President's Greeting
A leading company that contributes to society by pursuing new possibilities in food culture, starting from ideas that transcend eras.
"Nigiri Chojirou" has been well received since the opening of its first store in Neyagawa City, Osaka.
At "Nigiri Chojirou," we have aimed to provide high-quality sushi and a la carte dishes using carefully selected ingredients with a focus on freshness and seasonality, without being bound by the conventional concept of conveyor belt sushi. To deliver this high quality to our customers, our chefs continue to improve their skills with a daily spirit of ambition.
"Customer satisfaction is our joy. We promise customer satisfaction." Under this management philosophy, we wholeheartedly strive as a company to deeply consider our customers' feelings with lively hospitality, aiming to provide hospitality that exceeds expectations.
Furthermore, Foodsnet will continue to pursue the limitless possibilities of food culture expanding beyond "Nigiri Chojirou," "Conveyor Belt Sushi CHOJIRO," "Delivery Nigiri Chojirou," and the sister store delivery sushi "Nigiri Chujiro."
President and CEO: Makoto Kato
Company Overview
| Company Name | Foodsnet Corporation (FOODSNET Corporation) |
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| Head Office Location | 〒541-0052 Osaka City, Chuo-ku, Azuchimachi 2-3-13 Osaka International Building 30F TEL: 06-6210-4481 / FAX: 06-6210-4491 URL: www.foodsnet.co.jp |
| Business Description | Management of live fish conveyor belt sushi "Nigiri Chojirou," "Conveyor Belt Sushi CHOJIRO Kyoto," "Delivery Nigiri Chojirou," and franchise chain system delivery sushi "Nigiri Chujiro." |
| Capital | 50,000,000 yen |
| Number of Employees | Full-time employees: 231 Part-time employees: 3,167 (As of the end of March 2025) |
| Number of Stores | Directly operated stores: 80 Live fish conveyor belt sushi "Nigiri Chojirou": 65 stores Live fish sushi "Nigiri Chojirou": 1 store Conveyor belt sushi "CHOJIRO": 6 stores "Delivery Nigiri Chojirou": 8 stores Franchise stores: 3 stores Delivery sushi "Nigiri Chujiro": 3 stores (As of the end of March 2025) |
| Executives | President and CEO: Makoto Kato Director: Hiroyuki Otowa Director: Katsunori Natsui Auditor: Hiroyuki Morita |
History
| August 1974 | Established Kawacho Co., Ltd. in Kyoto City. Operated sushi restaurant "Kawacho." |
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| July 1975 | Opened the first conveyor belt sushi store in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. |
| January 1981 | Moved head office and main store to Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, and changed company name from Kawacho Co., Ltd. to Atom Co., Ltd. |
| March 1989 | Opened the first delivery sushi store "Miyakobito" in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City. |
| September 1995 | Changed company name from Atom Co., Ltd. to Foodsnet Co., Ltd. |
| July 2001 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store, Neyagawa main store, in Osaka Prefecture. |
| July 2002 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Kyoto Prefecture, Nishikyogoku store. |
| November 2003 | Orix Group capital participation. Third-party allotment of shares. |
| April 2004 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Nara Prefecture, Mamigaoka store. |
| June 2004 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Shiga Prefecture, Zeze store. |
| September 2004 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Wakayama Prefecture, Hashimoto store. |
| February 2005 | Jafco Group capital participation. Third-party allotment of shares. |
| July 2005 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Hyogo Prefecture, Mukonoso store. |
| November 2006 | Transferred 100% shares from Orix Group and Jafco Group to Palace Capital Partners A. |
| November 2008 | Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Tokyo, Nerima Doshida store. |
| January 2009 | Merged Palace Capital Partners A as the surviving company and Foodsnet Co., Ltd. as the dissolved company. Company name remains Foodsnet Co., Ltd. |
| January 2009 | Succeeded sushi business of Vesta Foods Co., Ltd. (Head office: Wako City, Saitama Prefecture) by absorption-type split. |
| November 2009 | Opened the first delivery sushi store "Nigiri Chujiro" in Kita Ward, Kyoto City. |
| August 2010 | Opened the first "Conveyor Belt Sushi CHOJIRO" store in Uehonmachi, Tennoji Ward, Osaka City. |
| March 2011 | Opened the first "Conveyor Belt Sushi CHOJIRO" store in Tokyo, Futako Tamagawa store. |
| July 2013 | Became a subsidiary of Sato Restaurant Systems Co., Ltd. (currently SRS Holdings Co., Ltd.) February 2014 |
| Moved head office to Chuo Ward, Osaka City. | November 2018 |
| Opened the first "Nigiri Chojirou" store in Aichi Prefecture, Nisshin Takenoyama store. | June 2019 |
| Opened the first overseas "Conveyor Belt Sushi CHOJIRO" franchise store in Capital Square, Singapore. | March 2020 |
| "Miyakobito" business ended. | July 2021 |
| Renamed delivery sushi store "Nigiri Chujiro Minoh Nishikouji store" to "Delivery Nigiri Chojirou Minoh Nishikouji store." | Completed renaming of all 7 directly operated stores in February 2022. In February of Reiwa 4, the renaming of all seven directly managed stores was completed. |