I have been a supermarket buyer for about 40 years. I have been concentrating on fresh foods at the Osaka Prefecture Central Wholesale Market.

We pride ourselves on being a local refrigerator, and as a local supermarket, we provide carefully selected fresh foods to our customers. These are the words that make us happiest in our work. All he said was, "It was delicious!" I want to hear those words, so I continue to visit the Osaka Prefecture Central Wholesale Market every day to find delicious food from all over the country. The store's catchphrase, "Cheap, Fresh, Delicious," was created with this in mind.

When we say "cheap," we think of ways to keep intermediate margins to a minimum and make it affordable for customers.

``Fresh'' refers to ingredients purchased from the market and displayed at the store on the same day.

At ``Umai'', we are confident that we have a discerning eye and will guide you through the current trends.

Such Super V will be developed online and delivered to everyone across the country. Although we are a restaurant located in a part of Osaka, we would like to confidently hear from customers all over the country that our food was delicious.

The Osaka Prefectural Central Wholesale Market is located almost in the center of the Kita-Osaka region, and has a facility size of 201,351 m2, building area: 90,822 m2, and 134,982 m2 total floor area. We are developing the market in line with the trends of the times, including a low-temperature wholesale facility and a refrigerator building on the premises, as well as a styrofoam treatment plant and efforts to reduce and recycle food waste in response to environmental issues. In addition, together with the adjacent processed food wholesale store, it plays the role of a ``comprehensive food supply base that supports the kitchens of the citizens of the prefecture.''

The items we handle are:

Vegetables (approximately 160 items, annual handling amount approximately 134,991 tons)

Fruits (approximately 180 items, annual handling amount approximately 53,652 tons)

Fresh marine products (approximately 110 items, annual handling amount approximately 15,533 tons)

Frozen marine products (approximately 110 items, annual handling amount approximately 2,355 tons)

Processed marine products (approximately 70 items, annual handling amount approximately 9,396 tons)

There are other processed foods, etc., and we collect fresh ingredients from producers and shipping organizations all over the country, and quickly and fairly form and stabilize prices through transactions between on-site vendors and auctions, as well as production, distribution, and consumption. It plays a role in a wide range of areas, including collecting and providing information on food products, working together with the adjacent processed food wholesale market.