A Greeting from Us

We contribute to your healthy life by producing safe and secure products!

We develop and manufacture our products every day to deliver happiness to our customers under the philosophy as follows.

Our Business Policy

1. We contribute to your healthy life by producing safe and secure products.
2. We deliver products and services based on our customers’ perspective.
3. We contribute to our society with profit resulted from our effort to maximize the value and cost-effectiveness of our  products.

Based on these business policies, we have set our quality policies below.

 

Our ISO Quality Policy

1. We always aim to develop hit products by capturing our clients demand and market needs promptly.
2. We become an eco-friendly company and contribute to our society by saving resources and energy.
3. We set, follow and operate our quality management system, which meets the requirements of ISO, laws, and clients’ specifications with constant amendments.

June 2015

Daiichi Foods Co., Ltd.
Hirotomo Konishi, CEO

 

About Us

Our production department and asset management department have been separated since June 2010.

Company Name	Daiichi Foods Co., Ltd.
Location	1-1-71 Bunsuiakebono, Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture Postcode: 959-0132
Contacts	TEL：0256-91-3111 　FAX：0256-91-3135
Date of Start of Business	April 1950
Date of Establishment	June 2010 (by the separation of a business unit)
Business	Production of ice cream
Members of the Board of Directors	Makoto Ogino, CEO Hirotomo Konishi, President Hiroko Konishi, Board Director Hiroaki Nakamura, Board Director Manabu Nishiyama, Board Director Yoshiaki Mokuno, Auditor
Capital	29,400,000 JPY
Number of Employees	18
Main Bank	Daishihokuetsu Bank Bunsuichuou Branch
Main Clients	Ninety-nine Plus Inc., Nagoya Seiraku Co., Ltd. LAWSON INC., etc.

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Access

■Access By Car

• 【From Tokyo】To Niigata on Kanetsu Expressway, get off at Nakanoshima-Mitsuke IC, drive to Bunsui for about 20 minutes.
• 【From Kanazawa】To Niigata on Hokuriku Expressway, get off at Nakanoshima-Mitsuke IC, drive to Bunsui for about 20 minutes.
• 【From Fukushima】From Banetsu Expressway to Hokuriku Expressway to Tokyo, get off at Sanjo-Tsubame IC, drive to Bunsui for about 20 minutes.

■Access By Train

• 【From Tokyo】Transfer to Yahiko Line (to Yoshida and Yahiko) at Tsubame-Sanjo Station of Joetsu Shinkansen, transfer to Echigo Line (to Kashiwazaki) at Yoshida Station, get off at Bunsui Station. *(Please note that the numbers of these train lines are limited. It is more convenient to get a taxi from Tsubame-Sanjo Station.)
• 【From Kanazawa】Transfer to Shinetsu Honsen Line at Joestu-Myoko Station of Hokuriku Shinkansen, transfer to Echigo Line (to Yoshida) at Kashiwazaki Station, get off at Bunsui Station.
• 【From Niigata】Echigo Line (to Yoshida or Kashiwazaki), get off at Bunsui Station. (Please transfer to the train to Kashiwazaki at the Yoshida Station if the train stops at Yoshida.)

 

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Map

 

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Group Companies

Daiichi Foods Sales Co., Ltd.

Trade Name	Daichi Foods Sales Co., Ltd.
Location	6-46 Bunsuikoyo, Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture Postcode: 959-0109
Contacts	TEL：0256-97-4351 FAX：0256-98-5658
Date of Establishment	April 1978
Representative	Makoto Ogino, CEO
Business	Distribution of ice cream and other frozen products
Capital	10,000,000 JPY
Number of Employees	6
Main bank	Daishihokuetsu Bank Bunsuichuou Branch, Daishihokuetu Bank Bunsui Branch

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 Our History

April 1950	Yamasa Dairy Industry established by Hana Yamada starts the production of Popsicle.
January 1957	The business is inherited by Shigeru Yamada, son of Hana, due to Hana’s illness.
May 1962	Sales of ‘Shiro Ice’ (the first shaved ice product) and ‘Momotaro’ start targeting the large market in the capital region on Tokyo Olympic.
April 1963	Sales of other products in the Tokyo area start.
April 1970	Daiichi Foods Company is established, and Shigeru Yamada assumes the post of CEO.
October 1971	The company purchases 1,790.64m2 land in the Bunsui Industrial Park at 116-6 Jizodo, Bunsuimachi as a plant site.
May 1972	Headquarter factory is built on the plant site.
March 1975	Line production of hand-made style soft ice cream starts ahead of industry peers.
January 1976	Daiichi Foods Company is reorganized as Daiichi Foods Co., Ltd.
February 1977	The company purchases 1,313.9m2 land as a site of a frozen distribution center at 28-12 Jizodo, Bunsuimachi, next to the headquarter factory.
April 1978	Sales department is separated as Daiichi Foods Sales Co., Ltd., and Shigeru Yamada takes up a post of CEO.
February 1982	800t (1,000 m2) freezer is installed in the frozen distribution center.
June 1993	The company purchases 5,235m2 land as a factory site at 1-1-71 Akebonocho, Bunsuimachi, Nishikanbaragun.
September 1996	State-of-art freezer (800t) is installed in the Akebonocho factory.
October 1999	Manufacturing the original product for a convenience store chain Sunkus expands the market to nationwide.
February 2000	Sales of prime quality ice cream ‘Zeitaku Monaka Series’ start.
July 2002	Productions of Ninety-nine Plus Inc. own brand products start.
October 2003	New product, ‘Daifuku Ice Cream’, the ice cream wrapped in soft mochi (sticky rice cake) is developed.
March 2004	New factory with state-of-art facilities are launched at Akebonocho aiming to deliver higher quality products.
January 2009	Production of STORE100 (100-yen shop by LAWSON) own brand products start.
June 2010	Production department and asset management department are separated to enhance the ice cream production system, and Daiichi Foods Co., Ltd. is reorganized to Daiichi Co., Ltd. as an asset management company. The production department is restructured to Daiichi Foods Co., Ltd., and Hirotomo Konishi assumes a post of CEO.
February 2011	ISO9001：2008 certification is achieved. Certificate  Number 8907 ISO9001
June 2015	Capital is increased to 29,400,000 JPY.