CEO’s Message

Zensho was founded in 1982 with five million yen in capital and a mission to eradicate hunger and poverty from the world. Today, we have established a position as the number one food service company in Japan in terms of sales and one of the top 10 worldwide, and I believe that we have reached the point where our growth potential and impact on society has earned us the trust of society.

Through food, we take responsibility for the stability and development of human society.
Since our founding, the Zensho mission has been to become the top food service company in the world. Now that we are at a stage of thinking more concretely about how to accomplish this, we have taken our corporate philosophy to the next level in 2023. In addition to tribal and ethnic conflicts and human rights issues erupting in various parts of the world, the recent global pandemic has caused great damage to human society. We have a growing sense of urgency, both on my part as an individual and Zensho as a company, regarding the growing instability in the world. It is imperative that we realize a society in which all people have stable access to food and continue to develop in a sustainable and harmonious way. Our new philosophy rests on two pivotal words—stability and development—but achieving stability is, in itself, a great task. To ensure that this does not stagnate as nothing more than a goal, and that we make steady, responsible progress toward it, we must continue to grow and expand. The evolution in our corporate philosophy also serves as a statement of Zensho’s determination to take the next step toward accomplishing this goal.

The Zensho Group has created its own mass merchandising system (MMD) to plan and manage everything from raw material procurement to manufacturing, processing, logistics and sales. The recent instability in the global situation has taught us that we must establish an even stronger, more expansive MMD system capable of providing a stable food supply even when unforeseen circumstances arise. We are committed to achieving global stability and development through food by further advancing the Zensho MMD system to meet the needs of an increasingly complex world, and by making safe and delicious food available at affordable prices to people around the world. In this sense, our work to accomplish our mission is still in its infancy.
Taking responsibility for helping to achieve the stability and development of human society, the Zensho Group is determined to continue to grow. As we provide all of our employees with a sense of fulfillment, we will continue to build a shared understanding with our shareholders and trading partners of our philosophy and our mission.