1970

Shinkan Co., Ltd. was founded.

1992

Import and sales of Chinese Shiitake mushroom started.

1995

Great Hanshin Earthquake hit Kobe.

1997

Direct export and sales of Japanese food to Europe started.
Cash and Carry shop to sell hotel and restaurant food started.

1998

Fiscal year business plan and goal management system were introduced.
We moved to Hyogoko Distribution Center located Hyogo-ku, Kobe.

1999

We joined All Japan Food-Service Distributors Association (JFDA).

2000

Our Credo “Synthesis of ‘strong characters’ in an orderly manner brings us extraordinary growth“ has been set up.
We celebrated the 30th anniversary of our founding.
The new department called “Stockman” for food delivery sales to restaurants by trucks was started.

2001

Our basic management policies of “small management units,” “responsibility delegation,” and “niche marketing“ have been introduced.
We started sales of agricultural dried products to food whole sellers and manufacturers.

2008

Our homepage was opened.

2011

Great East Japan Earthquake occurred and “harmful rumor” about Japanese food damaged our food export business.

2014

Manager and employee stock ownership association has been established.

2015

We moved our main office to K-Act in Rokko island, Kobe.

2016

The complete five-day workweek has been introduced.

2020

The 50th anniversary of our foundation was celebrated.
We introduced the new sales management computer system.
We have started actively using Social Networking Service such as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram.

2021

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system was introduced to the C&C store.

2022

To clarify the differences between board members and executive officers and their respective roles, a corporate executive officer system has been introduced.
Direct export and sales of Japanese food to Middle East and South America started.

2023

Direct export and sales of Japanese food to South Asia began.

2024

Introduced business card management software.
Introduced order placement system to Stockman.
Introduced semi-self-service casher to C&C store.