Our company has started a new management structure with Inageya Co., Ltd., joining Maruetsu, Kasumi, and MaxValu Kanto to form a group of four companies. Inageya is a supermarket chain with stores primarily in the Tama area of Tokyo. For over 100 years since its founding, it has grown alongside the local community, building strong and lasting relationships.
With this integration, our company will become the largest supermarket operator in the metropolitan area. Together with the newly added Inageya, we will leverage this scale to deliver new value to our customers and work as one team to restructure our functions and organization, aiming to enhance our competitiveness.
In addition, we will focus on the four operating companies to further strengthen the relationships each store has built with the local community. From a customer-centric perspective, we will work to transform our stores to earn even greater support from local customers.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to meet new colleagues through this business integration, we are committed to strengthening our connections with even more stakeholders than before.
We will also take our social responsibilities more seriously than ever before, focusing the entire company on transforming into an organization that envisions sustainable growth. We look forward to your continued support of the new U.S.M. Holdings.