Intermediate wholesale business in Yodobashi Market at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market Yamagon Seika Co., Ltd Headquarters: (Company building) 4-19-3 Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0074 Tel: 03-3364-2136 (main) Fax: 03-3367-0260 Kasai Branch Office: 3-4-1 Rinkaicho, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 134-0086 Tel: 03-3878-2383 (main) Fax: 03-3878-2368

Suzukei Co., Ltd 4-15-8 Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0074 Tel: 03-5330-6161 Fax: 03-5386-3133 For each and every customer. We learn and apply various information, Message contemplate solutions, and take action with sincerity.

Yamagon Seika Group’s Four Strengths

We aspire to flexibly answer the needs of each customer. We stand behind our agreements with our customers 100%, and we keep our promises. We Yamagon Seika Group always moves will never prioritize our profit to the detriment of As a distribution coordinator our business and customer relationships; we will share the benefits of these relationships Humanity of fresh produce in the forward with sincerity. with our affiliated companies and all related customers. For our customers, we contemplate intermediate wholesale solutions and take action responsibly and with Our principal concerns are freshness, safety, care. Sincere humanity is our greatest strength. business, Yamagon Seika We are particular about the freshness, safety, and Group strives to offer our flavor of our products, carefully inspect the and flavor, and we strive to become a bridge produce that we distribute, and painstakingly products while ensuring the manage our operations. We always strive to from farmers to consumers. offer high-quality, reliable products and Products freshness and flavor of the continuously improve the service we offer to our Freshness, Safety, products grown by farmers is Consumers want fresh, safe, and secure food; tasty, reasonably priced food, and furthermore food customers. Furthermore, another of our and Flavor strengths is that we are attentive to elevating the maintained until they reach that is familiar and desirable to consumers and highly trusted as well as being natural and value of products by being attuned to the concerns of farmers, retailers, and consumers. environmentally friendly. Yamagon Seika Group specializes in intermediate wholesale of fresh produce their destination, the tables We consider it necessary to always be able to and our entire staff works hard every day in order to deliver fresh, safe, and secure natural food to ascertain the needs of customers and then promptly and homes of consumers. respond to various information. We are always everyone’s table. While paying close attention to food trends and consumer demand, we particularly working to expand our information network such Our philosophy has four core care about the freshness, safety, and flavor of our fresh as liaising with other companies and importers in Information principles including company remote areas to secure products. We aim to Consider and produce and aspire to become a bridge connecting recognize and understand the food trends that Execute attitude and company policy, consumers want, and to offer what they want as farmers with consumers. In order to fulfill the common well as to gain their satisfaction and trust. which have been cultivated goal among our affiliated companies of catering to the In our business, we believe that it is important to through the achievements and customer's needs, as well as to cultivate satisfaction nimbly answer consumer demand no matter the quantity or location, without compromising on trust built over 40 years since and trust, we aim for speedy and accurate services. We quality. In this process, it is also important for will also work harder to establish a firm bond of trust each of our staff to be able to think on their Mobility our founding, and they are our own, judge a situation, and respond and act Energy and Action with our major customers and colleagues in the same upon it, i.e., being nimble. Including responding strengths. We will continue to complaints, we deeply consider what we field. In all aspects, we feel that sincere should do for the customer at that moment, and advancing our distribution correspondence and actions are some of the most act sincerely and immediately. system while retaining our important things we can offer as human beings. focus on freshness, safety, Yamagon Seika Group moves forward with sincerity. flavor, and convenience. We hope you will enjoy our fruits and vegetables. Thank What we do is for each and you! every customer. Yamagon Seika President Masato Nakabayashi Philosophy Presently, most fruits and Buckwheat Boston lettuce Seasonal Japanese Farmers to mass merchants/retailers and vegetables are sold at sprouts Parsley, butterbur onion mustard Lotus root shoots (fukinoto) Lettuce spinach stores regardless of their Cauliflower Spring onion Seasonal (komatsuna), Taro, etc. Cauliflower potato butterbur restaurants to consumers season due to the Broccoli Cauliflower Asparagus development of Daikon (Japanese radish) Broccoli, etc. Seasonal potato Snow peas Broccoli,Bamboo Providing benefits to everyone is the greatest greenhouse farming Japanese parsley (mitsuba), etc. shoots,Chives,Bok choy techniques and low January February March Bean sprouts, etc.April advantage of all for Yamagon Seika Group. temperature preservation technologies as well as Napa cabbage Daikon Cabbage We believe that mass merchants/retailers and restaurants profiting from these advantages means organized distribution (Japanese Celery radish) Onion that our high-quality products have been purchased and consumed with a smile by many systems. Despite this, Spring onion Potato seasonal fruits and Carrot Garland consumers. This will lead to them becoming a regular customer. Spinach chrysanthemum In order for this to happen, we wholesalers need to consider the value proposition for consumers as vegetables that are Garland chrysanthemum, etc. By categorizing seasonal vegetables Green peas, fava beans harvested during certain Daikon (Japanese radish) well; values such as how to promote a product, knowledge about preparation and consumption of by month, it is easier for consumers to Bamboo shoots, etc. periods of time are know which month is each May products, promotional marketing and planning, and recognizing trends. Contributing to everyone's December extremely fresh, flavorful, Japanese vegetable’s season. To know which Edamame prosperity is our greatest advantage. and fragrant. mustard vegetable is in season monthly is (young spinach soybean pods) Furthermore, depending Spinach convenient information for consumers Tomato on the crop, they can be Asparagus when shopping. Bell pepper Turnip Japanese obtained at a more Sweet potato ginger (myoga) Napa cabbage,Spring onion Vegetables Cucumber reasonable price. For Carrot, etc. Fresh ginger consumers, seasonal Potato Categorized by Month Shishito pepper, etc. fruits and vegetables November June have the appeal of Sweet potato Shimeji Kabocha Edamame Taro,Yam mushroom squash (young providing the taste of Matsutake Eggplant Tomato soybean something seasonal, mushroom Kabocha Green beans pods) Shiitake squash Eggplant Lettuce which is unique to Japan, mushroom Shiitake Okra Oriental Garland chrysanthemum mushroom Edamame (young soybean pickling melon and it is one reason why Carrot Sweet potato,Taro,Okra pods) Tomato, etc. consumers tend to favor Daikon (Japanese radish), Bell pepper, etc. Japanese parsley (mitsuba), etc. etc. them. October September August July

Yamagon Seika Group mainly deals with various domestic seasonal fruits and vegetables. “Farmers to mass merchants/retailers and restaurants to consumers.” These are all people directly involved with the Products Every step of the way, products. People produce the products, distribute them, sell them, people are involved buy them, and eat them. Each step of January February March April the process and each communication Strawberry, Grapefruit, Amanatsu orange, Orange, with the products. between the people involved is a Fig, etc. Hassaku orange, etc. Grapefruit, etc. Grapefruit, etc. This is why humanity Humanity connection, and we believe that these Products connections are the heart of Fruits Freshness, Safety, is another significant everything. Regardless of the economic May June and Flavor climate, Yamagon Seika believes that Categorized by Month Melons, Loquat, Japanese cherry, etc. Japanese cherry, etc. advantage. humanity is an essential element to us. This is a differentiator from one company to another and a source of July August September October November December competitive spirit. If there is any type of Watermelon, Grapes, Watermelon, Pear, Apple, Citrus fruits Strawberry, competition within a company, the skill Mango, etc. Melons, etc. Apple, etc. Persimmon, Chestnuts, etc. such as oranges, etc. Yuzu, etc. of the individual humans competing grows, leading to greater contributions We have also categorized fruits by month. In general, many fruits are harvested from summer to fall. Citrus fruits are to the company. We believe that in the harvested from fall to winter, melons are harvested in summer, though imported fruits can be in season nearly end, it is people and their humanity throughout the year since the harvest times are reversed between the northern and southern hemispheres. Advantages that provides an advantage to us. Please check our website for more details. Yodobashi Market at the Metropolitan Yamagon Seika Group Central Wholesale Market is a hub of wholesale to secure smooth has a distribution distribution of fresh produce essential network that covers for our everyday life. Yamagon Seika Group mainly uses all of Japan. Yodobashi Market, which is located at Our mission is speedy the middle of the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, to run our and accurate intermediate wholesale business of fresh produce that concentrates on distribution. freshness, safety, and flavor. We also liaise with remote markets such as Distribution Kasai, Tsukiji, Ota, and Setagaya as Itabashi well as with other produce companies Kitaadachi in order to secure select products Information Yodobashi Toshima Consider and with safety, security, and fresh flavor Execute in mind. In addition to other domestic wholesale businesses, we also Tama New Town

coordinate with importers and we Kasai Setagaya Tsukiji Mobility Our purchase offer select products that have gone Energy and Action ratio is 80% through strict checks to various vegetables and distribution channels such as mass Ota 20% fruits. We merchants, retailers, and the purchase widely all across restaurant industry, including hotels, Japan from Hokkaido to as their supplier. Okinawa, including imported Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market: fresh produce, for mass Introduction of each market merchants and retailers such Yamagon Seika Group mainly uses Yodobashi as major supermarkets and vegetable shops as well as Market to run our intermediate wholesale for the restaurant industry. Perishable food including business of fresh produce. fresh produce quickly loses its freshness, making it difficult to preserve for long periods, and the value of the produce changes depending on its freshness. Our major customer is Shinjuku Vegefru Consequently, speedy distribution is Co., Ltd. that also deals in Yodobashi essential. The supply also varies Market, and we strive to work hard every depending on the climate and other day with customers’ point of view in mind. natural conditions, so accurate services are required on top of being quick. As a purchaser and supplier for mass Our mission is to rapidly respond to consumer demand no matter the merchants, retailers, and the restaurant quantity or location without compromising on quality. This way, we can meet our customers’ needs and earn their trust and satisfaction. industry, we procure high-quality, fresh, safe, and flavorful fresh produce for our customers. Yamagon Seika Group’s Beliefs Sincere humanity is our greatest strength. We go above and beyond the norm to be considerate of customers. Suzukei Co., Ltd We work to flexibly meet the needs of each customer. We always think, carefully judge the situation, and take action.

We place utmost importance on all customers. We also place the highest value upon our colleagues. We stand behind our agreements with our customers 100%, and we keep our promises. We will never prioritize our profit to the detriment of our business and customer relationships; we will share the benefits of these relationships with our affiliated companies and all related customers. Group Companies Providing benefits to our customers is our advantage. We contribute to everyone's prosperity in various ways.