Sushiro
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 The Sushiro headquarters | |
Native name | 株式会社あきんどスシロー |
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| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Retail (Japan) Food service (other countries) |
| Founded | October 23, 1984（start business） July 31, 2012（The current company legal person is established） |
| Founder | Yoshio Shimizu Yutaka Shimizu |
| Headquarters | 〒564-0063 1-22-2 Esaka-cho Suita, Osaka Japan |
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Key people | Kohei Nii（Representative Director and President） |
| Products | Conveyor belt sushi |
Number of employees | 1417 employees（30th Sep, 2019） |
| Parent | Food & Life Companies |
| Website | akindo-sushiro |
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| TYO: 3563 | |
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| Website | food-and-life |
Akindo Sushiro (Template:Lang-ja) is a Japanese multinational conveyor belt sushi specialty store. It is headquartered in Suita, Osaka.[2]
Sushiro is currently the largest conveyor belt sushi company in turnover. The total number of customers in a year is about 140 million, which is more than the total population of Japan. There are more than 500 restaurants in its establish place, Japan. The first overseas branch opened in Seoul, South Korea, and currently there are 14 branches in South Korea. In 2017, Taiwan Sushiro Co., Ltd. was established. On 15 June 2018, Taiwan "Sushiro No. 1 shop" was opened in Taipei, it became the second overseas base of Sushiro after South Korea. In August 2019, it opened its first branch in Hong Kong, it became the third overseas base. In the same month, it also opened its first branch in Singapore. The chain opened its first chain in China on September 2021, starting in Guangzhou. [3]
Incidents
Japan
A Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency report released on June 2022 shows multiple Sushiro chains in the country were accused of false advertising, by using the "limited offer" term to promote its sea urchin and crab sushis, with no stocks of the sushis in most stores. [4]
Taiwan
At the beginning of 2021, a promotional event by Sushiro's in Taiwan that serves free salmon sushis for people with the name "salmon", causing the salmon chaos.
China
Multiple Sushiro chains in Guangzhou, China are under fire for linguistic discrimination after the chain's supervisors stated the ban of using local Cantonese language between employees on its online chat groups. Sushiro in China later apologised for the matter, amid local boycotts. [5]
See also
References
- ^ "スシロー、中国に子会社". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/3563/tdnet/1722145/00.pdf 株式会社スシローグローバルホールディングス、株式会社神明ホールディングス及び元気寿司株式会社の資本業務提携解消に関するお知らせ
- ^ "Japan's Sushiro to triple overseas shops, taking bigger bite of China". Nikkei Asia. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Sushiro ordered to take action on deceptive advertising". The Japan Times. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "壽司郎廣州店禁員工講廣東話惹議 粵網民怒杯葛：挑釁本地人" [Sushiro criticised in Guangzhou over Cantonese ban; local boycotts followed]. HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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