Yamazaki Baking facts for kids

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Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

The Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Native name	山崎製パン株式会社
Romanized name	Yamazaki Seipan kabushiki gaisha
Type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 2212 OSE: 2212
Industry	Food
Founded	21 June 1948; 77 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)
Products	Bread Sweet buns Confectionery Processed bread Prepared rice
Services	Convenience stores
Revenue	JPY 995.01 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 9.66 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	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)

The Yamazaki Baking Company, Ltd. (known as Yamazaki Seipan kabushiki gaisha in Japanese) is a big food company from Japan. It is actually the world's largest company that bakes bread! They make lots of different yummy things. This includes bread, sweet buns, and other tasty treats.

Tojuro Iijima started the company in Japan on March 9, 1948. They began making bread in large amounts in 1955. The Iijima family still runs the company today. Nobuhiro Iijima is the current president. He is the third person from the family to lead the company.

How Yamazaki Grew

Yamazaki products are popular in many countries. You can find them across Asia. This includes places like Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China. They even have products in Hong Kong.

In October 1970, Yamazaki teamed up with two other companies. One was Nabisco from the United States. The other was Nichimen Jitsugyo Corporation from Japan. Together, they started a new company called Yamazaki Nabisco Co., Ltd. This company is now known as Yamazaki Biscuits.

By 1988, Yamazaki bought more shares in this joint company. A "joint venture" is when two or more companies work together on a project. Yamazaki ended up owning 80% of the company. This meant they had a much bigger say in how it was run.

In 1991, Yamazaki bought the bakery part of a company called Vie de France. This company started in 1971. Then, in 1994, Yamazaki Baking bought the restaurant part of Vie de France. This restaurant division began in 1978. Now, Yamazaki runs Vie de France bakeries and restaurants. You can find them in the United States and Japan.

In 2016, Yamazaki bought a US company called Bakewise Brands. This company owned Fleischer's Bagels and Tom Cat Bakery. These are well-known brands in America.

Also in 2016, the partnership with Nabisco changed. Another company, Mondelez International, took over making Nabisco biscuits. They moved the production to China and Indonesia. A year later, Yamazaki made their own version of the famous Oreo cookie. They called it "Noir." These "Noir" cookies are made in the same factory where Oreos used to be made in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

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See also

• Daily Yamazaki, which are Yamazaki's convenience stores.