Calbee’s potato purchasing moves sorting beyond harvest
341,000 tFY March 2026 Japanese-origin potato procurement; domestic group, including processed products and merchandise
About 1,600Contracted potato growers shown in Integrated Report 2026
¥1.1bnFY March 2026 operating-profit headwind from Japanese-potato costs, year on year
What emerges
See the company through the numbers →Calbee combines full-crop purchasing, loose bulk storage and sorting at dispatch to reduce work at harvest time. In FY March 2026, Japanese-origin potato procurement by its domestic group fell from 371,000 to 341,000 tonnes, including primary-processed products and merchandise. Raw-material quantity and quality affected sales volumes and costs, while starting a new factory also carried costs. Keeping snacks available involves helping with harvesting, storing the crop and supplying usable material to factories.