In food distribution and marketing, ITOCHU leads the industry in terms of size and functionality, and offers high-value-added services to meet diverging needs. It achieves this through companies such as ITOCHU Shokuhin Co., Ltd., which has a nationwide distribution system mainly for alcoholic beverages and processed foods, and NIPPON ACCESS, Inc., which has distribution capabilities for all three temperature zone products of dried, chilled, and frozen. In addition to these two companies, as a result of restructuring in the confectionery wholesale business under the ITOCHU Group umbrella, the Group also includes a portion of Confex Holdings Co., Ltd. (40.8% owned by ITOCHU), which has become the top confectionery wholesaler by sales in Japan.