CJ CheilJedang Restructures into Three Divisions to Preempt Future Uncertainty
Creatrip Team
a month ago
CJ CheilJedang announced a major business restructuring, shifting from a two-way food and bio structure into three divisions: Lifestyle Foods, Technology Materials, and Core Materials. The Lifestyle Foods division will act as a global K-food center, promoting Korean food culture and lifestyle worldwide through GSP (global strategic products) like Bibigo dumplings, chicken, P-rice, sauces, and kimchi. The former bio business is split into Technology Materials—focusing on R&D-driven high-value products such as nucleotides for seasonings, natural flavor ingredient TnR, and biodegradable PHA—and Core Materials, which combines feed amino acids (lysine, tryptophan), basic ingredients (sugar, flour, cooking oil), processed inputs (oligosaccharides, premixes), and new sweeteners (allulose) to secure profitability through synergies. Leadership assignments were made across divisions to accelerate execution. CJ said low-growth, low-profit “marginal businesses” will be phased out after the reorganization to sharpen focus and drive sustainable global growth.
