Meidi-Ya, Co. Ltd. (株式会社明治屋, Kabushiki-kaisha Meiji-ya) is a Japanese upmarket grocery store chain.
[3] Meidi-Ya was established in 1885 by Isono Hakaru [ja] (磯野 計).
[4] As of 1989[update], the chain was one of the principal purveyors of the Japanese royal family.
[3] The English name Meidi-ya is the Nihon-shiki romanization of the Japanese name.
[1] Meidi-Ya specializes in sale and production of food and beverages, importing and exporting of food products, wines and spirits, ship equipment, sale of industrial products, leasing and import of machinery, real estate, etc.