- CEO
- Ryozo Kuze
- Full Time Employees
- 307
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Beverages: alcoholic
- Address
- 1260 Kamiminochi Japan 389-1201
- IPO Date
- Dec 21, 2022
- Business
- St.Cousair Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells food products, including jams, wines, pasta sauces, gelato, fruit sauces, drinks, fruit syrups, seasonings, rice accompaniments, dashi, miso, soy sauce, drink bases, dressings, jellies, and Japanese prepared foods; the company operates under three core brands—St. Cousair, focusing on Western-style items such as jams, pasta sauces, and wines; Kuze Fuku & Co., offering Japanese ingredients inspired by Taisho-era shops; and Kuze Fuku & Sons, blending American and Japanese cuisine elements like drink bases, drinking vinegars, dressings, and jams—while managing over 140 company-owned and franchise retail stores across Japan, wineries, restaurants, and an online marketplace called Kuze Fuku-Web Shopping Arcade. Founded in 1979 and established in 1982, St.Cousair maintains headquarters at St. Cousair Hill in Iizuna, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with additional facilities including the Shinanomachi Center in Shinanomachi, Nagano; a U.S. subsidiary, St. Cousair, Inc., in Newberg, Oregon, which produces jams, fruit sauces, drinks, and fruit in syrup at a capacity of 4 million bottles annually using Willamette Valley produce; and group company Madarao Kogen Farm Co. for grape cultivation and wine/cider production. The company primarily serves Japanese retail, wholesale, and online customers, alongside international markets via its U.S. operations, with production capacities encompassing 7 million bottles of jams and related products, 240 kiloliters of wine, and 220 kiloliters of gelato annually at domestic sites. Recent developments include St. Cousair, Inc.'s acquisition of Kelly's Jelly, Inc.'s jam business, completed April 22, 2025, to bolster U.S. growth through cross-selling with existing brands like Portlandia Foods (acquired June 2023 for organic ketchup and condiments) and Bonnie's Enterprises, LLC (acquired October 2024 for cheese-pairing fruit jams), enhancing production, sales, and high-value product development in the expanding North American processed foods market.