- CEO
- Nobuhiro Iijima
- Full Time Employees
- 33,545
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- 10-1, Iwamotocho 3-chome Tokyo TY Japan 101-8585
- IPO Date
- Jul 20, 1962
- Business
- Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells bread, sweet buns, donuts, hard rolls, pastries, Japanese- and Western-style confectionery including skewered rice dumplings, sweet bean filled rice cakes, pancake style sweets, steamed cakes, castella, yokan, swiss rolls, cream puffs, snack cakes and pound cakes; processed bread, noodles, prepared rice and side dishes; biscuits, crackers, sembei, rice-derived confectionery, chocolates, cookies, preserves such as strawberry and blueberry jams, marmalade, jelly, sweet bean and ready-to-eat curry in retort pouches; and beverages including coffee and juice under the Yamazaki brand, as well as fillings, cream, curry fillings, stuffing for Chinese filled buns, croquettes, meat patty and mayonnaise. The company, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operates through Food Business, Distribution Business and Other Business segments, with principal activities encompassing instore baking, convenience store operations via Daily Yamazaki, logistics, equipment design for food manufacturing, non-life insurance agency and cleaning services; it maintains over 30 production plants across Japan and distributes products nationwide through supermarkets, convenience stores, Yamazaki Shops, Saint Etoile outlets and general stores, while extending presence to Asia including Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and China, and internationally through subsidiaries. Yamazaki controls key subsidiaries such as consolidated entities Fujiya Co., Ltd., Sun-Delica Co., Ltd., YK Baking Company, Ltd., Yamazaki Biscuits Co., Ltd., Vie de France Co., Ltd. and Tohato Inc., alongside affiliates like Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) which produces Noir biscuits; recent developments include full consolidation of additional YK Baking subsidiaries in fiscal 2024, a 2024 partnership with Tom Cat Bakery for artisanal Japanese Milk Bread products in the US market featuring shokupan sandwich loaves, seeded rolls and burger buns, ongoing capital investments of ¥52 billion in fiscal 2024 rising to ¥59 billion planned for fiscal 2025 focused on facility upgrades and production efficiency, and net sales growth to ¥1,244.5 billion in fiscal 2024 with projections for ¥1,275 billion in fiscal 2025 amid strategic expansions in health-conscious offerings and supply chain resilience.