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{{Short description|Japanese snack food company}}
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| company_name = Calbee Foods Co.<br />カルビー株式会社
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| company_type = Corporation
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| company_logo = ]
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| foundation = ], ] (April 30, 1949)
{{Infobox company
| location_city = Marunouchi Trust Tower Main<br>], ], ]
| name = Calbee, Inc.
| type = ] (])
| native_name = カルビー株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = ''Karubī Kabushiki-gaisha''
| traded_as = {{TYO|2229}}
| logo = Calbee logo.svg
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1949|4|30|df=y}}
| founder =
| location_city = Marunouchi Trust Tower Main<br>], ], ]
| location_country = ] | location_country = ]
| revenue = {{yen|248,665 million}} (March 2019)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.calbee.com/ir/pdf/2019/Calbee_FY2019_results_presentation.pdf | title=Potato Chips - Calbee | access-date=28 July 2019 | archive-date=28 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728094159/https://www.calbee.com/ir/pdf/2019/Calbee_FY2019_results_presentation.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| key_people = CEO ]
| key_people = Makoto Ehara, Chairman and CEO<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/corporate/overview/|title=Corporate Data|publisher=Calbee, Inc.|accessdate=16 February 2024}}</ref>
| capital = 2,745 million ]
| num_employees = 3,860
| sales = 116.1 billion yen ] (Ended March 2006) ] (fiscal 2006)
| industry = Food
| num_employees = 1,302
| products = Snacks and other foods
| affiliated_companies = Domestic (9), Overseas (9)
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/|www.calbee.co.jp}}
| industry = Food
| products = Snacks and other foods
| homepage =
}} }}
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'''Calbee Foods Co.''' {{nihongo|Karubī Kabushikigaisha|カルビー株式会社}} is a major Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on April 30, 1949. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for making its mainstay products "]" shrimp chips and "Saya-endo" snow pea crisps on Sept 18, 2007.<ref></ref> Its snacks are hugely popular in Asia, and are well known in the States.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Its headquarters is located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in ], ], ].<ref>"." Calbee. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.</ref> {{nihongo|'''Calbee, Inc.'''|カルビー株式会社|Karubī Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on 30 April 1949, and its headquarters are located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in ], ], ]. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for making its mainstay products "]" shrimp chips and "Saya-endo" ] crisps on 18 September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=15448 |title=Calbee Launches New U.S. Plant |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007005303/http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=15448 |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another popular snack they sell are potato fries, called "Jagabee".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jagabee｜Calbee |url=https://www.calbee.co.jp/products/select/ |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=www.calbee.co.jp |language=en}}</ref> Its snacks are hugely popular in Asia and are well known in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wjactv.com/money/14146322/detail.html |title="Healthy" Foods That Aren't - Consumer News Story - WJAC Johnstown |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913212156/http://www.wjactv.com/money/14146322/detail.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/10245671.html |title=Don't assume your snacks are healthy |work= KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - Consumer News |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071018090202/http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/10245671.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The company was founded in devastated post-war ] by Takashi Matsuo in 1949. His first product was the Calbee Caramel, named after the word "calcium" and vitamin B1. Due to the product's popularity, the company name was changed to Calbee in 1955.<ref name="calbeescmp2019">{{cite news |last1=Ryall |first1=Julian |title=Calbee: how snack foods company in post-nuclear Hiroshima became a global giant |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3012553/calbee-how-snack-foods-company-post-nuclear-hiroshima-became |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 June 2019}}</ref>


In 1973, Calbee Moh Seng (previously the Moh Seng Importer & Exporter Private Limited) was integrated into Calbee. It started off as the sole distributor of Calbee goods in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calbee Moh Seng {{!}} Home |url=https://calbeemohseng.com.sg/ |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=calbeemohseng.com.sg}}</ref>
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| 1949 || Matsuo Food Processing Co., Ltd. was incorporated in
In the 1970s, Calbee partnered with ] to introduce the company's products in Hong Kong. In 1994, the two companies formed the Calbee Four Seas joint venture company, and opened a new production plant in ] in 2000.<ref name="fourseashistory">{{cite web |title=Our History and Milestone |url=http://www.fourseasgroup.com.hk/us/aboutus/history-and-milestones |publisher=Four Seas Group |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>
|-

| || to succeed Matsuo Food Industry, in Hiroshima.
In 1980, Calbee established Calbee Tanawat in Thailand.<ref name="calbeescmp2019"/>
|-

| 1955 || Name changed to Calbee Foods and Confectionery Co., Ltd.
Calbee International launched in ] in 1992.<ref name="calbeescmp2019"/>
|-

| || Developed technology for producing Arare crackers from wheat flour.
In 2018, Calbee acquired UK company
|-
]. In 2019, Calbee acquired Warnock Food Products.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 November 2019|title=BGL Announces the Sale of Warnock Food Products to Calbee|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-07/bgl-announces-the-sale-of-warnock-food-products-to-calbee|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>
| || Introduced Kappa Arare crackers, adopting the mythical ] character chosen by Kon Shimizu as the product symbol.
|-
| 1957 || Opened the Fukuoka, Nagoya, and Tokyo sales offices.
|-
| 1964 || Introduced Kappa Ebisen shrimp-flavored crackers. Kappa Ebisen
|-
| 1968 || Began operating the Utsunomiya Factory (Tochigi).
|-
| || Opened the Osaka and Sapporo sales offices.
|-
| 1969 || Began operating the Chitose Factory (Hokkaido).
|-
| 1970 || Established Calbee America, Inc. (U.S.)
|-
| 1971 || Introduced Masked Rider Snack, a successful product. Masked Rider Snack
|-
| 1972 || Introduced Sapporo Potato, a packaged potato snack.
|-
| || Established Calbee Shokuhin Co., Inc. Sapporo Potato
|-
| 1973 || Moved head office to Tokyo. Name changed to Calbee Foods Co., Ltd.
|-
| 1974 || Opened the Hokkaido Division and built four potato storehouses at three Hokkaido locations.
|-
| 1975 || Began operating the Kagoshima Factory (Kagoshima)
|-
| || and Shimotsuma Factory (Ibaraki).
|-
| || Introduced Potato Chips. Potato Chips
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| 1976 || Began operating the Second Utsunomiya Factory (Tochigi) and Shiga Factory (Shiga).
|-
| 1977 || Began potato chip production at the Kagoshima Factory.
|-
| 1978 || Began potato chip production at the Chitose Factory.
|-
| 1980 || Materials Division became independent as Calbee Potato, Inc.
|-
| || Established Calbee Tanawat Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
|-
| 1982 || Made Tokyo Snack Food Co., Ltd. to a subsidiary company.
|-
| 1983 || Began operating the Kakamigahara Factory (Gifu).
|-
| 1986 || Began operating the Hiroshima-Nishi Factory (Hiroshima).
|-
| 1988 || Began marketing cereal products in the Nagoya region. cereal products
|-
| 1989 || Began operating the Kiyohara Factory (Tochigi) to produce cereals.
|-
| || Expanded cereals marketing throughout Japan.
|-
| 1990 || Established Snack Food Service Co., Ltd.
|-
| 1991 || Established Food Engineering Institute, Ltd. (dissoluved in 2006)
|-
| || Established NIJYUICHI Co.,Ltd.
|-
| || Opened the Tokyo Research and Development Center.
|-
| 1992 || Established Calbee International, Ltd. (Hong Kong)
|-
| 1993 || Established Calbee Four Seas Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)
|-
| 1994 || Completed new head office building in Kita, Tokyo.
|-
| 1995 || Began operating the Shin-Utsunomiya Factory (Tochigi).
|-
| || Introduced Jagarico potato snack.
|-
| || Established Qingdao Calbee Foods Co., Ltd. (China)
|-
| || Established Shenyang Calbee Foods Co., Ltd
|-
| || Ltd. (China) Jagarico
|-
| 1996 || Established Garden Bakery, Inc.
|-
| || Established Yantai Calbee Food Co., Ltd. (China)
|-
| 1999 || Began operating the Ayabe Factory (Kyoto).
|-
| 2000 || Established Calnac Co., Ltd.
|-
| || Completed the Fruit Granola Building at the Kiyohara Factory (Tochigi).
|-
| 2001 || Renovated the Chitose Factory (Hokkaido).
|-
| 2002 || Established Calbee Four Seas (Shantou) Co., Ltd. (China)
|-
| 2004 || Established Oisia Co., Ltd.
|-
| || Established Snack Salad Marketing&Technologies, Inc. (U.S.)
|-
| || Established the R&DDE Center for research and development.
|-
| 2005 || Established Calbee Konan Co., Ltd. (Shiga)
|-
| 2006 || Moved and renovated the Hiroshima Factory(Hiroshima) .
|-
| || Introduced Jagabee potato snack.
|-
|}


==Sponsorship== ==Sponsorship==
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Calbee sponsored the ] F1 team from 1990 to 1994 when Japanese drivers ] and ] drove for the team.


The company was also one of the sponsors for the anime '']''. Alongside dmm.com, they sponsored the character of Dragon Kid.
Calbee sponsored the ] F1 team from 1990 to 1994, when Japanese drivers ] and then ] drove for the team.


==References== ==References==
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Calbee, Inc.
Native nameカルビー株式会社
Romanized nameKarubī Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic (KK)
Traded asTYO: 2229
IndustryFood
Founded30 April 1949; 75 years ago (1949-04-30)
HeadquartersMarunouchi Trust Tower Main
Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleMakoto Ehara, Chairman and CEO
ProductsSnacks and other foods
Revenue¥248,665 million (March 2019)
Number of employees3,860
Websitewww.calbee.co.jp
Calbee headquarters

Calbee, Inc. (カルビー株式会社, Karubī Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on 30 April 1949, and its headquarters are located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for making its mainstay products "Kappa Ebisen" shrimp chips and "Saya-endo" snow pea crisps on 18 September 2007. Another popular snack they sell are potato fries, called "Jagabee". Its snacks are hugely popular in Asia and are well known in the United States.

History

The company was founded in devastated post-war Hiroshima by Takashi Matsuo in 1949. His first product was the Calbee Caramel, named after the word "calcium" and vitamin B1. Due to the product's popularity, the company name was changed to Calbee in 1955.

In 1973, Calbee Moh Seng (previously the Moh Seng Importer & Exporter Private Limited) was integrated into Calbee. It started off as the sole distributor of Calbee goods in Singapore.

In the 1970s, Calbee partnered with Four Seas Group to introduce the company's products in Hong Kong. In 1994, the two companies formed the Calbee Four Seas joint venture company, and opened a new production plant in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in 2000.

In 1980, Calbee established Calbee Tanawat in Thailand.

Calbee International launched in Hong Kong in 1992.

In 2018, Calbee acquired UK company Seabrook Crisps. In 2019, Calbee acquired Warnock Food Products.

Sponsorship

Tyrrell 021 with Calbee sponsorship.

Calbee sponsored the Tyrrell Racing F1 team from 1990 to 1994 when Japanese drivers Satoru Nakajima and Ukyo Katayama drove for the team.

The company was also one of the sponsors for the anime Tiger and Bunny. Alongside dmm.com, they sponsored the character of Dragon Kid.

References

  1. "Corporate Data". Calbee, Inc. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "Potato Chips - Calbee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "Calbee Launches New U.S. Plant". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  4. "Jagabee｜Calbee". www.calbee.co.jp. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ""Healthy" Foods That Aren't - Consumer News Story - WJAC Johnstown". Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  6. "Don't assume your snacks are healthy". KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - Consumer News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  7. ^ Ryall, Julian (1 June 2019). "Calbee: how snack foods company in post-nuclear Hiroshima became a global giant". South China Morning Post.
  8. "Calbee Moh Seng | Home". calbeemohseng.com.sg. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. "Our History and Milestone". Four Seas Group. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. "BGL Announces the Sale of Warnock Food Products to Calbee". Bloomberg.com. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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  • Media related to Calbee at Wikimedia Commons
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