History: 2001-2010

2001-2010

Sep. 2001 Share listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Jun. 2002 Established Global Table Supply Co., Ltd. to streamline procurement of consumables, equipment.
Oct. 2002 Established Hamasushi Co., Ltd., to operate sushi restaurant business.
Dec. 2002 To strengthen the domestic restaurant business, acquired shares of Big Boy Japan Inc.
Feb. 2004 Consolidated the headquarter functions and moved the head office to the current place (18-1, Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan).
Jan. 2005 Established Coco’s Shanghai Co., Ltd. (currently Zensho Restaurant (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) to operate Sukiya in China.
Mar. 2005 To strengthen the fast food business, acquired shares of Nakau Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2005 To strengthen efforts toward food safety, a new Food Safety Pursuit Office (now Group Food Safety Advancement Division) was established.
Apr. 2006 To expand manufacturing capabilities, UD Foods Co., Ltd. (now Sanbishi Co., Ltd.) acquired the soy sauce brewing business.
May. 2006 To strengthen our commitment to food safety, we established the Central Research Center.
Jun. 2006 Established Global Pizza System Co., Ltd. (currently Tolona Japan Co., Ltd.) in the manufacturing and sales business to sell frozen foods for home use, etc.
Aug. 2006 Established Global Fresh Supply Co., Ltd. to streamline logistics.
Feb. 2007 Acquired shares of United Vegetables Co., Ltd. to enter the produce sales business.
Mar. 2007 To strengthen the domestic restaurant business, acquired shares of Sunday Sun Co., Ltd. (now Jolly-Pasta Co., Ltd.).
Started fair trade initiatives in East Timor.
Jul. 2007 Opened Sukiya (Gyudon) restaurant in Okinawa Prefecture and established the presence in all prefectures in Japan.
Aug. 2007 Acquired Inter-Vision Consortium Inc. (currently Human Logic Laboratory Co., Ltd.) to expand personnel strategy.
Jan. 2008 Established Zenshoen Co., Ltd. to enter the livestock business.
Jun. 2008 Established Global IT Service Co., Ltd. to streamline business through information technologies.
Aug. 2008 Established ZENSHO DO BRASIL COMERCIO DE ALIMENTOS LTDA to operate Sukiya in Brasil.
Oct. 2008 To strengthen the domestic restaurant business, acquired shares of Hanaya Yohei Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2010 Established Zensho Best Crew Co., Ltd. to streamline the recruiting operation.