 The Headquarters inChiyoda, Tokyo,Japan | |
Native name | 山崎製パン株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Yamazaki Seipan kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Public (Kabushiki gaisha) |
| TYO:2212 OSE: 2212 | |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 21 June 1948; 76 years ago (1948-06-21) Ichikawa, Chiba |
| Founder | Tojuro Iijima |
| Headquarters | Iwamotochō,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8585, Japan |
Number of locations | 107,950 stores |
Area served | Asia, Europe, North America |
Key people | Nobuhiro Iijima (President) |
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| Services | Convenience stores |
| Revenue |  JPY 995.01 billion (FY 2013)(US$ 9.66 billion) (FY 2013) |
| JPY 12.04 billion (FY 2013) US$116.8 million million) (FY 2013) | |
| Owner | Iijima family (around 14.38%) Nisshin Seifun Group (5.08%) Oriental Land Company (0.19%) |
Number of employees | 17,654 (consolidated, as of 31 December 2014) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
TheYamazaki Baking Company, Ltd. (山崎製パン株式会社,Yamazaki Seipan kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese food company and the world's largest bread-baking corporation,[2] that makes bread, bakery products and confectionery.[3] It was established by Tojuro Iijima in Japan on 9 March 1948 and started mass production of bread in 1955,[4] and is still controlled by the Iijima family; Nobuhiro Iijima is the third generation of the family to lead the company.
Yamazaki products can be found in variousAsian countries, includingMalaysia,Taiwan,Singapore,Thailand,Vietnam,Indonesia, andChina（includingHong Kong）.
In October 1970, the company established a joint venture,Yamazaki Nabisco Co., Ltd. (now known asYamazaki Biscuits), withNabisco of the United States and Nichimen Jitsugyo Corporation (currentlySojitz Corporation). By 1988 Yamazaki raised its stake in the joint venture to 80% by acquiring the shares held by Nabisco.[5]
In 1991, Yamazaki purchasedVie de France Bakery division (began in 1971), and in 1994, Yamazaki Baking purchased the Vie de France Restaurant division (began in 1978).[6][7] Yamazaki now operatesVie de France in the United States[8] and Japan[9] under theVie de France brand.[10]
Until 2014, Yamazaki usedpotassium bromate in their bread, while all other Japanese baking companies voluntarily stopped using it in 1980 due to suspicions ofcarcinogenicity.[11] However, they started to use it again in early 2020, claiming they had developed a new method for reducing the amount of potassium bromate so that nothing remains of it in the final product. They stated potassium bromate was not detected in a test with 0.5ppb accuracy.[12]
In 2016, Yamazaki acquired the US company Bakewise Brands, parent of Fleischer's Bagels and Tom Cat Bakery.[13][14] In the same year,Mondelez International terminated the Yamazaki Nabisco joint venture and started to produce Nabisco biscuits under Mondelez Japan, shifting production to China and Indonesia.[15][16][17] A year later, Yamazaki introduced their version of Oreo called "Noir", which is produced at the former Oreo factory inIbaraki Prefecture.[18]
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