General food supplier and licensed importer of cosmestic products

Supply food materials for school lunch, hospitals, factories, and restaurants. Import and sell cosmetic products.

Company Name: Nigaki Co., Ltd

Address: 7-5-14 Shimoyamate Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0011

President: Emi Shobu

Founded: August 1, 1953

Organizations: Zenkyu-kyo (Governmental: Ministry of Agriculture and Education)

Business: Food Materials and Cosmetics / Import and Export

Warehouse:

General Food — 7-5-14 Shimoyamate Chuo-ku, Kobe

Frozen Food — 2-1-10 Nakanoshima Hyogo-ku, Kobe

Container Imported Food — 2-1-4 Higashidemachi Hyogo-ku, Kobe

Financial Institutions: Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Sannomiya Branch; Tajima Bank, Kobe Branch

1954 – The school Lunch Law was established

From Chapter 2: “The purpose of School Lunch Law”

1. To educate and provide the correct information about daily meals and food customs for one’s daily life

2 .To enrich school life

3. To provide a guideline for a practical food system, daily nourishment and nutrition facts to promote healthy food

4. To give information on the Production, Delivery and Consumption of food material

Since the founding of this law, the School Lunch System has been a compulsory part of the Japanese education system.

Founder Chiyo Nigaki introduced Curry Roux for mass servings (100 people per 1 brick) to a leading nutritionist for Kobe City Government Kyoko Mita. Since then Kobe city and neighboring cities in Hyogo Prefecture have worked in coordination with Nigaki Co., Ltd to supply food materials.

This was the beginning of the supply and distribution system for mass meals. Nigaki Co., Ltd. gradually grew to also supply hospitals, factories, companies, public offices and facilities.

Since this time in 1953, Japanese economy has grown a lot. With the general growth in the economy our particular field of mass meal service and food supplying, including hotel and restaurant business, also grew rapidly. As this industry developed, various public and private organizations were formed to aid in the networking in the food business.

After the establishment of these organizations, these networks started to expand and evolve into many new areas to meet the change in society. These groups try to focus-on food that matches society’s nutritional needs and tastes.

In the year of 1998, we got the license of Cosmetic Importer. We made a contract with Mr. Larry Plesent at Vermont Soapworks to sell Vermont Soap products, which are 100% non-toxic, chemical free products. Nigaki Co., Ltd. is the sole licensed agent in Japan.

At last, with the development of the internet and with the global age of high tech and IT, today’s society, health and people’s food choices have been changing. We want to supply products that are natural and environmentally friendly, products that promote a healthy life and a natural lifestyle.

NON-TOXIC SOAP and ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS are a couple of our items that help to fill the niche of today’s modern lifestyles. Nigaki Co., Ltd. is striving to adapt with the changes necessary to keep pace with today’s eating habits, life style, attitudes and economic conditions. We want to continue to seek what we can do.