- CEO
- Takashi Sumii
- Full Time Employees
- 964
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- 3-8-13, Takaidohigashi Tokyo TY Japan 102-0083
- IPO Date
- Nov 1, 1994
- Business
- KENKO Mayonnaise Co., Ltd. (2915.T) manufactures and sells a range of food products, primarily focused on condiments, processed foods, salads, and delicatessen items. The company operates through two main segments: the Seasoning and Processed Foods Business, which includes salads and delicatessen such as potato salads, pasta salads, tuna salads, rice noodle salads, burdock salads, and long-life salads like Fashion Delica Foods; mayonnaise and dressings including plain mayonnaise, creamy golden sesame dressing, and other sauces; processed egg products such as thick omelets (atsuyaki tamago), dashi-wound eggs, scrambled eggs, and narrowly stripped cooked eggs (kinshi tamago); and other items like frozen potatoes and sweet potatoes; and the Delicatessen-related Business, which encompasses operations of Salad Cafe stores and related deli foods including rice dishes. It serves diverse channels including restaurants, mass retailers, convenience stores, bread manufacturers, school lunches, and exports, with key customers in the foodservice and retail sectors.
Founded in March 1958 and headquartered in Tokyo with its head office in Kobe, Japan, the company maintains extensive domestic operations across multiple factories including Kobe, Atsugi, Nishi-Kobe, Yamanashi, Gotenba, Nishi-Nihon, and Shizuoka Fujisan factories, alongside sales branches in Nagoya, Tokyo, Sendai, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Hiroshima. Internationally, it has established entities such as PT. Intan Kenkomayo Indonesia in Jakarta and previously operated in Hong Kong, Dongguan, and Hangzhou through affiliates before divesting shares in 2015. Subsidiaries include DIETCOOK SHIRAOI Co., Ltd., KANTO DIETCOOK Co., Ltd., KANSAI DIETCOOK Co., Ltd., and Salad Cafe Co., Ltd., supporting a consolidated workforce of 2,985 employees as of March 31, 2025.
In recent developments, the company completed a share repurchase program in November 2025, acquiring 543,000 shares representing 3.64% of its equity for ¥1,034.42 million to enhance shareholder returns under its KENKO Vision 2035 medium- to long-term plan launched in 2024. It announced reorganizations including the closure of the Aizu Wakamatsu Factory by March 2026 with production consolidation at Shizuoka Fujisan and Yamanashi factories, investing approximately ¥2.2 billion in capacity expansions for mayonnaise, sauces, and processed eggs to improve efficiency and supply stability. Additional changes encompass Tokyo Headquarters relocation to Chiyoda-ku in February 2026 and R&D transfers to Koto-ku in October 2026 to boost innovation, alongside price increases across product lines from FY 3/2026 and a store closure in July 2024 impacting Salad Cafe performance.