TRANBI: "Food Infrastructure" Supporting a Town of 10,000 People, a Supermarket Operating for 30 Years Starts Recruiting Successors Under Its Real Name ~The Option of "Regional Succession" to Protect Life in Okuizumo~
TRANBI, an M&A platform, announced that 'Yokota Kuraichi', a supermarket operating for 30 years in Okuizumo, Shimane, has started recruiting a successor under its real name to maintain regional infrastructure.
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TRANBI Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Satoshi Takahashi), which operates the business succession and M&A matching platform "TRANBI," announces that the shopping center "Yokota Kuraichi" (Operation: Yokota Shopping Center Cooperative; Representative: Hiroyasu Yasugo), which has supported the food of local residents in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture for 30 years, has started recruiting a successor by posting its real name.
This time, an interview with owner Yasugo has been published in the official TRANBI column, broadly conveying the appeal of the business and his thoughts on succession.
Deal Overview
- Transfer Scheme: Stock transfer
- Company Name: Yokota Shopping Center Cooperative
- Address: 84 Shimoyokota, Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane Prefecture
- Representative: Hiroyasu Yasugo
- Transfer Assets: Equipment, inventory, goodwill, know-how
This deal is a stock transfer of "Yokota Kuraichi," a community-based shopping center located in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture. It is operated under a cooperative system in which multiple businesses participate, and since its relocation and opening in 1995, it has become an indispensable presence as the "kitchen" of the region.
In a town with a population of about 10,000, it functions as the infrastructure supporting daily food, centering on fresh food, and currently maintains annual sales of about 800 million yen.
In addition, the business foundation such as equipment, inventory, goodwill, and know-how is in place, and it is possible to directly inherit the customer base and trust cultivated over many years.
It prides itself on a "passion for purchasing" and a "discerning eye" that major chains can never imitate. The best fish of the day, successfully bid for at the market, line the store front.
Conditions Required for a Successor
This deal is not a simple business succession, but a project to inherit the very livelihood of the Okuizumo region.
The current management team is in their late 70s and 80s, and decided on succession for physical reasons, but behind this is a strong desire to "keep protecting the food of this town."
The desired profile of the successor is as follows:
- Those who have a strong interest and sense of responsibility in regional contribution and regional revitalization
- Those who emphasize quality in "food" and have an uncompromising attitude
- Corporations that can challenge new service deployment and diversification while utilizing the existing trust foundation
Expectations are placed on those who are motivated to continue and develop a community-based business.
Appeal of this Deal
The greatest feature of this deal is that it is an "irreplaceable regional infrastructure."
It possesses the following strengths that cannot be imitated by major chains:
- Overwhelming freshness and purchasing power
Provides high-quality fresh food through a system of visiting the market every morning and purchasing with their own discerning eye.
- Trusting relationships through face-to-face sales
Through years of customer service, established a strong customer loyalty of "you can't go wrong with this store."
- Overwhelming presence in the region
An irreplaceable position playing a central role in the fresh food field within the town.
Furthermore, there is room for future growth:
- Introduction of delivery and online ordering services addressing the aging population
- Responding to customer needs by strengthening small packages and deli foods
- Sales expansion by strengthening frozen foods and new categories
By multiplying the existing strong customer base with new ideas, it has the potential to become a model case for regional revitalization.
If you want to know more about the business details and story
Owner interview article: https://www.tranbi.com/ma-column/detail/?id=280
Deal details, negotiations, inquiries: https://www.tranbi.com/buy/detail/27474/
*Please refrain from direct inquiries to the store or owner. Be sure to contact us through the TRANBI page above.
TRANBI will continue to support the succession of businesses that support local life.
■ About the Business Succession and M&A Matching Platform "TRANBI"
TRANBI started its service in 2011 as Japan's first business succession and M&A matching platform. Regardless of corporate/individual status, industry, or business scale, we provide an online space where people who want to "transfer" a business and people who want to "take over" a business can meet from anywhere in the country, aiming to realize a society where anyone can challenge M&A.
This time, an interview with owner Yasugo has been published in the official TRANBI column, broadly conveying the appeal of the business and his thoughts on succession.
Deal Overview
- Transfer Scheme: Stock transfer
- Company Name: Yokota Shopping Center Cooperative
- Address: 84 Shimoyokota, Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane Prefecture
- Representative: Hiroyasu Yasugo
- Transfer Assets: Equipment, inventory, goodwill, know-how
This deal is a stock transfer of "Yokota Kuraichi," a community-based shopping center located in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture. It is operated under a cooperative system in which multiple businesses participate, and since its relocation and opening in 1995, it has become an indispensable presence as the "kitchen" of the region.
In a town with a population of about 10,000, it functions as the infrastructure supporting daily food, centering on fresh food, and currently maintains annual sales of about 800 million yen.
In addition, the business foundation such as equipment, inventory, goodwill, and know-how is in place, and it is possible to directly inherit the customer base and trust cultivated over many years.
It prides itself on a "passion for purchasing" and a "discerning eye" that major chains can never imitate. The best fish of the day, successfully bid for at the market, line the store front.
Conditions Required for a Successor
This deal is not a simple business succession, but a project to inherit the very livelihood of the Okuizumo region.
The current management team is in their late 70s and 80s, and decided on succession for physical reasons, but behind this is a strong desire to "keep protecting the food of this town."
The desired profile of the successor is as follows:
- Those who have a strong interest and sense of responsibility in regional contribution and regional revitalization
- Those who emphasize quality in "food" and have an uncompromising attitude
- Corporations that can challenge new service deployment and diversification while utilizing the existing trust foundation
Expectations are placed on those who are motivated to continue and develop a community-based business.
Appeal of this Deal
The greatest feature of this deal is that it is an "irreplaceable regional infrastructure."
It possesses the following strengths that cannot be imitated by major chains:
- Overwhelming freshness and purchasing power
Provides high-quality fresh food through a system of visiting the market every morning and purchasing with their own discerning eye.
- Trusting relationships through face-to-face sales
Through years of customer service, established a strong customer loyalty of "you can't go wrong with this store."
- Overwhelming presence in the region
An irreplaceable position playing a central role in the fresh food field within the town.
Furthermore, there is room for future growth:
- Introduction of delivery and online ordering services addressing the aging population
- Responding to customer needs by strengthening small packages and deli foods
- Sales expansion by strengthening frozen foods and new categories
By multiplying the existing strong customer base with new ideas, it has the potential to become a model case for regional revitalization.
If you want to know more about the business details and story
Owner interview article: https://www.tranbi.com/ma-column/detail/?id=280
Deal details, negotiations, inquiries: https://www.tranbi.com/buy/detail/27474/
*Please refrain from direct inquiries to the store or owner. Be sure to contact us through the TRANBI page above.
TRANBI will continue to support the succession of businesses that support local life.
■ About the Business Succession and M&A Matching Platform "TRANBI"
TRANBI started its service in 2011 as Japan's first business succession and M&A matching platform. Regardless of corporate/individual status, industry, or business scale, we provide an online space where people who want to "transfer" a business and people who want to "take over" a business can meet from anywhere in the country, aiming to realize a society where anyone can challenge M&A.