11th Sept 2024, our President Martin Ang, together with Phillip of BJC and Faith Toh from SB Tapes, visited Don Quijote in Tokyo, Japan. President Martin Ang and members presented to the 3 buyers of Food & 3 buyers of non-food of Don Quijote and introduced our consortium members who were there with him. They were quite impressed with our Malaysian manufacturers capabilities as many are global champions and comply to the latest ESG and Halal requirements too. Some items which they seem keen on (besides the Snacks) are personal care, shampoo, detergent, bedsheet, pillow, blanket, plastic food containers, toys for kids, mini hand fan & universal adaptors. Our President said that more can be done with Don Quijote!
A little bit of facts:
- Established in 1989, the PPIH (Pan Pacific International Holdings) Group has a consolidated net sales of Yen1,936.8 billion and about 664 million customers worldwide;
- The group has more than 700 stores in Japan and 101 stores overseas – Hong Kong 9, Singapore 15, Thailand 6, Taiwan 5, Macau 1, Hawaii 28, California 37 and the largest hypermarket styled is in Guam;
- Known as Don Quijote in Japan and Don DonDonki in Singapore and Malaysia;
- More about them here in their website: https://ppih.co.jp/en/
- In Malaysia, PPRM (Pan Pacific Retail Management) currently has 5 stores and is targetting to have between 17 – 24 stores within next few years.
Our President Martin also generously introduced MCMTC to his distributor, Tominaga (101 year old company in Japan!) and his other customers in Japan which are: the ‘Seven & i” group which has 600+ supermarkets on top of the 22,000 outlets of 7-11; and the Seiyu Group of Supermarkets which has 300+ outlets.
Let’s foster more strategic alliances among members, mobilise expertise and share experiences to promote sustainable growth for all members! For members who are keen to export to Japan, get in touch with our President, A.S.A.P.!
Watch out for our next update on “MCMTC meets PPRM”, happening on the 23rd Sept 2024 in K.L.
