[Future Dining Table General Incorporated Association] We will be holding the “All Japan! Local Frozen Food Awards 2024” to highlight “local food” and deliver it “frozen” to all over the country!
General Incorporated Association Future Dining Table Press release: October 9, 2024 We will be holding the “All Japan! Local Frozen Food Awards 2024” to shine a light on “local food” and deliver it “frozen” to all over the country! With the backing of three frozen food experts, we are also expanding sales outlets across the country and on EC.
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possible.This event, which can be called the culmination of our efforts, brings together wonderful frozen foods from all over the country. We believe that it will be a place where each region’s food culture and history, as well as the passion of its producers, can compete, and it will also be an opportunity to discover new charms of the region and reaffirm the diversity of Japan’s food culture. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation!” After a screening process, we plan to announce the grand prize and excellence award to the best local frozen foods from among the collected local frozen foods in January next year. Furthermore, after the awards are announced, we plan to launch sales at department stores and
supermarkets across the country, starting with the Ginza Frozen Gourmet department store in Ginza, Tokyo (Matsuya Ginza), and on Rakuten Market. In addition, Future Dining Table is planning the following recruitment activities for the “All Japan! Local Frozen Food Awards 2024”. 1. A briefing session was held for frozen food manufacturers. (Planned to be held multiple times) We will communicate information about this award to as many manufacturers as possible. 2. We are also seeking information from general consumers. Please send us information about “local frozen foods” in your town on our official Instagram. We will give away “Local Frozen Food” by lottery. “All over Japan! Local Frozen Food Awards 2024” event overview
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/131340/2/131340-2-427327953e3b2b90cba3989d1ccb7dc9-1240×841.png Award logo Event name: “All over Japan! Local Frozen Food Award 2024” Date and time: Application period September 19, 2024 to December 16, 2024 / Results announcement and award ceremony in January 2025 / Sales floor opening from February 2025 (planned) Entry fee:
Applications/document screening are accepted free of charge. After passing the document screening, you will receive an entry fee of 30,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) and the product by mail. [Application conditions] This applies to products for general consumers that are already on sale. (Products for commercial use, prototypes, etc. are not eligible.) [Examination points]
Characteristics of local food/taste, deliciousness, and attention to detail/good appearance and packaging (including not only the design but also the functionality of the container), etc. Sponsor: Future Dining Table, General Incorporated Association Sponsored by: Frozen Food PR Federation Tsuyoshi Nishikawa (Chairman of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Lifestyle Advisor) Takemura Dai (Managing Director of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Food Meister) Junko Yamamoto (Managing Director of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Food Journalist) Cooperation: Matsuya Ginza “Ginza Frozen Gourmet” / Rakuten Group, Inc. You can download the information flyer here. Request for cooperation in announcing recruitment regarding this award 1. Explanation for manufacturers Scheduled to be held online from 14:00 on Friday, October 25, 2024. (Other events scheduled to be held multiple times) 2. Looking for information on your town’s “Local Frozen Foods” official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mirainoshokutaku/
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/131340/2/131340-2-8ba57d0b5113195741c4f4de769c2280-1000×1000.png Tsuyoshi Nishikawa (Chairman of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Lifestyle Advisor) Utilizing his experience in product development at a frozen food company, he now works as a refrigeration expert. As the Frozen Prince, he has appeared on TV programs such as “Matsuko’s Unknown World”, “Hirunandesu!”, “King’s Brunch”, and “NHK Gogo Nama”, as well as many other TV programs and magazines. The cumulative circulation of the series of freezing books that summarize freezing techniques has exceeded 300,000 copies. The new book is “Co-op and refrigeration experts have seriously thought out! Much less time and more delicious! Impressive frozen vegetable recipes” (Takarajimasha). He samples about 1,000 frozen foods a year, and has eaten more than 10,000 frozen foods in total. We are actively working to support the development of frozen food products for small and medium-sized businesses and local frozen food manufacturers. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/131340/2/131340-2-98e99dc31d6973ec807d1ea8c30e0c9b-1000×1000.png Takemura Dai (Managing Director of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Food Meister) While he was busy working as a product producer, he encountered easy, convenient, and delicious frozen foods, and fell in love with them. He has become known as a hardcore frozen food fanatic who has been eating frozen food every day for over 20 years, and has appeared on numerous media such as TV, radio, and magazines. Currently, he is involved in a wide range of activities as a culinary researcher, including producing frozen foods, devising arranged recipes, and developing menus for food manufacturers and restaurants, using his experience of eating more than 20,000 frozen foods in total. There is.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/131340/2/131340-2-c3b88ff42796700d708ad34c05aaeaa6-1000×1000.png Junko Yamamoto (Managing Director of Frozen Food PR Federation Co., Ltd./Frozen Food Journalist) A frozen food journalist with over 40 years of experience reporting on frozen foods. After working for over 30 years as a reporter, editor-in-chief, and managing director of the specialty newspaper “Frozen Food Newspaper,” he became independent in October 2015. Since then, he has made it his life’s work to convey the truth about frozen foods to general consumers through the specialized website “Ff Press.” Many media appearances and cooperations include TBS TV’s “Matsuko’s Unknown World”, Nippon TV’s “Hirunandesu!”, NHK’s “Asaichi”.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/131340/2/131340-2-943736516d12b19a0937fcdfa493e036-400×400.jpg Masaru Yamada (Representative Director, Future Dining Table, General Incorporated Association) Joined Comdex in 1992, served as managing director, executive vice president, and became representative director in 2008. In 2007, he founded Integrate, Japan’s first planning boutique that practices IMC, and became COO. He has won the Japan PR Award (Grand Prix in the 2020 Corporate Communication Category and Grand Prix in the Daily Public Relations Category in 2008), and has written many books including “Escape from Advertising and Super PR” (Diamond Publishing). Representative of Comdex Co., Ltd./Special Advisor of Integrate Co., Ltd.
