TOP Message

Toward Future Growth with Stakeholders:
Building a Sustainable Future with Sure Quality and Continuous Innovation

Dear Shareholders and Stakeholders,

In 1931, our company's founder, Masanori Takegishi, launched a business called Takegishi Meat Packers. He did so for the purpose of producing high-quality meat at affordable prices and to contribute to the country's livestock industry. In 1965, the company became Prima Meat Packers, Ltd. Takegishi believed that products and quality are the company's lifeblood, and this became part of Prima Meat Packers corporate philosophy ("create quality products that sustain the Prima Group"). Guided by this philosophy, our organization has traced a path of expansion in the meat products sector with an unceasing commitment to technological innovation and to new forms of production.

Today, the food services industry faces immense volatilities, including high prices for raw materials and diversifying consumer needs. Amid this challenging landscape, we will keep enhancing our brands and products and keep taking on growth challenges to expand our business portfolio and advance to our next stage, which is to be a top player in the food services industry.

As part of our efforts to maximize the value of our organization, we commit to delivering a continued increase in return on equity as a measure of the profitability of our businesses. We will use a steady cash flow from operations to fund incremental enhancements to operating infrastructure, fund investments for unlocking higher future growth, and fund steady and consistent shareholder returns.

To these ends, we will always take the perspective of our shareholders and stakeholders and address problems with speed and efficiency.
All corporate officers and employees across Prima Meat Packers Group are united in a commitment to contribute to food culture and society through great taste and excitement and to be a company that customers always love and support.

I thank you for your valued support, and I look forward to our continued journey.

President and CEO Kuniaki Abe