Corporate profile Corporate History Changes in Sales Changes in Ordinary Profit
- Company name:
- Plenus Company Limited
- Representative:
- Tatsuo Shioi, President and Representative Director
- Location of Head Office:
- 19-21 Kamimuta 1-chome, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8580, Japan.
Phone 092-452-3600(switchboard) - Number of Shops:
- 2,626(1,648 directly managed, 978 franchises)
- Business Areas:
- Hotto Motto franchising business, Yayoiken franchising business, sale of foodstuffs and packaging materials
- Date of Founding:
- March 1960
- Date of Establishment:
- November 1976
- Capital:
- 3,461 million yen
- Number of Employees:
- 1,170. Temporary Employees: 5,411*
- Major Customers:
- Nichirei Corp., Nippon Meat Packers, Inc., Chuo Kagaku Co., Ltd., Marubeni Corp., Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
- Major Banks:
- Fukuoka Bank, Ltd., Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
- November 1976
- Taiyo Jimuki Co., Ltd. established
- February 1980
- Head office moved to Oroshihonmachi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki
- April 1980
- Kyushu Regional Headquarters of Hokka Hokka Tei Co., Ltd. established
- April 1985
- Company name changed to Taiyo Co., Ltd.
- June 1987
- Kyushu Regional Headquarters of Hokka Hokka Tei Co., Ltd. merged with Taiyo Co., Ltd.
- January 1989
- Hokka Hokka Tei shops number 500
- November 1990
- Head office moved to Kamimuta, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi
- December 1990
- Company name changed to Plenus Co., Ltd.
- July 1993
- Plenus listed on the over-the-counter market of Japan Securities Dealers Association
- April 1999
- Hokka Hokka Tei Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) made into a subsidiary of Plenus Co., Ltd.
- December 2001
- Rise Co., Ltd. (Nishi-ku, Yokohama) made into a subsidiary of Plenus Co., Ltd. [merged with Hokka Hokka Tei Co., Ltd.]
- July 2002
- Hokka Hokka Tei shops number 1,000
- September 2002
- Meshiyadon restaurants number 100
- December 2002
- Plenus listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- March 2004
- Hokka Hokka Tei Co., Ltd. merged with Plenus Co., Ltd.
Hokka Hokka Tei shops number 2,000 - December 2004
- Nihonbashi Yayoi Building built in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, to where the Tokyo Office is moved
- July 2006
- "Meshiyadon" trade name changed to "Yayoiken"
- May 2008
- New takeaway bento brand "Hotto Motto" created
