Company Information

Corporate Site 

United Super Markets Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates supermarket business in Japan. Operates the supermarket chains Maruetsu, Kasumi, and MaxValu Kanto. It is a subsidiary of Aeon.

Although part of Aeon's obsession to take over rival retail chains in Japan, this company is separate from the main Aeon brand.

Stock Perks

Categories: Aeon Group, Gift Certificates, Products

Rights day

End of February, end of August

Details

Choose from one of the following:

• Discount coupons. The coupons are worth 100 yen each and can be used for purchases in increments of 1000 yen, so they're similar to 10% off tickets. The coupons can be used at Maruetsu, Kasumi, and MaxValu Kanto stores. These are similar to the Aeon discount coupons that some of the Aeon-based stocks offer, but they can only be used for those 3 brands. You can see a list of stores here.

• Product selection

Requirements

Coupons:

100 shares -30 coupons

500 shares - 60 coupons

1,000 shares - 100 coupons

2,000 shares -200 coupons

3,000 shares -300 coupons

If you choose the products, you can currently choose from the following

100 shares:

• • Rice (Koshihikari rice from Niigata) (2kg)

  • Yokosuka Navy Curry (200g x 5 bags)

  • Popular ramen (8 servings)

  • Honey umeboshi (300g)

  • Sanuki udon (800) *August rights date only

  • Somen Seto no Megumi (800g) *February rights date only

1,000 shares and up:

• Koshihikari rice from Niigata (5kg)

• Yokosuka Navy Curry (200g x 12 bags)

• Popular ramen (20 servings)

• Honey umeboshi (900g)

• Sanuki udon (2.8kg) *August rights date only

• Somen Seto no Megumi (2.4kg) *February rights date only

1,000 shares and up, held for 3 years or longer (February rights date only, for August only the normal 1,000 share selection):

• Koshihikari rice from Niigata (8kg)

• Yokosuka Navy Curry (200g x 20 bags)

• Mango Drink (900ml x 4 bottles)

• Honey umeboshi (700g x 2 packs)

• Shinshu somen (3.6kg) 

Comment

Although the coupon amounts are quite nice, having to use them in increments of 1000 yen is somewhat annoying, but if you shop at the stores often you'll probably be able to use up the tickets during the year they're valid. The stores are mostly in the Kanto region so these coupons will not be very useful to people who live in other parts of the country. Being able to choose products is a nice option if you don't have any of the stores nearby, but the coupons definitely scale better in terms of value.

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