History
From Establishment~1999
| 1962 | April | Our predecessor company, Kotobuki Foods Ltd. is founded |
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| 1969 | July | Restructured from a private limited company to a joint-stock company, Kotobuki Foods Co., Ltd.. |
| 1970 | July | First “Skylark” restaurant (Kunitachi store) opened in Fuchu-shi, Tokyo. |
| 1974 | November | Trade name changed from Kotobuki Foods Co., Ltd. to Skylark Co., Ltd.. |
| 1977 | December | Central Kitchen Higashimatsuyama Factory (currently Higashimatsuyama Merchandising Center) established in Higashimatsuyama-shi, Saitama. |
2000~
| 2001 | January | First “S Gusto”(Akasaka store) opens. |
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| 2001 | March | First “Grazie Gardens”(Omiya Owada store) opens. |
| 2001 | May | Gifu factory (currently Gifu Merchandising Center) is established in Kanigun, Gifu. |
| 2001 | November | Kitakyushu factory (currently Kitakyushu Merchandising Center) is established in Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka. |
| 2001 | December | First “Gusto” restaurant opens in Okinawa (Gusto Naha Shintoshin store). The group has succeeded in opening restaurants in all 47 prefectures in Japan. |
| 2003 | April | NILAX Inc. made into wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2003 | May | Sendai factory (currently Sendai Merchandising Center) is established in Kurokawagun, Miyagi. |
| 2003 | November | “Gusto” restaurant opens its 1000th store in Teramachi, Hachioji |
| 2006 | March | Tomato and Associates Co., Ltd. is made subsidiary. |
| 2006 | June | Takeover bid (MBO) for Skylark Co., Ltd. is announced. |
Origin of Brand Names
Our brand name “Skylark” comes from the image of the skylark bird flying high into the clear blue sky.
Our predecessor company, Kotobuki Foods Ltd. started in 1962 in Hodogaya-shi (currently Nishitokyo-shi) as a small dry food store in the corner of the Hibarigaoka (translated as skylark) Housing Complex. In 1970, when the group opened its first Skylark Family Restaurant in Fuchu-shi, Kunitachi, they named the restaurant Skylark so as not to forget their spirit of entrepreneurship.
