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Our management vision is to be a Sogo Shosha dealing in food that allocates its resources to key areas with the top priority on food safety and reassurance, and that offers our original new value and services to customers around the world. To achieve this vision, we are making continuous efforts to step up our product development functions, product manufacturing functions and quality management functions, which are vital for a company dealing in food. Among other things, we recognize that ensuring food safety and reassurance is a top priority issue. We have therefore established a Quality Assurance Office dedicated to this function. We are making comprehensive efforts not only to ensure quality management and compliance at production factories but also to develop safe, reassuring products. We are also working hard to expand services from the development of raw material production sites to final product production with the use of the Sojitz Group’s global networks. In response to the recent high global popularity of Japanese food, we are working to supply safe, reassuring Japan-made food ingredients as well as those produced around the world that meet the Japanese standards to the fast-growing Asian market, and to stably procure food materials from around the world for Japanese consumers. Through food, we will contribute to the achievement of the Sojitz Group’s philosophy of creating value and prosperity. Sojitz Foods will work together and exert our originality and ingenuity in anticipation of the future with the aim of being a Sogo Shosha dealing in food that will develop and evolve together with its customers. Yuzuru Kamioka President Sojitz Foods Corporation Aiming to be a Sogo Shosha Dealing in Food with the Top Priority on Safety and Reassurance Message from the President SOFCO Sojitz Foods Corporation

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Our management vision is to be a Sogo Shosha dealing in food that allocates its resources to key areas with the top priority on food safety and reassurance, and that offers our original new value and services to customers around the world.

To achieve this vision, we are making continuous efforts to step up our product development functions, product manufacturing functions and quality management functions, which are vital for a company dealing in food. Among other things, we recognize that ensuring food safety and reassurance is a top priority issue. We have therefore established a Quality Assurance Office dedicated to this function. We are making comprehensive efforts not only to ensure quality management and compliance at production factories but also to develop safe, reassuring products.

We are also working hard to expand services from the development of raw material production sites to final product production with the use of the Sojitz Group’ s global networks. In response to the recent high global popularity of Japanese food, we are working to supply safe, reassuring Japan-made food ingredients as well as those produced around the world that meet the Japanese standards to the fast-growing Asian market, and to stably procure food materials from around the world for Japanese consumers. Through food, we will contribute to the achievement of the Sojitz Group’ s philosophy of creating value and prosperity.

Sojitz Foods will work together and exert our originality and ingenuity in anticipation of the future with the aim of being a Sogo Shosha dealing in food that will develop and evolve together with its customers.

Yuzuru KamiokaPresident

Sojitz Foods Corporation

Aiming to be a Sogo Shosha Dealing in Food with the Top Priority on Safety and Reassurance

Message from the President

SOFCOSojitz Foods Corporation

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Corporate Statement

SOFCOSojitz Foods Corporation

New way, New value

We are proud to engage in the food business and aim to become an attractive company that creates infinite value.

A Sogo Shosha dealing in food that allocates its resources to key areas with the top priority on food safety and reassurance and that offers its original new value and services to customers around the world.

S atisfaction = O riginality = F ashion = C hallenge = O rganization =

Seek the satisfaction of customers and employees.

Have an original mindset.

Keep up with the trends of the times.

Make attempts without feeling afraid.

Display the organizational strength and overall capability to attain accomplishments.

Corporate Statement

Guiding Principles

Management Vision

SOFCO

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Company Name

Head Office  

Established

Cap i ta l

Annual Sales

Corporate Officers

Main Businesses

Number of Employees

Ownership

Affiliated Companies

Sojitz Foods Corporation

16F Roppongi T-Cube, 3-1-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 JapanPhone 81-3-5574-3300Fax 81-3-6697-3080

January 25, 1983

412 million yen

159.3 billion yen (nonconsolidated), 161.1 billion yen (consolidated), both for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015

Yuzuru Kamioka, PresidentMikio Kitagawa, Senior Managing DirectorMasuji Wakabayashi, Senior Managing DirectorKoichi Watanabe, DirectorYasushi Nishimura, DirectorMinoru Narawa, Managing Executive OfficerIchiro Yamaguchi, Executive OfficerShigehisa Toyoda, Executive OfficerKunio Tsutsumi, Corporate AuditorSatoshi Kawafune, Corporate AuditorKensuke Kawana, Corporate Auditor

Import, export and domestic sales and purchases of agricultural, livestock, and fishery raw materials and processed food products

149 males and 102 females; Total: 251 (as of April 1, 2016)

Sojitz Corporation 100%

SOFCO Seafoods Inc.N.I.F. Co., Ltd.

Corporate Profile

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Organization Chart

Sugar & Food Materials Div.

Sugar & Food Materials Dept Shimizu Office

Sendai Office

Hokkaido Office

Kyushu Office

Food Materials development Dept

Beef Dept

Pork Dept

Feed & Livestock Dept

Processed Meat Dept

Confectionery foodstuffs dept

Agricultural & Marine Products Dept

Foodstuffs Dept

Tokyo Foodstuffs Dept

Nagoya Foodstuffs Dept

Kansai Foodstuffs Dept

Kansai Livestock Products Dept

Logistics Business Office

LiveStock Products Div.

Foodstuffs Div.

Eastern Japan Branch

Nagoya Branch

Kansai Branch

Overseas Business Office

General Shareholders' Meeting

Board of Directors

President

IT Security Committee

Compliance Committee

Board of Corporate Auditors

Auditor

Corporate Planning Dept.

IT Planning Dept.

Human Resources &General Affairs Dept.

Risk Management Dept.

Accounting Dept.

Finance Dept.

Quality Assurance Office

Audit Office

ManagementCommittee

PersonnelDeliberationsCommittee

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Head Office

East Japan Branch

Nagoya Branch

Kansai Branch

Hokkaido Office

Sendai Office

Shimizu Office

Kyushu Office

Offices

16F Roppongi T-Cube, 3-1-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo106-0032 JapanPhone 81-3-5574-3300, Fax 81-3-6697-3080

16F Roppongi T-Cube, 3-1-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo106-0032 JapanPhone 81-3-5574-3300, Fax 81-3-6697-3080

2F Urbannet Fushimi Building, 1-10-20 Nishiki, Naka-ku,Nagoya 460-0003 JapanPhone 81-52-211-2622, Fax 81-52-211-2640

4F FORECAST Sakaisuji Hommachi,1-6-29 Kyutaromachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0056 JapanPhone 81-6-7711-5160, Fax 81-6-7711-3594

5F Sapporo Tokeidai Building, 2-1 Kita Ichijo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0001 JapanPhone 81-11-232-3301, Fax 81-22-721-0295

11F Sendai Honcho Building,2-3-10 Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 980-0014 JapanPhone 81-22-716-0660, Fax 81-22-716-0665

1-4-10 Seikai, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture424-8737 JapanPhone 81-54-335-8145, Fax 81-54-335-8155

Sojitz Kyushu Corporation, 5F ELGALA, 1-4-2 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka,Fukuoka Prefecture 810-0001 JapanPhone 81-92-718-3771, Fax 81-92-718-3772

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SOFCO Seafoods engages in the manufacturing and sale of processed and pre-cooked seafood. Its mainstay product is salmon flakes.

In 2012, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Kamaishi Plant was newly established exclusively for producing salmon flakes. It introduced the latest manufacturing equipment to double its production capacity from what it was before the quake. Its integrated production system, which processes raw materials into final products, produces bottled products for general consumers and salmon flakes for commercial use, which are used in rice balls and other food products.

SOFCO Seafoods also engages in the import and sale of salted and vinegared mackerel, which is processed on a contract basis in China. Implementing comprehensive quality control, it distributes a variety of safe and reliable processed seafood.

SOFCO Seafoods Inc.

Main Manufacturing and sale of processed and pre-cooked seafoodBusiness

 Head Office 16F Roppongi T-Cube, 3-1-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan Phone 81-3-5574-3630 Fax 81-3-5575-0331

 Kamaishi 10-30-1 Unosumaicho, Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture 026-0301 JapanPlant Phone 81-193-29-1011 Fax 81-193-29-1013

 Ownership Sojitz Foods Corporation 100%

N.I.F. Co., Ltd.

Main Sale of food products for vending machinesBusiness  Head Office 4F TMS Building, 3-1-6 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 Japan Phone 81-3-3499-4641 Fax +81-3-3499-4654 http://www.nif-gr.com/nif_home.htm

Group Companies

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A system of comprehensive quality management that supports food safety and reliabilityDefining food safety and reliability as the top priority in our management vision, we at SOFCO launched a dedicated Quality Assurance Office under the direct control of the president in 2005 to construct a complete quality management system that covers product safety, compliance and employee education.

Quality Management

Product development

The Quality Assurance Office engages in operations related to quality management as described below. - ComplianceIt carries out inspections of the proper labeling of products to ensure that its products comply with domestic and overseas laws. - Ensuring product safetyIt shares information on the production plants with the sales team to provide continuous guidance for the improvement of the production plants. - Construction of a traceability systemIt works to construct a traceability system that covers residual agricultural chemicals and to otherwise undertake comprehensive management in all processes from raw materials to final products. - Rapid response to complaints regarding productsIt has established a complaints communication system with the use of the in-house LAN to respond quickly and appropriately to complaints. - Employee educationIt provides education to all employees for the purpose of improving their basic knowledge of food and raising their awareness of safety and compliance.At the heart of quality management, plant management guidance in Japan and overseas is carried out according to the steps described below to unfailingly ensure product safety.

We have constructed an unusual structure in which a team specializing in product develop-ment is established as an organization in the Quality Assurance Office. This embodies SOFCO’ s philosophy of conducting product development activities on the basis of technical knowledge of quality management in order to deliver safer, more reliable products.

A wide variety of products that we have developed are designed in collaboration between this specialized team and different sales squads that are familiar with customers’ needs, and are then offered to customers.

(1) Preliminary inspectionsPrior to the start of any new transaction, it carries out preliminary inspections of a wide range of assessment items on equipment and operations, such the production environment, the management of places of origin, inspection systems, and the preparation of documents on product standards. (2) Presence in productionAt the initial production, a staff member of the Office is present on site to check whether or not production follows the specifica-tions in all processes from raw material storage to product packing, storage and shipping, and whether or not the appropriate labeling is applied. (3) Regular auditsIt conducts regular audits of the shop floor and the production records on the basis of its original checklist in order to identify problems and give guidance for addressing them in an effort to improve the level of plant management. (4) Guidance for remediation of issues concerned with complaints receivedIt inspects the production plant to probe into the causes of complaints and work out remedial measures for recurrence prevention in collaboration with the plant.

The in-house LAN systemfor sharing complaint information

Quality Management System

(1) Preliminary inspections

(2) Presence in production

(3) Regular audits

Guidance for remediation of issues concerned with complaints received

(4)

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SOFCO’s BusinessCapitalizing on the comprehensiveness to create extra value that meets customers’ needsSOFCO is a Sogo Shosha that specializes in food, dealing in a wide range of items including livestock materials, food, agricultural and fishery materials, sugar and basic materials. Capitalizing on the strength arising from the compre-hensiveness, we systematically combine advanced specialist functions associated with logistics, quality management and product development to create unique value and deliver safe, reliable food to people around the world.

The products we deal in are roughly divided into three categories: livestock products, foodstuffs, and sugar and food materials. They cover all domains related to food (see Products). This comprehensive coverage of products gives us an advantage. We deliver these products all over the country from Hokkaido to Okinawa through our three branches: the Eastern Japan Branch, the Nagoya Branch and the Kansai Branch.

We boast the functions of quality management, product development and the logistics business. They constitute a system for developing these extensive products concerned with the three business seg-ments, whether they are raw or processed, into optimal products in accordance with customers’ needs and delivering them to customers while ensuring safety and reliability. We have combined these technical functions systematically with product-specific segments to develop and offer products and services matched with the needs of individual customers.

As a core company of the Sojitz Group in the food sector, we recognize the global network of the Sogo Shosha as another significant advantage for us. In addition to our conventional function of procuring food items from overseas, we have been working in recent years to expand overseas business opera-tions such as food supply, production and processing and support for overseas entries, mainly in rapidly growing Asia.

Livestock Products Business ▶

Foodstuffs Business ▶

Sugar & Food Materials Business ▶

Logistics Business ▶

Distribution Business ▶

Quality Management ▶

Product Development ▶

Global Network ▶

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Sugar and sweetened items

Soft white sugar, granulated sugar, soft brown sugar, sugar sticks and various other types of sugar, high fructose, corn syrup, glucose, sugar alcohol, starch syrup and other sweetened items

Flour, cereals, fat, starch and dairy products

Flour, fat, starch, cheese, butter, milk powder, condensed milk, concentrated milk, fresh cream, chocolate, cocoa products, different confectionery materials, different prepared items, modified starch, additives, etc.

Processed and raw agricultural items

Various dried fruit and processed nuts (raisins, prunes, almonds, walnuts, pista-chios, etc.), fresh vegetables and fruit, frozen vegetables, boiled vegetables (bamboo shoots, lotus roots, etc.), salt stock veg-etables, seasoned vegetables (pre-cooked food), concentrated fruit juice, processed fruit products (aloe, nata de coco, etc.), honey, etc.

Processed and raw meat

Raw beef and pork: produced in Japan and imported from North America, Central and South America, Australia, Europe and elsewhere, and Iberian pork Processed beef and pork products: sausages, bacon and other items produced in Japan and imported from North America, Central and South America, Australia, Europe and elsewhere

Processed poultry products

Processed chicken products: kara-age deep-fried chicken, fried chicken, yakitori grilled chicken, chicken cutlets, processed duck products, Peking duck and other products produced in Japan and imported from Southeast Asia, China and elsewhere

Processed or raw fishery items

Tuna, mackerel, salmon, trout, scallops, squid, octopus, shrimps (shelled, crumbed, etc.), shellfish, various ingredients for sushi, processed crab products, dried laver seaweed, etc.

ProductsWe supply all kinds of food, ranging from raw materials to processed items.SOFCO deals in a wide variety of food items, from raw materials such as sugar and flour to processed items that can be used as they are. We will be happy to serve as your ideal partner. Please feel free to contact us.

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Products

Processed and prepared food products

Croquettes, ground meat croquettes, roast pork, meat balls, kakiage mixed vegetable and seafood tempura, white fish fries, squid fries, kushikatsu skewered and fried meat and vegetables, takoyaki octopus balls, okonomiyaki Japanese savory pancakes, etc.

Grocery items and processed private-label products

Agricultural and fishery items in jars and cans (jams, tomatoes, tuna, fruit, etc.), dried food, dried pasta and udon, somen, soba, hiyamugi and harusame noodles, luxury items such as coffee and tea bags, other beverages, confectionery, spices (red pepper, garlic powder, tomato powder, etc.), yeast extracts, seafood extracts, seasonings (tsuyu, mirin, etc.) and other products

Living livestock, grass and seeds

Living livestock: Australian beef cattle for fattening, beef cattle for breeding, milk cows for breeding, etc. Grass and seeds: North American and Australian grass and other feed materials, seeds for feed crops and for grass, etc.

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Holding the largest market share of living livestock imports – Feed & Livestock Business

We import living livestock animals and grass feed from Australia and North America to sell them to livestock farmers in Japan. In the living livestock business, we have maintained the largest market share for a long time in a tie-up with domestic business partners. We serve as a managing company for the Japan Livestock Traders Association. Among others, we have long been dealing with Australian cattle. On the basis of our track record in offering excellent meat cattle, we are steadily constructing a supply system with an eye on the fast-growing Southeast Asian market, where beef consumption is expected to rise.

Dealing with 30% of beef imported from North America – Beef Business

We import short plate beef and other raw beef for grilling from North America and Australia to support the supply chain for gyudon beef rice bowls, boxed meals sold at convenience stores and many other food products in the form of frozen food or through meat processing operators. We handle around 30% of the beef produced in North America that is imported to Japan. On the basis of this overwhelming purchase quan-tity, we are expanding trade to the growing Southeast Asian market. Benefiting from the Southeast Asia food strategy implemented by our parent company, Sojitz Corporation, we are boosting local opera-tions to cultivate a growth business that will be a future core business.

Dealing with 30% of pork imported from North America – Pork Business

We chiefly import and procure frozen food and raw materials from North America and Europe for processing to be supplied to meat processing operators. As is the case with the beef, we are a core trading company dealing with 30% of the total pork imported from North America to Japan. We take careful actions to meet needs, such as determining customers’ product standards, timely procurement, securing alternative routes in preparation for emergencies, and proposals for new production centers in consideration of the prime production centers in North America, South America, Europe and elsewhere, as well as the rapidly growing Asian market.

Capitalizing on our strength in imported raw materials – Processed Meat Business

While working to develop products centered on non-heated primary processed products for convenience stores and other terminal retailers, we supply raw materials for processing by capitalizing on the strength of the Livestock Products Division in imported raw materials. In addition, we engage in opera-tions including grilled and roasted products. Our expertise in adjusting the method and degree of processing depending on the raw material used is beneficial for the beef sales promo-tion activities conducted by the Beef Department in Southeast Asia and other new markets. With the processing function and value-added features, it plays a significant role in the growing business.

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Livestock Products BusinessFrom the import of living livestock and grass feed to meat dressingAt SOFCO, we engage in a wide range of the livestock business to meet customers’ needs, including living livestock, grass feed and meat dressing.

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Serving as a one-stop supply platform for confectionery and bread raw materials – Confectionery Materials Business

We handle raw materials and products for confectionery items and bread. We offer a one-stop service that supplies of raw materials for confectionery items and bread, including flour, sugar, fats and oils, to meet customers’ needs. We import and sell chocolate for business use from Belgium and other countries, and we are one of the leading market share holders. We also import and sell different kinds of cocoa products for chocolate production as well as raisins, nuts and other dried fruits.

Holding the largest market share in Japan in apicultural products and shellfish – Agricultural and Fishery Materials Business

We import and procure agricultural, apicultural and fishery raw materials and products from different parts of the world to sell them to domestic food manufacturers, restaurants and other types of food-related businesses. We handle an extensive array of items. These include ingredients and prepared and processed items in the category of agricultural items, chiefly raw materials in the category of apicultural items, and a range of items from ingredients to products in the category of fishery items. In apicultural products and fishery items (particularly shellfish), we are one of the top market share holders. In preparation for abnormal weather, as recently seen in various countries, we are working to cultivate new production centers to secure several sites where raw materials are produced for the purpose of establishing a system for stable supply.

Supplying a wide range of raw materials from around the world – Food Raw Materials Business

We import soybeans and many other peas and beans from North America, China and Southeast Asia to offer them to domestic manufacturers and wholesalers. Amid a rise in global grain demand, we are endeavoring to cultivate new production centers in Ukraine and other countries. In the domain of seasonings, we import extracts of clams, kelp, scallops, oysters and other fishery products as well as extracts of yeast in collaboration with the world’ s leading suppliers to sell them in Japan. We are expanding our sales of ginger, garlic, horseradish and other spices as well as aloe, nata de coco, fruit juice, carrot juice, bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes and chestnuts in the category of processed fruit and vegetables in a bid to respond to the needs of our business partners.

Foodstuffs BusinessSupplying a wide variety of foodstuffs from around the worldThe Foodstuffs Business deals with a broad array of foodstuffs. For the purpose of stably supplying safe and reliable raw materials to customers, we are working vigorously to develop new production centers for reducing risks concerning places of origin. We also collect information from many different sources to offer it to customers and carry out raw material and product development to meet customers’ needs.

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Selling basic food ingredients in Japan – Sugar & Food Materials Business

In the Sugar & Food Materials Business, we deal solely in domestic ingredients to sell the main materials used in customers’ products. We endeavor to collect information about commodity market prices and demand-supply forecasts in a bid to respond to customers’ needs.

[Sugar]Sugar is a mainstay product among the basic food materials, and we hold a domestic market share of 8%. We supply it as a food material for a wide variety of applications, including confectionery, bread, beverages and tare sauces.

[High fructose and corn syrup]It is widely used as a sweetener for beverages, confectionery items, bread and other food products.

[Flour]It is commonly used for confectionary items, bread and noodles.

[Dairy products]For frozen sweets and other desserts, we handle mainly butter, skimmed milk powder, and sweetened condensed milk.

Importing and developing food materials according to customers’ needs – Food Materials Development Business

In the Food Materials Development Business, we undertake the development of food materials in response to customers’ needs on the basis of basic ingredients handled by the Sugar and Food Materials Business, and import and sell them. We provide solutions in accordance with our mission of satisfying every single need of customers, for instance improvements in price, quality and production efficiency.

[Blending of ingredients]We blend ingredients such as sugar with flour, or a dairy product with sugar outside Japan to import them for sale in response to the different needs of customers.

[Overseas dairy products, sugar and food additives]We sell overseas dairy products, sugar, food additives and other items to customers in Japan and abroad.

[Modified starch]We import overseas modified starch to sell it as an ingredient for noodles and fish cake products.

Sugar & Food Materials BusinessSupplying basic food materials to meet customers’ needsIn the Sugar & Food Materials Business, we handle basic ingredients such as sugar, flour and dairy products. We add extra value to basic food ingredients to develop materials that meet customers’ needs.

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A community-based sales network – Distribution Business

The branches act as platforms for local sales of products handled by the materials divisions in the Tokyo Head Office. They implement community-based sales activities for selling food materials in which we have strengths, such as sugar, basic materials, livestock products, honey and chocolate.

They also materials and provide support for sales of customers’ products and overseas expansion. They offer meticulous services that satisfy customers’ needs in their respective regions.

Independently developing items desired by customers – Food Wholesale Business

We engage in yet another business, which is the manufacture, import and sale of original products developed together with different customers in Japan and overseas. The items handled in this business include grilled chicken, mixed vegetable and seafood tempura, white fish fries, squid fries, kushikatsu skewered and fried meat and vegetables, takoyaki octopus balls and other items in frozen forms, agricultural and fishery items in cans such as jams, tomatoes and tuna, dried food, dried pasta and udon, somen, soba, hiyamugi and harusame noodles, luxury items such as coffee and tea bags, other beverages, confectionery, seasonings such as tsuyu and mirin, and other grocery items. We develop and supply private label products to meet custom-ers’ needs.

We have a wide range of business partners including supermarkets, conve-nience stores, drugstores and restaurant chains. In the food wholesale business, we aim to satisfy customers by developing products that cannot be created by others.

Distribution BusinessA sales platformAt SOFCO, we operate three branches in order to sell a wide range of products throughout Japan. The Eastern Japan Branch serves the Kanto region including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures and the area north of this. There are representative offices in Sendai and Hokkaido. The Nagoya Branch serves Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures and the Hokuriku region. The Kansai Branch serves the Kinki region and west of it to Okinawa. It has a representative office in Fukuoka. Each branch conducts roughly two major operations. One is the distribution business, in which it acts as an interface with local customers in sales of products dealt in by different materials divisions. The other is the food wholesale business independently operated by the branch, in which it acts as a goods wholesaler for the end retailer market.

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SOFCO’ s one-stop service

We offer the compound services described below to provide one-stop support for customers’ commercial logistics operations.

Construction of optimal logistical networksWith at least 20 SOFCO logistics centers from Hokkaido to Okinawa, an optimal logistics center matched with your outlet expansion will be constructed to help reduce the logistics cost.

Introduction of information systemsNo initial investment will be incurred, as you will use general-purpose logistics manage-ment systems with the use of the Internet. They will collaborate with your existing systems to easily achieve the centralized management of orders received and placed, inventories and data.

A 24/7 multi-functional support centerThe support center will deal with different kinds of operations related to logistics, which include not only the receipt and placement of orders but also inventory management, operation management, responses to inquiries from outlets, the headquarters and suppliers and handling of complaints on a 24/7 basis. We undertake to conduct the logistics management operations carried out at your head-quarters on contract to help reduce your expenses and improve operational efficiency.

Proposals on commercial logistics and food materialsWe will make all kinds of proposals with the active use of the Group’s network. These pertain not only to the procurement of food materi-als from Japan and abroad and the development of recipes, but also to different materials.

Support for overseas outlet launchesWe will capitalize on the Sojitz Group’s global network to provide support for the overseas expansion of outlets of various business types.

Logistics BusinessOffering one-stop support for commercial logistics operationsof restaurant chainsThe main characteristic of our Logistics Business lies in offering an integrated system and service encompassing all functions including the procurement of food materials, the development of recipes, the receipt and placement of orders, storage, logistics center operations, data management and delivery to outlets , rather than offering the logistics function alone. We will undertake to carry out all the backyard operations on a contracted basis to help restaurant and food service operators to increase their operational efficiency and cut their expenses.

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Bases marked with ■ in the map or table have a strong relationship with SOFCO.

Overseas Bases of the Sojitz Group

The Americas

Argentina Buenos Aires Brazil Rio de Janeiro Sao Paolo Canada Toronto Vancouver Mexico Mexico City Peru Lima The United States Houston Mesa New York City Portland Seattle Washington D.C.Venezuela Caracas

Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Russia & NIS

Angola Luanda The Czech Republic Prague Egypt Cairo France Paris Germany Düsseldorf Hamburg Hungary Budapest Iran Tehran Italy Milan Morocco Casablanca Nigeria Abuja Lagos Oman Muscat Poland Warsaw Russia Khabarovsk Moscow St. PetersburgSaudi Arabia Jeddah South Africa Johannesburg Spain Madrid Turkey Istanbul The United Arab Emirates Dubai The United Kingdom London Ukraine Kiev

Global NetworkImporting various food resources from around the world and exporting to the worldSOFCO engages not only in the procurement of different food materials from around the world, but also in supplying to Asia and to the rest of the world safe, reliable food materials that are produced in Japan or that conform to the Japa-nese standards. This would not be possible without the global network of the Sojitz Group as a Sogo Shosha.

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China

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