CHALLENGING

Anticipating change and creating the future.

What consumers demand of food is growing more diverse as both the times and lifestyles changes. Toho Bussan has taken various steps in its upstream and downstream operations in order to meet more fragmented consumer needs that go beyond simply filling one’s belly and being good tasting. There are demands related to safety, environmental friendliness, and ease of preparation. For example, we visit local farms directly and work with producers to examine measures to improve productivity and ways to manage the environment, such as reducing the use of agricultural chemicals. These new efforts have borne fruit,rice cultivation management that employs drones. We have developed creative stratagems related to food processing and other issues in order to improve logistics, sales, and added value for consumers. We also plan to actively work to conduct various activities including proposing ways to eat foods we supply, and introducing recipes.

PROFESSIONAL &
SYNERGY

Accumulated experience and synergies from inquisitiveness

The agricultural products that we handle include numerous items that people find on their tables. The Foodstuff Unit not only procures beans and nuts, including soybeans and peanuts, from throughout the world (and supplies those in Japan), but also supports the stable supply of feed. The unit also handles fresh fruits and other agricultural products. Furthermore, the Rice Business Unit provides total coordination for rice milling and logistics from cultivation to consumption. The three units seamlessly collaborate with each other while also demonstrating their unique specializations. We will strengthen our competitiveness as a food trading company by melding our information gathering and product development skills with the collective strength of the Mitsui Group.