Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.
| 1899 | The family-run store YOSHINOYA opens in the fish market in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
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| 1926 | The store is relocated to Tsukiji because the fish market is relocated there after the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923). |
| 1952 | The store becomes well-known because it is open 24 hours a day. (This practice is discontinued when YOSHINOYA is established as a limited company.) |
| 1958 | Mizuho Matsuda succeeds his father as president and establishes YOSHINOYA Co., Ltd. with capital of ¥1 million in order to pursue the beef bowl restaurant business. (Dec. 27) |
| 1966 | The company raises the price of a beef bowl from ¥120 to ¥200. |
| 1967 | The menu is limited to beef bowls (regular, large), eggs, and pickles. (Beef bowls served at the Tsukiji Store were ¥250 because Japanese beef was used until around 1973.) |
| 1971 | The Sugito Processing and Distribution Center opens in Saitama Prefecture. Computers (FACOM 230-15) are introduced. 24-hour operation starts at Shinbashi Branch. |
| 1973 | YOSHINOYA USA is established in Denver, Colorado, in order to procure beef. The first franchise restaurant opens in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| 1975 | The first beef bowl restaurant opens in the U.S., in Denver. |
| 1977 | The number of restaurants in Japan reaches one-hundred. YOSHINOYA WEST INC. is established in the U.S. |
| 1980 | YOSHINOYA files for corporate reorganization proceedings. |
| 1983 | The reorganization plan is approved. Saison Group invests in YOSHINOYA and YOSHINOYA relaunches its business operations with capital of ¥500 million. |
| 1986 | A pickle plant/distribution center opens in Saitama Prefecture in order to centralize production and distribution. |
| 1987 | Repayment of reorganization claims amounting to ¥10 billion is completed earlier than the initial plan. YOSHINOYA Taiwan, a joint venture, is established. |
| 1988 | YOSHINOYA merges with D&C Co., Ltd., the operator of Dunkin Donuts Japan, and the corporate name is changed to YOSHINOYA D&C Co., Ltd. |
| 1989 | YOSHINOYA D&C upgrades its IT infrastructure, including the POS system, to promote computerization of its operations. |
| 1990 | YOSHINOYA D&C stock is approved by the Japan Securities Dealers Association for over-the-counter trading. |
| 1991 | The first YOSHINOYA restaurant opens in Hong Kong. |
| 1992 | The first YOSHINOYA restaurant opens in China, in Beijing. "YOSHINOYA College," an international training center, opens in Los Angeles. |
| 1994 | A new Tokyo Plant opens in Otonecho, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 1995 | West Japan Distribution Center opens, integrating the former distribution centers in Osaka and Nagoya. |
| 1996 | The number of YOSHINOYA restaurants in Japan reaches 500. |
| 1997 | The first YOSHINOYA restaurant opens in Singapore. The new dish "beef/salmon set meal" is introduced. |
| 1998 | YOSHINOYA D&C withdraws from the Dunkin Donuts business. Planned openings of YOSHINOYA restaurants in Japan are completed. |
| 2000 | YOSHINOYA D&C stock is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2001 | YOSHINOYA D&C gains ISO14001 certification. Curry store "Pot & Pot" becomes a separate company, Pot & Pot Co., Ltd. (company name changed to "SENKICHI CO., LTD." in 2007). The price of regular beef bowl is reduced from ¥400 to ¥280 in light of changing market conditions. The first YOSHINOYA restaurant opens in the Philippines. The total number of YOSHINOYA restaurants in Japan and overseas reaches 1,000. |
| 2002 | YOSHINOYA restaurants open in New York and in Shanghai. |
| 2003 | YOSHINOYA AMERICA INC., a holding company, is established to run the U.S. business. |
| 2004 | MALAYSIA YOSHINOYA CO., LTD., starts operations. A ban on imports of U.S. beef to Japan causes a temporary suspension of gyudon sales. The number of YOSHINOYA restaurants in Japan tops 1,000. YOSHINOYA opens restaurants in Shenzhen, China, and Sydney, Australia. |
| 2005 | KYUSHU YOSHINOYA CO., LTD., becomes a consolidated subsidiary. |
| 2006 | Hanamaru INC., becomes a consolidated subsidiary. Gyudon sales are relaunched in Japan upon the resumption of imports of US beef. |
| 2007 | Yoshinoya Co., Ltd. is established as an operating company by means of a split-off. R-1 Co., Ltd. is established to start the ramen business. Gyushige Dream System Co., Ltd. becomes an equity-method affiliate. |
| 2008 | Don Co., Ltd. becomes an equity-method affiliate. |
