House Foods facts for kids
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House Foods head office
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Trade name
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House Foods |
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Native name
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ハウス食品グループ本社株式会社
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Formerly
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Urakami Shoten (1913–1947) Urakami Grain Industry (1947–1949) House Foods Urakami Shoten (1949–1960) House Food Industry (1960–1993) House Foods Corporation (1993–2013) |
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| Traded as | TYO: 2810 |
| ISIN | ISIN: [https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=JP3765400001 JP3765400001] |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | November 11, 1913 as Urakami Shoten |
| Founder | Seisuke Urakami |
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Higashiōsaka, Osaka, 577-8520
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Japan
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Hiroshi Urakami (President) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 293.7 billion (FY 2020) (US$ 2.8 billion) (FY 2020) |
| JPY 11.5 billion (FY 2020) (US$ 108 million) (FY 2020) |
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Number of employees
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6,122 (consolidated, March 31, 2020) |
House Foods Corporation (ハウス食品株式会社, Hausu Shokuhin Kabushiki-gaisha) is one of Japan's largest food companies. It makes and sells many different food products. The company started in 1913 in Osaka, Japan. It began selling curry in 1926.
House Foods is famous for its Japanese curry. It is the world's biggest maker of Japanese curry. Some of its well-known curry brands are Vermont Curry and Java Curry. The company also makes many spices like wasabi and black pepper.
Besides curry and spices, House Foods creates mixes for various dishes. These include cream stew, beef stew, Hayashi rice, and mabo tofu. They also make instant ramen like Umakacchan. For snacks, they have Tongari Corn and potato chips. Sweet treats include Fruiche, pudding, and jelly. They also produce drinks such as oolong tea and mugicha.
House Foods owns Ichibanya, a popular Japanese curry restaurant chain. Ichibanya has over 1,400 restaurants worldwide. House Foods also runs the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Tokyo Disneyland and the Casbah Food Court at Tokyo DisneySea.
The company is also involved in food technology. They developed a special onion called Smile Ball (Goldies in the US). This onion does not make you cry when you cut it! The scientists who created it even won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2013 for their work.
House Foods often works with famous entertainers in Japan. They have collaborated with groups like Arashi and AKB48. They are also known for sponsoring TV shows, such as the World Masterpiece Theater on Fuji TV. Since 2013, House Foods has been part of a larger company structure called House Foods Group Inc. (ハウス食品グループ本社株式会社, Hausu Shokuhin Gurupu Honsha Kabushiki-gaisha).
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House Foods Around the World
House Foods has many companies that work under its main group. These are called subsidiaries.
House Foods America Corporation
House Foods America Corporation is a big part of the House Foods Group. It is the largest supplier of tofu products in the United States. This company has tofu factories in California and New Jersey. Together, these factories can make 350,000 pieces of tofu every day.
House Foods America Corp. used to run a Japanese curry restaurant chain called Curry House. It had nine locations in California. The first one opened in 1983. House Foods sold Curry House in 2019. The new owners closed the chain permanently in February 2020.
Ichibanya and Other Companies
In 2016, House Foods bought Ichibanya. This company runs Japan's largest curry restaurant chain, Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA. It has over 1,400 restaurants in many countries. These include the United States, Thailand, China, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Ichibanya also operates a spaghetti chain called Pasta de Coco.
House Foods also owns other companies that make different products:
- Gaban and Asaoka Spice make high-quality spices.
- House Wellness Foods produces vitamin drinks like C1000 and health products.
- Malony makes cellophane noodles.
- El Burrito Mexican Food Products Corporation makes meat substitute foods and salsa.
- Delica Chef makes ready-to-eat foods for convenience stores in Japan. These include bread, spaghetti, and bento boxes.
- House Osotspa Foods makes vitamin drinks in Thailand.
- Vox Trading handles importing and exporting food products.
Fun Facts About House Foods
House Foods owns Ichibanya, a Japanese curry restaurant chain. Ichibanya has over 1,400 restaurants around the world. House Foods also runs the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Tokyo Disneyland. They operate the Casbah Food Court at Tokyo DisneySea too.
The company is also involved in food technology. They developed a special onion called Smile Ball (or Goldies in the US). This onion won't make you cry when you cut it! Scientists at House Foods removed the part of the onion that causes tears. This invention even won an Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013.
House Foods often works with famous entertainers. They have collaborated with groups like Arashi, Hey! Say! JUMP, and AKB48. Individual stars like Takuya Kimura and Masahiro Nakai from SMAP have also worked with them. They are also known for sponsoring TV shows, like the World Masterpiece Theater on Fuji TV.
Since 2013, House Foods has been part of a larger group. This group is called House Foods Group Inc. (ハウス食品グループ本社株式会社, Hausu Shokuhin Gurupu Honsha Kabushiki-gaisha).
See also
In Spanish: House Foods para niños
