Development of Frozen Organic Specialty Stores through Collaboration with European Companies
First written in FY2017-Q1. 4 of 5 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: FY2019-Q1.
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- FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Following its first store, Bio c’ Bon Azabu-juban, which opened in December 2016, the company opened its second store, Bio c’ Bon Nakameguro, in April and its third store, Bio c’ Bon Gaien-nishi-dori, in May.」
Bio c’ Bon’s expansion in Japan progressed to the opening of its second and third stores. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「As Japan’s first frozen-food specialty supermarket, we opened 3 stores, including the first store, Picard Aoyama Kotto-dori, which opened on 23 November.」
Picard’s expansion in Japan progressed to the opening of 3 stores, including its first store. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As Japan’s first frozen-food specialty supermarket, we opened 2 stores: Picard Aoyama Kotto-dori on 23 November and Picard Azabu-juban on 9 December. We established the joint venture Bio c’ Bon Japon Co., Ltd. with Marne & Finance Europe, which operates Bio c’ Bon, and opened Bio c’ Bon Azabu-juban, its first store in Japan, on 9 December.」
Picard progressed to the opening of 2 specialty stores in Japan, while Bio c’ Bon progressed to the opening of its first store in Japan. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In June, we agreed with Picard Surgelés SAS, headquartered in Paris and operating a small-format frozen-food supermarket business mainly in France and elsewhere in Europe, on the full-scale development of PICARD in Japan, and established the new company AEON Saveur Co., Ltd. as Japan’s first frozen-food specialty supermarket operator.」
An agreement was reached on the full-scale development of Picard in Japan, and the process advanced to the establishment of an operating company. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「We will partner with Picard Surgelés SAS, which operates small frozen-food supermarkets mainly in France and elsewhere in Europe, to develop Japan’s first frozen-food specialty supermarket, Picard, and with Marne & Finance Europe to develop the organic small-format supermarket Bio c’ Bon.」
Based on basic agreements with 2 European companies, plans were made to develop Japan’s first frozen-food specialty supermarket and an organic small-format supermarket.