Moving toward the next 100 years of food, we will bring smiles and excitement to everyday life through the power of freezing.
We have continued to enhance the value of frozen foods—not only in Japan, but globally—while sincerely addressing social issues.
Starting with a postwar school lunch business, we have always pioneered the way for the future of food, providing frozen ingredients to the athletes' village at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, operating a restaurant using frozen foods at the 1970 Osaka Expo, and expanding our range of personal use products to meet the demand for individually portioned meals from 2022 onwards. Since then, we have continued to evolve cooking methods and menu items in line with changing lifestyles, and frozen foods have become an indispensable part of dining tables around the world, with customers recognizing the values of "simple and convenient to prepare," "delicious," and "healthy."
Currently, the environment surrounding food products is changing drastically, including an increase in the employment of women and elderly people, an increase in dining out as average household size decreases and the number of single-person households increases, labor shortages in the restaurant industry and growing health consciousness. It is our mission to respond to these changes with urgency.
Frozen foods provide both delicious flavor and nutritional balance, and can be stored for a long period of time to be portioned as needed. They are the food for the next 100 years, highly anticipated to perform well by stakeholders in both Japan and abroad.
Nichirei Foods Inc. will absorb Nichirei Fresh Inc., which handles marine and livestock products, in April 2026. Through this merger, we will offer an even wider range of products to meet all needs, including everything from ingredients to complete meals, and deliver the value of frozen foods to people all across Japan and around the world. By accelerating aggressive ventures into overseas markets and creating new value within worldwide food culture, Nichirei Foods Inc. will further enhance our presence as a global brand.
We aspire to be “a value-creating company that connects food, people and the earth,”
so we created the Nichirei Foods Inc. Vision, “Delivering smiles and excitement to everyday life through the power of freezing.”
With this as our Vision, we employ a discerning eye for ingredients and unique technology to create delicious flavors, continuing to create new value as we strive to build a prosperous society through food.
Nichirei Foods Inc. Representative Director, President
Masahiko Takenaga