Oishi Group Announce Business Plans for 2014 Targeting Domestic and International Expansion
Oishi Group revealed its business plans for the year 2014 of striving to be the leader in the Japanese style food and beverage market by leveraging major strategic partnerships encompassing both domestic and international business. Expected growth for this year is no less than 23%.
Mr. Marut Buranasetkul, President of Oishi Group Public Company Ltd, stated that the company’s business plan for 2014 is to continue to grow the beverage and food business, maintaining the growth of the past several years both in net profits and total revenue. The target revenue growth this year is not less than 23% from the previous year’s earnings, which were 12,208 million baht. Oishi Group is aiming to be the leader and innovator of Japanese style food and beverages by concentrating on three main strategies:
1) Focus on the synergies of the nonalcoholic beverage business of the Thai beverage group, “Oishi–Serm Suk–F&N”, in order to maximize the potential of both the expanding domestic and international markets to benefit each other, including efficiently exchanging knowledge, research information and co-production processes.
2) Strengthen the business by focusing on quality and innovation in products, manufacturing, marketing, promotion, and distribution; In particular, the distribution of products to consumers through a network of partners. In addition, the company will focus on expanding both the beverage and food business lines including expansion into foreign markets in order to drive the company’s business growth.
3) Strengthen and develop the efficiency of teamwork within the company by recognizing the importance of every department. The company believes every employee is an important force in driving the business forward with sustainable stability.
With regard to the annual operations for 2013, Mrs. Chitkasem Moo-Ming, Vice President Finance and Accounting, Oishi Group Public Company Ltd, reported total sales of 12,208 million baht, a 5% increase from the year before. Revenue from food sales was 5,976 million baht, or 49% of gross sales;and income from beverage sales was 6,232 million baht, accounting for 51% of gross sales. The revenue growth was primarily from the expansion of restaurants to a total of 43 branches. The company reported annual net profit of 456 million baht. However, because the company realized a loss from the revised flood compensation of 100 million baht, which is above and beyond the normal operation, if this loss is not included, the company’s reported net profit would have risen to 556 million baht, or 5% of revenue from sales. For 2014, the company has targeted an overall sales growth of 23% or 15,000 million baht, and will budget a total investment of 2,000 million baht for production capacity and branch network expansion.
For the food business side of the company, Mr. Sam–Paisarn Aowsathaporn, Executive Vice President, Food Division, Oishi Group Public Company Ltd, disclosed that late last year the company pumped over 50 million baht into expanding its services to secondary markets such as Buriram and Surin by opening a total of four branches of its popular Japanese restaurants, both “Shabushi by OISHI” and “OISHI Ramen”. This has resulted in a market share of 27-30% for Oishi Group’s food business (out of a total of 22,000 million baht for the Japanese restaurant market in Thailand). This year the company has the target revenue of about 7,700 million baht due to the continued expansion plans. The expansion is expected to add 50 branches with an investment of about 600 million baht. There will be branch expansions in other countries too, starting with two branches in Rangoon and Mandalay, Myanmar in the second quarter of 2014. As for this year’s marketing activities, the company will continue the existing campaign OISHI “FLY ME TO JAPAN 2” Double Luck….. Super Fun to Japan! This campaign is a joint effort with business partners Krungsri Consumer, AIS, K-Credit Cards, True You, and Bangkok Bank Credit and Be1st Debit Cards under the slogan “Kin dailod….. Soidailun!” (Eat and get a discount…… Eat and win a prize!). Customers will be given a special discount up to 15% when using services of these partners at OISHI Group’s leading Japanese restaurants along with a chance to win free packages of “Touring Unseen Japan”, available in five flights, with 50 prizes and 100 seats – from February 1st through May 30th, 2014.
As for the beverage division, Mrs. Jesdakorn Taratip, Vice President, Beverage Division, Oishi Group Public Company Ltd., announced that “last year the company maintained the leadership position in the ready-to-drink green tea market, covering all distribution channels, with revenues of 6,232 million baht and a market share of 43.5% as of December 2013, surging past the second -place player which achieved a 23.4% share.”
“For the year 2014, the Beverage Business has targeted growth of 18% under the vision
“The leading innovator of Japanese-style beverages that offers the healthy lifestyle products to today’s generation”, driven by three major missions: 1) Strengthen green tea core equity under new brand proposition: Innovative marketing communications activations, innovative products and exciting promotions will be used to strengthen and sharpen the Oishi brand personality. With an investment of more than 500 million baht, a wide range of new, exciting and colorful activities will be carried out to attract consumers starting this summer, which is the major selling season for the beverage market; 2) Driving sales across channels: Oishi has seamlessly teamed up with ThaiBev and Sermsuk, an integral part of its distribution network, with a focus on growing modern trade and traditional trade channels to reinforce its leadership in RTD green tea; 3) Growing export markets: Oishi aims to deliver the refreshment of Thailand's No.1 green tea beverage to new markets, particularly in the Middle East and Europe, as well as enhance brand awareness in the AEC nations including Malaysia, where Oishi is available through a solid network of distribution channels operated by F&N, InterBev and other distribution partners.” Mrs. Jesdakorn said.
Today, OISHI continues to remain popular among Thai consumers because the company adheres to the vision of being the leader and innovator of Japanese style food and beverages for the new generation’s quality of life.