History
August 1948
A bakery is opened in Hijiyama Honmachi in Hiroshima by Shunsuke Takaki, his wife Akiko and two other staff members.
December 1951
"Takaki's Bread" Co., Ltd. is established.
November 1952
"Bread Hall" is established in Hiroshima's Hon-dori.
September 1959
Founder Shunsuke Takaki (then president) visits Europe for the first time and has a dramatic encounter with the Danish pastry.
March 1961
The Senogawa Factory (presently the Hiroshima factory) is completed in Senogawa-cho of Hiroshima's Aki-gun (presently Nakano-higashi, Aki-ku, Hiroshima).
February 1962
Corporate name is changed to TAKAKI BAKERY Co., Ltd.
October 1962
Danish pastries go on sale.
October 1967
"Andersen", a food complex with a Danish-inspired bakery and restaurant is opened in Hiroshima. The first self-service bakery is introduced to Japan.
April 1970
The Chiyoda factory, specializing in producing frozen bread dough, is completed in Chiyoda-cho, Yamagata-gun, Hiroshima (presently Kitahiroshima-cho).
October 1970
Andersen Aoyama opens in Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, with the catch phrase "A slice of Copenhagen arrives in Aoyama-Dori".
November 1970
The Okayama factory is completed in Kamogata-cho, Asaguchi-gun, Okayama (presently Kamogata-cho, Asakuchi-shi), and the bake-off shop franchise starts.
January 1972
The "Little Mermaid" bakeries, providing freshly-baked bread, start up in the Hiroshima region. Franchising shops in the Tokyo region using the bake-off system are also established.
March 1972
Public patents are acquired for the production of frozen bread.
April 1981
H.M. Queen Margrethe II and H.R.H. Prince Henrik visit Andersen Hiroshima from the Kingdom of Denmark.
November 1982
ANDERSEN Co., Ltd. is established.
August 1983
The "Andersen's Fairy Tale Award" is established in commemoration of its 35th anniversary.
January 1992
Central factory at Diamond Foods in America is completed.
October 2001
The AIB Food Safety training/auditing system is introduced to the Hiroshima and Chiyoda factories of the Takaki Bakery.
April 2002
Andersen Hiroshima undergoes a renewal opening with the concept of "the Bakery and more: Hyggelig Life Starting with Bread", and stone ovens are installed.
September 2002
ANDERSEN Co., Ltd. starts business collaborations with chocolatier Jean-Paul Hėvin. JEAN-PAUL HÉVIN JAPON is established, and the JEAN-PAUL HÉVIN flagship store opens in Shinjuku Isetan.
January 2003
America's Diamond Food is renamed Andersen Bakery.
April 2003
A holding corporation system is introduced, and the corporation is reorganized into five companies--ANDERSEN Co., Ltd., ANDERSEN BAKERY PARTNERS Co., Ltd., TAKAKI BAKERY Co., Ltd., ANDERSEN SERVICE Co., Ltd., and Andersen Institute of Bread & Life Co., Ltd.
June 2003
AIB audits take place for the first time ever in Japan's retail bakeries at some branches of Andersen, Little Mermaid and Cafe Danmark.
October 2003
The first overseas Little Mermaid shop, LITTLE MERMAID BAKERY, opens in Central Hong Kong.
April 2004
TAKAKI FOOD LINKS Co., Ltd., manufacturer of bread fillings and side dishes that compliment bread, is established.
August 2004
The Andersen Geihoku 100 Year Farm is established, and the first year staff members begin their two-year training in the Andersen Geihoku 100 Year Farm's Shunsuke Takaki School of Bakery.
April 2005
TAKAKI LOGISTICS SERVICE Co., Ltd. is established, undertaking distribution for the Andersen Group.
May 2005
The Okayama factory of the Takaki Bakery is completed, equipped with stone ovens, to bring European craftsmanship to Japan.
August 2005
TAKAKI RETAIL OPERATION Co., Ltd. is established, managing franchise bakeries and cafés.
October 2005
ANDERSEN FARM Co., Ltd. is established, undertaking farming for a richer bread-eating lifestyle.
January 2007
The Tsukuba factory of the Takaki Bakery, specializing in stone-oven baked bread, is completed along with the Tsukuba Retail Support Center.
June 2007
The bread of Green Bread in the Andersen Shinjuku Isetan branch and the Takaki Bakery Tsukuba factory both receive JAS organic certification.
August 2007
ANDERSEN BAKERY PARTNERS Co., Ltd. is renamed MERMAID BAKERY PARTNERS Co., Ltd.
November 2007
ANDERSEN DANMARK A/S is established in Denmark as a local subsidiary.
May 2008
The first Andersen bakery in Denmark opens in Østerbro, Copenhagen.
February 2010
Nursing care bread products "Raku-raku shokupan", a first in the nursing care food industry, go on sale by the TAKAKI BAKERY Co., Ltd.
March 2010
A new business category of the MERMAID BAKERY PARTNERS Co., Ltd. is established with the opening of the first "Danish Bar" and the "Danish Bar" Utsunomiya branch in, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi.
April 2010
Takaki Health Care Foods Co., Ltd. is established to plan, develop, and sell health-care food products.
June 2010
The first LITTLE MERMAID BAKERY opens within the IFC (International Finance Center) of City Super Shanghai, located in China's Shanghai city.
January 2011
The first ANDERSEN BREAD shop, a new business category with sights set on a franchise expansion, is established in San Francisco, USA.
April 2011
The Andersen Group is reorganized into six companies for further distinctiveness and improvement of the brand name. TAKAKI FOOD SERVICE PATRNERS Co., Ltd. is established for overall management of bread, confectionary and food menus for the other bakery and restaurants.
October 2011
The first "Danish Heart", a new shop providing freshly baked heart-shaped Danish pastries, is opened next to the Andersen Lumine Yurakucho branch.
November 2011
The local subsidiary TAKAKI BAKERY HONG KONG Ltd. is established in Hong Kong.
March 2012
MERMAID BAKERY PARTNERS HONG KONG Ltd., a joint venture with City Super, is established in Hong Kong.
September 2012
With the ISO22000 certification of the Takaki Bakery Hiroshima factory, all of the major five Takaki Bakery factories receive ISO22000 certification.
April 2015
TAKAKI TRADING OF HIROSHIMA Co.,Ltd.
March 2016
Establishment of the Pt. Takaki Indoroti Prima
April 2017
Consolidation of the Takaki Health Care Foods, the Takaki Food Links, and the Andersen Farm under
the umbrella of Takaki Bakery Co., Ltd.
