Oka Tsunekichi Shoten is a sugar wholesaler established here.
岡常吉商店として砂糖卸売業を当地で開業
The company was incorporated and became Okatsune Shoten Co., Ltd.
法人化し、(株)岡常商店となる
Started flour wholesale business as a side business
小麦粉卸売業を兼業開始
Koto branch office opened in Kinshicho, Sumida Ward
江東支店を墨田区錦糸町に開設
Opened Yamate branch in Nakamura Minami, Nerima-ku Changed company name to Okatsune Co., Ltd. on the 90th anniversary of founding
山手支店を練馬区中村南に開設
創業90周年に際し(株)岡常に商号変更
Osaka branch opened
大阪支店開設
Information magazine "Marketing Eye" launched
情報誌「マーケティングEye」創刊
Opened the food department and established a cold storage and processing plant for shiitake mushrooms.
食品部を開設、椎茸の低温倉庫及び加工場の設置
Koto Branch and Meiwa Transport moved to the former Matsushima workshop in Edogawa Ward (January)
江東支店及び明和輸送を江戸川区松島旧作業所に移転
Moved to temporary office in Kofunecho due to new head office building construction (February)
本社ビル新築のため、小舟町仮事務所に移転
Head office building completed, move-in and unveiling (September)
本社ビル落成、入居・披露
Company newsletter "Gaslight" launched (November)
社内報「ガスライト」創刊
Started selling frozen food and cyclodextrin (April)
冷凍食材、サイクロデキストリンの販売を開始
The food wholesale sales division was separated and established as Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd. (April)
食品卸営業部門を岡常商事株式会社として分離独立
Actively started selling premixes and other imported food ingredients (April)
プレミックス等輸入食材の販売を積極的に開始
President of Okatsune Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd., Oka Tsuneyoshi III, passes away (May)
岡常社長、岡常商事(株)会長 三世岡常吉逝去
Established Ettalong Enterprises, a subsidiary of Okatsune Shoji, in Hong Kong, and began selling imported food products with even more detail (September)
香港に岡常商事の子会社エタロングエンタープライズを設立、更にきめ細かい輸入食材の販売を開始
Data communications begins at Mitsubishi Corporation, Meisho Corporation, Okatsune Corporation, and Meiwa Transportation (July)
三菱商事・明商・岡常商事・明和輸送でデータ通信開始
Okatsune Food Salon launched (October)
岡常フードサロン発足
President Kiichiro Oka takes on the name of Tsunekichi Oka IV (December)
社長 岡喜市郎、四世岡常吉を襲名
ShinMaywa Sugar Co., Ltd. completed construction of cold storage warehouse, Meiwa Transportation Co., Ltd. opened Funabashi office (October)
新明和製糖(株)冷凍倉庫竣工、明和輸送(株)船橋営業所開設
Okatsune Co., Ltd. opens non-life insurance agency business (August)
(株)岡常、損害保険代理店業開設
Okatsune Co., Ltd. opens CVS Seikatsu Saika Nihonbashi Honcho Okatsune store as its retail division (November)
(株)岡常、小売部門としてCVS生活彩家日本橋本町岡常店オープン
Koto branch office moved to Kanamachi, Katsushika Ward (March)
江東支店を葛飾区金町に移転
Meiwa Transportation Co., Ltd. closed its Edogawa office and relocated to Shinminato, Mihama-ku, Chiba City (April)
明和輸送(株)の江戸川事業所を閉鎖し、千葉市美浜区新港に移転
Acquired Liquor Shop Hirakawa store and opened CVS Poplar Hirakawacho store (April)
(有)リカーショップ平河店を買収、CVSポプラ平河町店をオープン
Chairman of Okatsune Co., Ltd., Shitsu Oka passed away (July)
岡 志つ逝去
120th anniversary commemorative magazine "Cultural Theory of Commitment" published (November)
120th Anniversary Food Salon held at Royal Park Hotel (November)
創業120周年記念誌「こだわりの文化論」発刊
創業120周年記念フードサロンをロイヤルパークホテルにて開催
Koto and Yamate branches converted into sales offices (April)
Noren Co., Ltd. launches Japanese sweets catalogue "Washin Denshin" (June)
㈱暖簾の和菓子カタログ事業「和心伝心」発売
Liquor Shop Hirakawa Branch is sold to Poplar Co., Ltd. The operation of Seikatsu Saika Nihonbashi Honcho Okatsune Branch is transferred to ORS Co., Ltd. (August)
(有)リカーショップ平河店を㈱ポプラに売却。生活彩家日本橋本町岡常店の運営は㈱ORSに移管
Osaka branch office relocated to Ote-dori, Chuo-ku, Osaka (December)
大阪支店を大阪市中央区大手通に移転
"Fukukokubansai" trademark registered (March)
「福穀万菜」を商標登録
Kaneman mark registered as a trademark (April)
かねまんマークを商標登録
Sales of "coku*mi", a multigrain cooking kit for general consumers, began (June)
一般消費者向け雑穀料理キット「coku*mi」の販売開始
The Kanto branch office was relocated to Shibamata, Katsushika Ward, and reorganized as the Kanto sales office (March).
関東支店を葛飾区柴又に移転の上、関東営業所に組織変更
Capital reduced to 100 million yen (September)
資本金を1億円に減資
The fourth Tsunekichi Oka became chairman and Keitaro Oka became president (May).
四世岡常吉が代表取締役会長、岡敬太郎が代表取締役社長に就任
㈱岡常と岡常商事㈱が合併、岡常商事㈱の商号とする
Okatsune Co., Ltd. and Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd. merged and changed the company name to Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd.