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Company Summary

Company Outline

Company name ZEN-NOH Foods Co., LTD.
Address Minami-Shinjuku SK Bldg. 32-10 Sendagaya5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
TEL 03-3350-2170
FAX 03-3350-0995
Foundation October 1, 1974
Capital 805 million yen
Shareholders National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations
Annual sales 28 billion yen (FY 2023 results)
Employees 499 (as of the end of March 2024)
Business objectives 1. Sale and processing of agricultural, livestock and fishery products
2. Manufacture and sale of prepared foods and processed foods
3. School meals business
4. Sale of alcohol
5. Sale of rice, etc.
6. Export of agricultural and livestock products and processed foods and alcoholic beverages
7. Import of processed foods
8. Sale of subsistence products
9. Power generation and sales of renewable energy from sun light, etc.
10. Any business incidental to the preceding items
Main Banks Norinchukin Bank, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Subsidiaries POLAR STAR Co., Ltd.


Executive Officers

Representative
Director and
President
Kaneko Chihisa Overall summary
Internal Control Office, Food Business Division, Agricultural Products Division
Managing Director Sugihara Kenji General management of operations
Kuki Office, Quality Control Dept, Management Division
Director Nakamura Hiroshi Solution Sales Department and Kuki Office
Director Horikawa Hiroyuki Direct Sales Division
Director Eto Hideji General Manager of Management Division
Director Nagashima Yutaka General Manager of Agricultural Products Division
Food Business Division and Agricultural Products Division
Non-Executive
Director
Endo Hideo Representative Director of POLAR STAR Co., Ltd.
Non-Executive
Director
Yamada Takeshi Manager of Sales Development Department of ZEN-NOH
External Director Ookaze Kaoru Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce
Full-time Auditor Katsura Eiichiro
Auditor Takai Masatomo Manager of Finance Department of ZEN-NOH
Auditor Moriyama Yoshihide Deputy Manager of Business Planning Department of ZEN-NOH


Businesses

Direct Sales
Department
Mail order sales of general foods and flowers through mass media, Zen-Noh (Economic Federation), Japan Post Group, department stores, mail order companies, and the Internet
Foods Department Sales of products from our own factories (frozen rice dishes, gratins, frozen lunch boxes, etc.) and products consigned by partner companies (processed agricultural and livestock products, etc.) to cooperatives, mass merchandisers, food service companies, etc.
Agricultural
Products
Department
Sales of soya beans, starch, dried shiitake mushrooms, etc. to food manufacturers, co-operatives, etc.
Solution Sales
Department
Development and sales of ZEN-NOH Group brand processed foods; cultivation of new customers such as CVS and mass retailers; and production, development, and sales of products utilizing vacuum deep-drawing machines
Kuki Office Commissioned meal service for elementary and junior high schools and kindergartens in Miyashiro-Town, Hasuda City, Kazo City, Shiraoka City, Kitamoto City, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, and rice cooking service for elementary and junior high schools in Kuki City and Miyashiro-Town