Case Studies
4 SKUs, 3 Years of Zero Stockouts, Nationwide Japan Retail
How frozen roasted sweet potato became “Japan retail ready”
Business
Frozen vegetable supply
Origin
Qingdao, China
Destination
Port of Yokohama, Japan
Partnership since
Since 2023
The Challenge
Chain retail procurement fears stockouts and inconsistency. The client needed four SKUs in parallel — family (800g), bulk (2.5kg), single-serve (150g), foodservice (500g) — with fully Food-Labeling-Act-compliant Japanese labels (origin, expiry, ingredients, nutrition), plus three months of safety stock by end-September for the Oct–Feb peak. Most Chinese factories handle only one SKU well and don’t know Japanese labeling.
Our Approach
Curating a specialist Qingdao factory
Selected a factory with HACCP / ISO22000 / BRCGS / KOSHER / HALAL certifications, its own farms and frozen lines, 1,500-ton monthly capacity, and multi-SKU simultaneous production.
4-SKU customization + Japan packaging
Coordinated time-shared production of all four SKUs from one line; packaging designed by Astrella to the Food Labeling Act — ingredient names (kanji + kana), net weight, expiry, storage and manufacturer notation.
Pre-peak inventory building
Demand planning starts each May, phased shipments from July, all stock in by end-September — three consecutive years of zero stockouts.
From inquiry to first shipment in as little as 4 weeks
Tell us your products, volume, destination port and timeline — our Japanese desk replies within 24 hours with an initial quote and spec advice.