- Group Companies and Affiliates
Almost 2 years have passed since the worldwide spread of COVID-19.
Our deepest sympathies go to those affected by the pandemic.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the front-line healthcare workers, welfare organizations, and all other groups and individuals who have extended helping hands.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a drastic change in people’s lifestyles and brought a significant turning point to our company’s business. Moreover, in their corporate activities, companies are required to solve issues from a medium- to long-term perspective to help build a sustainable society, including contributing to the achievement of the SDGs and promoting diversity. To respond promptly and sincerely to these changes, we formulated “Transformation 2024”, our fourth medium-term management plan, in May 2021.
“Transformation 2024” has three basic policies: transformation of our business portfolio, the establishment of a fruit and vegetable distribution infrastructure, and the promotion of sustainable management. With this plan, the Delica Foods Group will transform into a corporate group that adapts to the new era.
Moreover, as an industry leader, the Group will work as one to “realize a society where no one is left behind,” as our business is very closely related to the SDGs.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all the stakeholders who support our corporate group. Their continued support and encouragement are highly appreciated.
Aspirations are the most wonderful gifts, equally apportioned to all.
If you have lofty aspirations and treat others with love, honesty and sincerity, you will grow into a highly virtuous person.
Virtue transcends human knowledge, embraces everything, and is accepted by everything.
Virtue is an great and eternal treasure given to humans.
Virtue grows in a sound body. Wisdom is a source of creation, but wisdom alone does not influence people.
“More important things than wisdom is a sound body. More important things than a sound body is virtue."
Delica's management philosophy is to improve oneself with wisdom supported by a sound body and to accumulate virtuous deeds.
The Delica Foods Group is a creative corporate group that connects agriculture to good health.
Through the distribution of agricultural produce, which is a bounty of Nature, the Group contributes to agricultural development and a healthier life.
In Japan, which belongs to the temperate zone, seasonal changes are beautiful, and a wide variety of vegetables grow in each of the four seasons.
In this blessed environment, since ancient times, Japanese people have savored seasonal foods to enjoy a sense of the season as an everyday pleasure.
Delica Foods delivers delicious, fresh-from-the-farm vegetables grown with the blessings of Nature-sunshine, soil, water and air.
To that end, Delica Foods sends out safe and reliable vegetables mainly to restaurants and home meal replacement industry across Japan, as a commercial-use fruit and vegetable distributor taking both the farmer’s and the scientific perspectives.
From the farmer’s perspective, Delica Foods works with producers to grow delicious and nutrient-dense vegetables, until we receive them from the growing district.
Then, from the scientific perspective, Delica Foods stores, processes, and packs the vegetables and delivers them to customers with utmost attention to freshness and swiftness. Making use of its accumulated analytical data on vegetables, Delica Foods also recommends ways to enjoy vegetables, develops recipes, and holds seminars.
The Delica Foods Group will continue to contribute to people’s health through the distribution of fruits and vegetables, a bounty of Nature.
| Trade name | Delica Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. |
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| Established | April 1, 2003 |
| Originally founded | October 6, 1979 |
| Location | 4-12-12 Roku-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo |
| Capital | 1,377.11 million yen (as of March 31, 2021) |
| Number of employees (consolidated) | 601 (and an average of 1,805 temporary workers) (as of March 31, 2021) |
| Fiscal year end | March 31 |
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(As of March 31, 2021) |
| Established | December 1984 |
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| Location | 4-12-12 Roku-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo |
| Capital | 96 million yen |
| Established | November 1999 |
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| Location | 4-12-12 Roku-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo |
| Capital | 20 million yen |
| Established | September 1997 |
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| Location | 4-12-12 Roku-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo |
| Capital | 24 million yen |
| Established | October 2014 |
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| Location | 4-12-12 Roku-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo |
| Capital | 82 million yen |
| Established | November 2019 |
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| Location | 3-1-70 Chuo Ichijo, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido |
| Capital | 10 million yen |
| Established | December 2020 |
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| Location | 5-70 Tsukuba-machi, Isahaya City, Nagasaki Pref. |
| Capital | 10 million yen |
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Fresh and Speedy
We ensure stable delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from our bases around Japan.
We at Delica Foods build a stable procurement network with contract farms around the country. We also procure produce from the market and deliver delicious seasonal vegetables. Our own delivery network enables delivery to each store from our bases across Japan. We also deal in some perishables, including eggs, tofu and pickles.
Our factory-cut, packed vegetables are ready to serve or easy to cook. Precut vegetables do not take up much space and can shorten cooking time at the store, and are especially useful for restaurants that have a small kitchen or require quick food preparation. Our wide variety of product standards meet every customer's request.
With our pre-cooked vegetables, we place importance on freshness and good taste. They are free from all food additives, including preservatives. Cooked at low temperatures, the vegetables retain their natural flavors and textures. Depending on the individual recipes, we can prepare vegetables at all stages from cutting to seasoning.
We develop products based on the Delica Foods Group’s accumulated know-how, technologies, and R&D results. Our wide range of highly convenient offerings include precut fruits, meal kits, frozen smoothies, and boxed fruits and vegetables. We will continue to create attractive fruit and vegetable products.
The Delica Foods Group’s Own Cold Chain Ensures Stable Supply of Vegetables Procured from Contract Farms Around Japan
Independent procurement from contract farms around the country enables a stable supply of vegetables throughout the year regardless of season and weather.
Delica Foods' own cold chain uses 17 (company-operated) bases across Japan to connect growing districts to customers. It delivers delicious fresh vegetables to the customers separately at their individual stores as well as in bulk at their distribution centers.
With Extensive Product Standards, We Propose Choosing Just the Right Amounts of Many Different Vegetables
Our precut vegetables meet diverse customer needs. They boast a wide variety of product standards and can be produced in many parts of the nation.
Factory-cut vegetables spare the staff from vegetable preparation (e.g., rinsing, cutting), saving labor in the kitchen.
The highly versatile lineup of our products have won widespread support from many customers.
We have introduced a food safety management system and produce precut vegetables under strict hygienic control at eight factories in Japan, which have obtained ISO 22000 certification.
Our packed vegetables are ready for use right after you open them. They do not mess up the kitchen.
Precut vegetables enable restaurants to streamline the cooking process.
They can use the right amounts of many different vegetables to cook a wide variety of dishes.
Compared with conventionally used whole vegetables, precut vegetables enable more effective use of storage space and reduce refrigeration and waste disposal costs.
Unlike hand cutting in the kitchen, factory cutting ensures evenness in size and weight.
From our wide variety of product standards, we propose the best choices for individual recipes, helping restaurants standardize the dishes they serve.
Evolved Version of Precut Vegetables?Delica Foods' Original Vacuum-sealed, Pre-cooked Vegetables
Vacuum cooking is the fourth cooking method after roasting, steaming and simmering. We put the vegetables in food saver bags, vacuum seal them, and cook them at low temperatures set according to the customers’ needs. Depending on their desired recipes, customers can ask for a wide variety of vegetable preparation types, including both unseasoned and in a seasoning liquid. These vacuum-sealed, pre-cooked vegetables are our original products developed by appropriately combining vegetable-cutting techniques and research data that the Delica Foods Group has accumulated.
Cooking at low temperatures after vacuum sealing effectively retains the vegetables’ natural flavors and textures, locking their nutrients inside. Bright-colored vegetables can be packed separately so that you can use them in order to make dishes more colorful.
Vacuum cooking leads to lower salt intake, since in a vacuum, only a small amount of seasoning liquid is needed to allow the flavor to soak in. Furthermore, vacuum-sealed vegetables are more resistant to oxidation and last longer than precut vegetables. No preservatives are added.
Our vacuum-sealed vegetables streamline restaurant operations and alleviate labor shortage in the kitchen. We can propose what to offer to individual customers, giving total support to their cooking plans.
Our pre-cooked vegetables enable customers to serve high-value-added menus that previously they could not serve due to operational or other issues.
Easy access to pre-cooked vegetables increases vegetable intake per dish, enhancing people’s health.
Delica Foods Tries New Things Based on Its Accumulated Know-how and R&D Results
Making use of the Group’s know-how, technologies, and R&D results, we at the Delica Foods Group develop products that match diversifying lifestyles and individual business environments. We actively run a wide range of business and spread the greatness of fruits and vegetables.
Several kinds of precut fresh fruits packed in individual pack
Original kits that consist of precut vegetables, other ingredients, and sauce
Dressings made with special vegetables from carefully selected producing area
Various fruit and vegetable box
Based on our R&D results, our sales reps propose ideas to customers (e.g., meals that emphasize the functionality of vegetables, joint efforts for CSR, and ways to ensure food safety and demonstrate evidence).
As a trading company specializing in fruits and vegetables, we create new value of fruits and vegetables, and connect vegetable producers to meal providers.
Delica Foods strives for stable supply of vegetables from carefully selected contract farms. It works closely with farmers and provides information on the market needs of the restaurant and home meal replacement industries.
Delica Foods processes the purchased vegetables and delivers them, while retaining their freshness, to 28,000 stores across Japan. It actively adopt the latest technologies for better hygiene control, and higher quality and efficiency.
Based on a vegetable database compiled through many years of research, Medical Seikabutsu Institute undertakes analysis of not only vegetables but also foods in general, finding hidden sales points of vegetables in the food business and sharing its discoveries.
FS Logistics delivers fresh vegetables every day through a nationwide network of chilled delivery to realize the Group’s cold chain.
To meet the various needs of restaurants, home meal replacement industries, and meal delivery companies, Designer Foods provides comprehensive food-related services, from developing scientific evidence-based recipes with ingredient combinations and cooking methods in mind, to holding sales strategy seminars and lectures.
Delica Foods, a nationwide distributor of fruits and vegetables, has been trying something new: it has been making comprehensive arrangements for sales mainly of fruits and vegetables, ranging from business planning and product development to the operation of an online shopping business and collaboration with other industries, in order to brands that offer an enriched healthy life.
Hand in Hand with Farmers Around Japan, Delica Foods Ensures Stable Procurement of High-quality Vegetables from Many Contract Farms
Delica Foods ensures stable procurement of high-quality vegetables from carefully selected contract farms. As proactive measures against natural disasters and other risks, Delica Foods has contract farms all over the country and the prchases from the contract farms account for over 60% of total purchases. Through these efforts, Delica Foods supports Japan’s food supply based on the Group's support system. Delica Foods also strives to find and foster new contract farms both at home and abroad, and to reduce food loss. We've been making a wide variety of efforts for the stable and sustainable procurement of fruits and vegetables.
Delica Foods' Original Technologies of Processing and Sorting Combined of “Tradition and Innovation”
Delica Foods boasts its excellent cutting and packing technologies that has accumulated over many years under its food safety management system.* Also, the company actively adopt the latest technologies, including automated picking, to realize even higher quality and work efficiency. Its factories have introduced a recycling system for environmental friendliness. Delica Foods' original technologies of processing and sorting combined of “Tradition and Innovation” supports Japan’s food supply. (* ISO 22000 certification granted to the company’s eight bases)
Industry-leading R&D Institutes That Evaluate Vegetables by What They Contain, Not How They Look
Medical Seikabutsu Institute and Designer Foods are industry-leading R&D institutes. Especially in the research of vegetables’ antioxidant effects, they have established a position as pioneers. The data they have accumulated is unequaled in the world. Based on the policy of evaluating the contents of vegetables appropriately, they support Japan’s food supply from the perspective of research and analysis. Their activities include patent acquisition through industry-academia-government collaboration, holding seminars, and giving lectures.
Expert Knowledge of Vegetables Lies Behind the Chilled Delivery Network That Makes Full Use of the Latest Technologies
The company’s original “Super Cold Chain” system keeps vegetables at 4-5°C during the entire process from purchase to processing/production and shipping. Delivery by FS Logistics enables the entire process from purchase to delivery to be completed within the Group, which has established a thorough management system to retain freshness and nutrients. The company also makes full use of the latest technologies, including the industry's first automated multi-story warehouse and its original inventory management system (VMS), supporting Japan’s food supply from the viewpoint of the future of fruit and vegetable distribution.
The Delica Foods Groups Uses Its Know-how, technologies, and R&D Results to Create New Value of Fruits and Vegetables, and Markets
We propose using a wide variety of vegetables depending on customers’ individual needs, and develop seasonal recipes for them. The expert knowledge of vegetables which we have accumulated can make such sales activities possible. We also develop original products and brands based on the know-how, technologies, and research results that we have accumulated. In 2020, we launched VegeMarche, an EC site for B2C and D2C, and set up an affiliate Seikabiyori Co., Ltd. to make a full-scale entry into the e-commerce business. We will create new value of fruits and vegetables and markets for an enriched healthy life.
