Company’s profile
Corporate Vision
- Grand Place offers varieties of food life of customers through our desserts, mainly chocolate products.
- Grand Place pays attention to the financial value and brand assets by product characteristics and technology of manufacture.
- Grand Place develops and serve new products balancing tradition and renovation for brand assets and financial value of customers.
Greeting
To provide chocolate finished with careful work piece by piece and to serve the pleasure of food life.
We, Grand Place Corporation has been established in 1991 as a manufacturer of highly qualified chocolate using Belgian couverture. We have performed to a mission to deliver the quality chocolate in the undeveloped market in Japan in those days.
To reproduce the Belgian qualified chocolate, we have trained ourselves for various manufacturing technology and the quality control. Then in accordance with the growth of Japanese market our products have been evolved in concert with client’s requirement.
Since then the semi hand make procedure is our consistent policy.
This style is our biggest advantage for OEM client’s appointment, such as first-class hotels, noted confectionery shops, air-line companies, luxury apparel brands, etc.
This is proved by reputation of the NB products at the events of St. Valentine Day.
Base on the corporate vision “To serve our client variety and pleasure to their food life”, we will create hand-make products with harmonization of tradition and revolution as a chocolate specialist.
Isao Yokoyama
Representative director
Company’s Overview
- Company Name
- GRAND PLACE CORPORATION
- Establishment
- 31 October 1991
- Capital
- \20,000,000
- Representative Director
- Yokoyama Isao
- Number of Employees
- 80
- Correspondent Banks
- Chiba Bank, Keiyo Bank, Resona Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank
- Business Outline
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・High Quality Chocolate, Confectionery, Manufacture & Sales
・High Quality Chocolate・Confectionery・Confectionary Ingredients Sales
・Own Brand “Grand Place” Company Store
Head Office and Atelier
17 Yachimata-ha Yachimata City,Chiba 289-1107 TEL: 043-443-6471 FAX: 043-443-6473
Tokyo Branch
Park Court Hamarikyu the Tower.2F 1-3-1 Hanamatsu-cho Minato-ku Tokyo TEL: 03-5733-6840 FAX: 03-5733-6841
GRAND PLACE HAMARIKYU
Park Court Hamarikyu the Tower.1F 1-3-1 Hanamatsu-cho Minato-ku Tokyo TEL: 03-6809-1610
Company Overview
- Oct 1991
- Exhibited at the Belgium Booth of FOODEX JAPAN ’92 in Makuhari Messe.
- Aug 1992
- Workshop of St.Valentine Day’s chocolate was co-hosted with Mr.Koji Tsuchiya, owner chef, THEOBROMA.
- May 1993
- Started production and sale of ” dragée”. Became popular in the bridal market.
- Oct 1994
- Started production and sale of “Nama Chocolate”. Led the Nama Chocolate boom afterward.
- Oct 1996
- Head Office relocated to Yachimata, Chiba and facilities expanded.
Introduced “Cluster Former” from Germany and launched “Chocolate Crunch”
Became a new casual chocolate throughout the year.
- Oct 1997
- Started sale of Chocolate Gift Products with Grand Place brand.
- Feb 1998
- Branch shop at St.Valentine Day’s event of Shinjuku Isetan Department for the first time. Joined every year since then and improved brand image.
- Jul 1998
- Launched “Ganache Mousse”. Dessert sweets of “Nama Chocolate”mousse.
- Nov 2000
- Enlarged head office and increased revolving pans. Launched “Okaki chocolate”
- Feb 2003
- Exhibited to “Salon de Chocolat” at Shinjuku Isetan Department.
“Mont Blanc Chocolate” got good reviews.
- Apr 2003
- Tokyo branch as the Sales office was opened in TOMEN FOODS Co.,Ltd.
- Feb 2004
- Newly five stores opened at St. Valentine’s Day event in Ginza Matsuya, Isetan Matsudo Shop, Meitetsu Department Store, Ogura Isetan, Iwataya.
Chocolate confectionery, “Bomb” gained a reputation.
- Sep 2005
- Head Office Factory was extended 300 Tsubo from 110 Tsubo.
Installation of One shot depositor and expanded revolving pan line.
- Oct 2005
- Direct shop was opened in “ECUTE SHINAGAWA” of JR Shinagawa station.
- May 2006
- Opened the first shop in Shinjuku Odakyu Department for White Day’s event.
- Apr 2006
- The goodwill was changed from TOYO MENKA KAISHA to TOYOTA TSUSHO COPORATION.
- Jun 2006
- Cooled Chocolate for summer season “Cool Truffle” was sold at ECUTE SHINAGAWA shop.
- Aug 2006
- Tokyo branch was transferred to Nihonbashi.
- Sep 2007
- Tokyo branch was transferred to TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION, Tokyo Head Office Building, Marunouchi.
- Oct 2007
- The second shop was opened at “FOOD AVENUE” in YURAKUCHO ITOCiA.
- Feb 2010
- Japan imaged chocolates “Okashi na Yasai”, “Amera Truffle”, “Amera Nama Choco” were sold in “GINZA Me seat Marche”.
- Jun 2010
- “Grand Marche” with the new concept was opened in “Ario Kitasuna”.
- Dec 2010
- Tokyo Branch was transferred to Shinagawa.
- Jun 2011
- Ario Kitasuna shop was closed.
- Apr 2012
- TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION withdrew from the business.
Grand Place Corporation was newly founded.
- May 2012
- Tokyo Branch was transferred to Hamamatsu-cho.
- Jun 2012
- “Sorbe des Fruits” was launched. A normal temperature marketing sherbet for frozen use with plenty of fruit puree and juice.
- Oct 2012
- Closed Yurakucho shop. Exhibited for Regional Banks Food Selection at Tokyo Big Sight.
- May 2013
- “Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2013.
- May 2014
- Closed ECUTE SHINAGAWA shop.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2014 in consecutive 2 years.
- Apr 2015
- “Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2015 in consecutive 3 years. Awarded International High Quality Trophy, too. Launched “Shiodome Roll” as the first anniversary item. In response to every day sold out, mail order sales began. Fixed as a standard product.
- Oct 2015
- Expanded the Second Factory. Separated the revolving pan and molding line.
- Apr 2016
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2016.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award in consecutive 4 years.
- Apr 2017
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2017 in consecutive 2 years.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award in consecutive 5 years.
- Jun 2017
- Improved the first factory.
- Apr 2018
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2018 in consecutive 3 years.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award in consecutive 6 years.
- Apr 2019
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2019 in consecutive 4 years.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2019.
- Feb 2020
- Closed SHIODOME shop.
- Mar 2020
- Direct shop “GRAND PLACE HAMARIKYU” was opened.
Tokyo branch was integrated with HAMARIKYU shop.
- Apr 2020
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2020 in consecutive 5 years.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2020.
- Oct 2020
- Get ISO22000 Certification as FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
- Dec 2020
- 5th Issuance of unsecured corporate bonds.
Issuance of private placement bonds of Keiyo Bank SDGs Donation Type as community contribution activities.
- Apr 2021
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box” received Grand Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2021 in consecutive 6 years.
“Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box (Caramel)” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2021.
- Apr 2022
- “Pecan Nuts Chocolate Box 90g (Caramel)” and “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box 70g” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2022.
Received special award “CRYSTAL PRESTIGE TROPHY” commending 10 consecutive years.
- Jun 2022
- 6th Issuance of unsecured corporate bonds.
Issuance of private placement bonds of Resona Bank SDGs Donation Type as community contribution activities.
- Apr 2023
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box 70g” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2023 in consecutive 8 years.
- Jun 2023
- 7th Issuance of unsecured corporate bonds.
Issuance of private placement bonds of The Chiba Kogyo Bank SDGs Donation Type as community contribution activities.
- Apr 2024
- “Iyokan Peel Chocolate Box 70g” received Gold Quality Award by Monde Selection 2024 in consecutive 9 years.