Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Financial Results for the First Half of FYE March 2019  


Food: Overseas business, Expand profit contributions, especially fast-growing China

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Overseas Business

H1: Increased both in sales and income

Results of China and the U.S. on a local currency basis
China

 • Expect significant growth

 • Grew added value products – improved product mix

 ▸ Confectionary: Favorable – Meltykiss and nuts chocolate

 ▸ Ice cream: Launched new chocolate covered products

 ▸ Chilled milk: Accelerating growth, increased production capacity

 - contribute sales in Q4

 ▸ Yogurt: Straggled in H1, Revamp products and activate sales in H2

The U.S.

 • Overall sales were mostly unchanged

 ▸ Favorable – Meiji brand chocolate snacks

 ▸ Need to increase profitability for Stauffer products

 - Price increase

   Majority of sales comes from Stauffer products such as Animal Crackers

 - Increase income