd. Business:Sales of imported wines, mineral waters
BEIJING BIAIXI FOODSTUFFS CO.,LTDBusiness: Trading, Wholesaling
Huong Thuy Manufacture Service Trading CorporationBusiness: Wholesaling
New Land Vietnam Japan Joint Stock CompanyBusiness: Logistics
KOSPA Limited.Business: Logistics
Kokubu Food Logistics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.Business:Logistics
Focal Marketing Sdn.Bhd.Business:Wholesaling
Commonwealth KOKUBU Logistics Pte LtdBusiness:Wholesaling
(Xian jia zhai li zi jiagongyuannei), Nanliulu 217, Chengyang district, Shandong, China
Suite 2302 Yuhang Building, 525 North Sichuan Road, Hongkou District,Shanghai
Suite 2312 Yuhang Building,525 North Sichuan Road, Hongkou District,Shanghai
17/F ,Building No.1 ,Financial center,Shekou industrial zone ,Taizi south road, Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Xianjiazhai lizijiagong yuannei)No. 217 Nanliu Road, Chengyang District,Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China.
Shunzai Logistics Park/ Unit C, No. 8. Si'xing Road, Beiguan Cun, Malu Town,Jiading District, Shanghai, China. 201801
No.15 Gangtian Industrial Square, No.99 Gangtian Road, Industrial Park,Suzhou City, Suzhou Province, China.
17F, BM Intercontinental Business Center, No.100, Yutong Road, Shanghai, 200070, China
Room1015 ,Building5,No:2 Shenggu Middle Road,Chaoyang District,Beijing,China
C10,39 homeland area 18 A Nguyen Huu Tho street, Phuoc Kien ward, Nha Be town, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lot A2, A3, Street No. 1, Street No. 6, Binh An Garment and Textile Industrial Zone, Binh Thang Ward, Di An Town, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.
Level 1, Wing C, Lot 160, Rain Tree Drive, Pang Hlaing Golf Estate, Hlaing Tharyar Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Wisma Texchem, Lot 808 & 809, Jalan Subang 5,Taman Perindustrian Subang, 47610 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Lot 37634, Jalan 6/37A, Taman Bukit Maluri Mukim Batu, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7 Buroh Lane, #06-01 Commonwealth Capital Building Singapore 618291
Company name TELAddress
+86-157-2625-1709
+21-6356-0500
+86-21-3301-1772
+86-755-2688-9000
+86-532-6895-7720
+86-21-5165-6753
+86-512-6755-7782
+86-21-6056-1999
+86-10-5994-7755
+84-28-3620-9955
+84-650-373-9500
+95 (0) 1-3687676
+60-3-5634-2630
+60-3-6275-3821
+65-6662-9518
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10th Long-term Business Plan - Overview
Copy and logo for our 10th long-term business plan (2016-2020)
Vision for our 10th long-term business plan (what we want to be)
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The vision that the KOKUBU Group is aiming to achieve through its 10th long-term business plan̶which began as of 2016̶is to continue to respond proactively to the true business needs of our customers (i.e. all businesses dealing with food) as a "Food Mar-keting Company," and to become "Top-Rated Company for Customer Satisfaction". A Food Marketing Company is "a company that regards all businesses dealing with food as its customers; that can create the values that its customers require and build strong relationships with them; and can carry out activities that enable it to gain new values from its customers in return̶not in terms of monetary considerations or remunerations, but values such as trust, inspiration and empathy." Moving forward, we will endeavor to create new values towards the realization of our vision of KOKUBU Group as a Food Marketing Company.
Shifting from the idea of "selling products" to "providing services"
Until now, the primary focus of KOKUBU Group’s wholesale business was on the sale of products. Our business partner base also consisted mainly of domestic companies in Japan, and was focused primarily around manufacturers, wholesalers, retail/Foodservice and other industry players involved in the distribution of foodstuffs. Moving forward, as a Food Marketing Company, KOKUBU Group will expand its business model to encompass not only the sale of "products" but also the provision of "services"; offering our wholesale functions to all businesses involved in handling food. Of course, selling products also constitutes one element of the provision of services, and the basic premise of this concept is to also expand our sale of products through the expansion and diversification of our business model. By expanding into the provision of services from start-point of marketing, we will seek to escape from competition caused by market homogenization, and work towards the creation of new markets and businesses.
Sellingproducts
Retail
Manufacturing
Existing and/ornew types of
business overseas
Logistics companies
Foodservice
Wholesale
Retail Foodservice
Manufacturing Wholesale
Sellingproducts
Selling products
Until now
・・・Provision of value
“Selling products”&“providing services” (i.e.solving the ploblems faced by business partners)
providingservices
The vision we aim to achieve as a Food Marketing Company
ExpansionExpansion
Comsumers
New business typesOnline and mail-orderbusiness, health andnursing care, etc.
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10th Long-term Business Plan - Strategy overview
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KOKUBU will construct a new business model by combining its customers (i.e. all businesses dealing with food) with new value
Achieving the establishment of marketing companies in local areas (community-based nationwide wholesale) and overseas business operations as a "core" business
Customers (all businesses dealing with food)
The KOKUBU Group’s 10th long-term business plan regards all business involved in dealing with food as customers. The term "cus-tomers" as used here refers not only to individual enterprises, but includes also whole business types and areas. Moving forward, in addition to of course strengthening our relationships with existing clients, the KOKUBU Group will work to clearly identify new busi-ness types and/or existing business segments into which we should focus our energies further, and to develop our business infra-structure.
Provision of value
We believe that continuing to create and provide the values demanded by our customers is essential to our becoming a Food Mar-keting Company. In our 10th long-term business plan, we place the various functions and activities that we implement in order to meet the needs of our customers as added values that the KOKUBU Group should provide. Moving forward, we will continue to develop and enhance functions such as products, services and logistical capabilities that lead to the creation of such values. By pro-viding the optimal values to match the needs of our customers, we aim to become "Top-Rated Company for Customer Satisfaction".
Towards a "community-based nationwide wholesale" model
The "community-based nationwide wholesale" model that the KOKUBU Group is aiming to establish through its 10th long-term busi-ness plan is a framework in which the companies in various areas take root firmly within their respective communities and regions, becoming the main industry players in the food-related economic zones they cover (on an area-by-area basis), while at the same time strengthening ties between areas and enabling the Group to provide unique value that is possible only with nationwide whole-sale. By abandoning a standardized nationwide approach in favor of offering area-specific marketing that is firmly rooted in the food culture of each community, the KOKUBU Group will meet the true needs of all of its customers, and exert its national wholesale functions more than ever before, as we aim to become the company that is associated most commonly with community-based nationwide wholesale.
Community-basedAim to become the main industry playerin each food-related economic zone / area
Customers
Regionalenterprises
Universities &research institutes
Financialinstitutions
Localgovernments
Suppliers
Nationwide wholesaleUntilize all manner of domestic and overseasnetwork and exert wholesale functionson a nationwide and global level.
ServicesProducts
LogisticsInfrastructure
Nationwide andglobal marketing functions
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10th Long-term Business Plan - Strategy overview
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Aiming to develop all human resources as marketer to drive forward our long-term business plan
The realization of our Food Marketing Company vision hinges on each and every employee
As we move towards achieving the realization of our 10th long-term business plan, we will aim to create a system of total marketing personnel development, in which each individual employee comes face to face with their respective markets and customers, and participate in activities to raise the level of customer satisfaction. Moving forward, we will aim to develop highly specialized human resources who are capable of implementing their own PDCA cycles, and seek to achieve maximum utilization of their individual abili-ties.
Establishment of overseas business operations as a "core" business
As a strategy against the shrinking domestic market, we will establish overseas business operations as another "core" business for our Group. Focusing primarily around the three core pillars of (1) augmenting our existing export/import business, (2) advancing the further expansion of our existing Chinese business and (3) additional efforts to create new business and develop existing busi-ness in the ASEAN region, we will continue to increase the KOKUBU Group’s presence in the world of international business.
Establishment of overseas business operations as a "core" business
Export /Import
ASEAN China
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List of Kokubu Group companiesCurrent as of Jan, 2020.
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KOKUBU HOLDINGS CORPORATION
KOKUBU GROUP CORP.
KOKUBU HOKKAIDO CORP.
KOKUBU TOHOKU CORP.
KOKUBU KANTO-SHINETSU CORP.
KOKUBU SHUTOKEN CORP.
KOKUBU CHUBU CORP.
KOKUBU NISHI-NIHON CORP.
KOKUBU KYUSHU CORP.
KOKUBU FOOD CREATE CORP.
NACX CORPORATION.
FRESHLINK TOYOSU Co., Ltd.
FRESHLINK OOTA Co., Ltd.
KOKUBU FRESH LINK Co., Ltd.
CHUBU SHOKURYO KAISHA, LTD.
KUSAYA
YASHIMA Co., Ltd
NIIGATA-SHUHAN CO.,LTD.
Nouvelles Selections Inc.
DELICIOUS COOK
ASAHI TRUST FOODS CO.,LTD.
NIHOMBASHI KABOU
KOKUBU LOGISTICS
T&D LOGITEM
RYUSEKI TEIONRYUTU CORP.
JAPAN DELICA TRANSPORT&LOGISTICS CORP.
KOKUBU GROCERS CHAIN CO.,LTD.
KOKUBU BUSINESS SUPPORT.
KOKUBU BUSINESS EXPERT.
KOKUBU SYSTEM GIFT CO.,LTD.
Weifang Sanhui Logistics&Co., Ltd.
KOKUBU TRADING SHANGHAI CO.,LTD.
SHANGHAI MINENI FOODS CO, LTD.
ShenZhen YIFAN Foods Co.,LTD
BEIJING BIAIXI FOODSTUFFS CO.,LTD
Wholesaling
Area companies
Others
Category company
Development and manufacturing of goods
Logistics
Other businesscompanies
Overseas