Our story
ONO FOODS CO., LTD used be a small company dealing in dried fish locally in Kamaishi city, Iwate prefecture. The current president Akio Ono once worked in one of the major supermarket chains, but decided to take over its business after the sudden death of his father. Since then, 30 years has passed and the sales volume has grown by 30 times more.
“We supply delicious, convenient and healthy food, with our expertise of product development that satisfies the needs of customers.”
When our company was launched, we just followed the instructions of distributors in Tokyo to pursue large volume sales, which means we needed to endure small margins. Additionally, our city Kamaishi is far from city area, so the logistics cost is also high.
Therefore, we have shifted part of our business into “B to C with mail-order system” and we started to invest in our R&D team to meet the demands of our final consumers.
- trends towards nuclear families and aging of population
⇒ the portion size and the tastes in food has changed. - live in apartment or a condominium.
⇒ people does not cook fish as frequently as before.
Sometimes, smoke or smells problems occur. - People do not cook fish as frequently as before.
- fully-cooked, easy to cook (usually by boiling)
- keep in a freezer (almost 1-1.5 year)
- conveniently sized portions
The mail order product series, https://www.shop-onoya.com/ (sorry, Japanese only)
Our range of seafood products are getting more and more popular in the final consumers and as the gift.
At the same time, we tried to apply the development skills to the industrial market. In recent years, the sales volume of industrial items has begun to increase again.
Fact sheet
- Company Name
- ONO FOODS CO., LTD
- Addresses
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- Head office and main factory
- 4-24-7, Ryoishi-cho, Kamaishi city, Iwate prefecture, 026-0304, Japan
TEL 0193-23-4675 FAX 0193-23-6332 - Otsuchi factory
- 2-1, Ando 2 cho-me, Otsuchi town, Kamihei-gun, Iwate prefecture
TEL 0193-27-8211 FAX 0193-27-8214 - Tokyo branch
- Nakano sunplaza 912, 4-1-1, Nakano ward, Tokyo, 164-8512, Japan
- Representative
- Akio Ono (president)
- Date Established
- July 29th, 1988
- Capital
- 50,000,000 yen (JPY)
- Number of employees
- 116
- Business contents
- Processed food manufacture
- Sales volume
- 3.1 billion yen (JPY・2018 fiscal year)
Our history
- 1988
- Foundation of ONO FOODS CO., LTD
- 1989
- Opening of the main factory
- 1991
- Installed the vacuum packaging equipment and the tunnel freezer.
- 1992
- Enlarged the factory and developed the micro-measurement system.
- 1996
- Start of the second production line in the main factory.
- 2002
- Opening of the second factory
- 2005
- HACCP for U.S. “grilled salmon” qualified.
- 2005
- First challenge to B to C selling
- 2010
- FCP (governmental certification of food safety) rank AAA
- 2012
- ISO22000 qualified
- 2016
- Opening of Otsuchi factory
- 2016
- Opening of Tokyo branch
Our products
Ono foods’ development starts in the kitchen where Washoku (Japanese authentic cuisine) is made. We make full use of the wisdom and skills passed down since ancient times in the preparation of exquisite and refined Washoku. Our Washoku products are of the highest quality and are packed into quickly frozen containers, each of which contains a single serving of a food item that can be prepared easily so that people can eat it anywhere, anytime.
The number of customers that regularly purchase our products by mail order or the internet amounts to about 40,000 nationwide and these products are gaining an excellent reputation.
Four top priorities for Ono Foods’ Products
The examples of our products
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Grilled salmon teriyaki（industrial pack）
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Pacific saury braised in soy sauce
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Flat fish braised in soy sauce (retail)
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Oysters braised in soy sauce
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