Eliminating Waste, Connecting Value: The First Step Towards Becoming a Value Creator - Trust Co., Ltd. Holds Joint Entrance Ceremony for New Graduates and Mid-Career Hires

Trust Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Higashiosaka City, Osaka; Representative Director: Kazuma Tagawa) held its 2026 entrance ceremony on April 1, 2026, welcoming new colleagues.

This year's entrance ceremony was attended by new graduates as well as mid-career employees who joined between January and March 2026. While such ceremonies are generally held separately, this was a Trust-style entrance ceremony that welcomed all employees as colleagues starting on the same line.

During the ceremony, new employees were presented with a 'Value Creator Certificate' as members who would work together to realize Trust's philosophy: 'Eliminating waste and connecting value to the future.' This was not merely a certificate of employment, but a tangible expression of the desire to 'live as someone who creates value.' Furthermore, the commemorative gifts were items created from products that might otherwise have been discarded. These gifts gave a second chance to items that would have lost their purpose, connecting them to the next user. This entrance ceremony, which conveyed Trust's approach to inventory recirculation in a tangible form, thoroughly reflected the philosophy of 'eliminating waste' down to the smallest detail. New employees commented, 'I was nervous, but it was a warm ceremony with laughter, unlike the entrance ceremony I had imagined,' and 'I could feel the good atmosphere of the company.' The entrance ceremony concluded in a consistently amicable atmosphere.

President's Message (Excerpt Summary)

I started this business alone. There were times when I didn't know left from right, and I felt nothing but anxiety. That's precisely why I understand the importance of colleagues more than anyone. A president alone can do nothing. Even now, I am constantly being helped by my colleagues. That's why Trust wants to be a company that invests in people. We are genuinely committed to creating an environment where diligent and challenging individuals are rewarded.

New employees, you don't need to aim for quality from the start. Quality comes after an overwhelming amount of effort. And I want you to always be conscious that you are being watched. In recent years, we have been featured in various media outlets such as television, newspapers, and social media, and our company's attention has been rapidly increasing. Whether you are new or not doesn't matter to our customers. Even if you can't do the job perfectly, simply greeting loudly can change the evaluation.

Even with Trust's growth, expecting 3 billion yen in sales last fiscal year and over 4 billion yen this fiscal year, sales are not everything. We don't need sales that don't make people happy. There is something I always tell our employees: 'Self-responsibility, not blaming others.' Instead of blaming the environment or others, we expect you to think and act on your own, grow together regardless of whether you are new or mid-career, and create new value.

About Trust Co., Ltd.

Our company is based in Osaka and purchases various products from manufacturers and companies, such as excess inventory, out-of-season items, imperfect packaging, and food nearing its expiry date. By recirculating these products into the market, we deliver them to consumers at low prices, and together with companies, our company, and consumers, we are working towards improving environmental issues.

Purchased products are offered at exceptionally low prices at our directly managed store, Dream market.

Furthermore, we handle all cases with our overwhelming sales power, as we wholesale to over 400 discount stores nationwide. We are a company that creates new value instead of discarding items.

About Dream market

Under the theme of 'Eliminating waste, connecting value to the future,' Dream market is an inventory-rescue type outlet shop that reintroduces surplus inventory and missed sales opportunities from manufacturers and distribution processes back into the market as 'valuable items.'

While contributing to the reduction of waste loss nationwide, it provides an outlet for manufacturers to 'avoid discarding' and 'distribute while protecting brand value.' For consumers, it offers a place where they can 'purchase genuinely usable products at surprisingly affordable prices.'

It's not just about selling cheaply; by shining a light on 'still usable value' rather than 'reasons for not selling,' we realize a distribution model that benefits creators, sellers, and buyers alike. Currently, we operate 33 stores nationwide, primarily in the Kansai region, aiming to become a new standard in retail where people don't just go because 'it's cheap,' but because they 'feel that waste is reduced and someone is helped because this store exists.'

Company Profile

Company Name: Trust Co., Ltd.

Representative: Kazuma Tagawa

Head Office Address: 4-3-30 Yokokoji-cho, Higashiosaka City, Osaka

URL: https://www.trustgroup-kaitori.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreammarket_dm?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Year Established: 2013

Capital: 49 million JPY

Number of Employees: 130 (group total)

Business Activities: Retail, Inventory Purchasing