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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 25 billion yen (FY 2022 results)
Employees 507 (as of the end of March 2023)
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 Yokoi Masaru Management Division
Director Nakamura Hiroshi Solution Sales Department and Kuki Office
Director Horikawa Hiroyuki Direct Sales 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 Okamura Takashi
Auditor Moriyama Yoshihide Deputy Manager of Business Planning Department of ZEN-NOH
Auditor Takai Masatomo Deputy Manager of Finance Department of ZEN-NOH


Businesses

Direct Sales
Department
Mail order sales of general food products and flowers through department stores, mail order companies, mass media and the Internet.
Foods Department Sales of processed foods (items produced at partner companies, such as frozen rice and many kinds of gratin, produced at the Kanto plant), agricultural products, livestock products and marine products to the food service industry, co-operatives, mass retailers and the A-Coop chain.
Agricultural
Products
Department
Sales of soya beans, starch, dried shiitake mushrooms, etc. to food manufacturers, co-operatives, etc.
Solution Sales
Department
Development and sale of processed food products under the Zen-Noh Group brand; development of new customers such as CVS and mass retailers.
Kuki Office Contracted to provide school meals for elementary and junior high schools and kindergartens in Kuki City, Miyashiro Town, Hasuda City, Kazo City, Shiraoka City and Satte City, Saitama Prefecture.