CEO’s Message

　Zensho has been expanding its business to realize its corporate philosophy of “to take responsibility for the stability and development of human society, eradicating hunger and poverty from the world through food.” In approximately 40 years since its founding in 1982, it has grown to a scale of 1,264 billion yen in sales (as of March 2026) and 14,947 stores worldwide (as of the end of March 2026), but this is still not enough. To realize this grand corporate philosophy, it is necessary to expand the scale of its business. As a guideline for this, it has set the goal of becoming "the the World’s Top Food Company" but it recognizes that its growth speed is nowhere near enough to achieve this. In order to accelerate growth, it will focus on creating a system that will allow it to open multiple types of brands simultaneously around the world.

　Our founding brand, "Sukiya," has surpassed the milestone of 2,000 stores in Japan. We will continue to refine the quality of our stores and develop stores that are supported by local customers, while also aiming for further store openings. Overseas, we will expand our stores while promoting brand penetration in each region, such as East Asia and Southeast Asia.

　"Hama-Sushi" is solidifying its position as one of Japan's top sushi brands, and is looking to expand into a wide range of countries and regions overseas. In addition to East Asia, where it is already expanding, it will also be expanding into various Southeast Asian countries.

　In recent years, our overseas take-out sushi business has seen a complementary relationship between two sales channels: "kiosks" located within supermarkets and "commissioneries" that supply factory-made sushi to retailers. We will leverage this unique position, which allows us to utilize multiple sales channels, to further accelerate our expansion in Europe and the United States.

　In addition to the continued surge in raw material prices over the past few years, we anticipate rising costs for non-food items such as energy, logistics, and construction due to the current situation in the Middle East. Even in this challenging external environment, we believe it is our mission to provide the unique value that is characteristic of Zensho and contribute to the lives of our customers.

　Zensho has established a "mass merchandising system (MMD)" in which it plans, designs, and manages everything from raw material procurement to manufacturing, processing, logistics, and sales. By fully utilizing this MMD network and management resources such as highly productive store operations that incorporate technological innovation, we will provide valuable products and services to our customers.

　The world is experiencing increasing instability due to a series of divisions and conflicts. In this situation, Zensho strongly desires to promote "coexistence" among people through food. "Coexistence" means "overcoming differences and living together."

　At Zensho, which operates businesses all over the world, members from diverse backgrounds work together. We believe that each of them working towards the common goal of "creating the best stores in their respective regions and enriching the lives of our customers" is nothing less than the embodiment of "coexistence." Furthermore, our fair trade activities, which we have been engaged in for about 20 years, are also one of our pursuits of "coexistence" through our business. We will continue to build a system that connects producers in regions facing social challenges with consumers mainly living in developed countries, and develops together. Through these efforts, we hope to contribute to the stability and development of human society.

　Zensho, which is striving to realize its unique corporate philosophy, always maintains high standards for its human resources. We believe that only those who have the ambition to grow into world-class experts and who can take the corporate philosophy for granted are suitable to be a part of Zensho. For such individuals, we seriously consider how we can grow together through individualized skill development and job rotation.

　As our business expands and we simultaneously operate multiple business formats around the world, we believe that our growth can be accelerated only through a large and elite team of highly skilled individuals. In an increasingly turbulent world, Zensho 's role is becoming more and more important. We want to steadily move forward together with our stakeholders toward the stability and development of human society, and the eradication of hunger and poverty.