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Komeda Coffee
Komeda Coffee (コメダ珈琲店) is a coffee franchise with 950 shops in Japan as of May 2022. It was founded in 1968 by Taro Kato and since *YEAR* has been run by Okitane Usui. The name "Komeda" was chosen because the founder originally ran a rice shop. The first coffee shop in this franchise was located near Irinaka Station in Kamiyama-cho, Mizuho Ward in southeastern Nagoya. In 1970 the decision was made to start franchising. By 1980 *add number* Komeda Coffee shops existed, mostly in Aichi prefecture (?)

[Edited up to here. Please explain the history more slowly.]

In April 1993, Komeda Co., Ltd. was established for the purpose of franchise chain management. While promoting the franchise development of Komeda's Coffee, various experimental stores are also being developed.On November 28, 2014, Komeda Holdings Co., Ltd. (Komeda HD) was established as a holding company through a sole share transfer with Komeda Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary. Komeda HD was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 29, 2016.As of the end of May 2021, there are 911 “Coffee Shop Komeda Coffee Shop” and 11 Japanese-style cafes “Kanmi Kissa Okagean”. Furthermore, as a new form of business, we have opened one bakery-type store "Ishigama Bread Kobo ADEMOK" in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, and a new business style coffee shop "KOMEDA is □" (Komedaizu) in Higashi-Ginza, Tokyo. In the past, it had developed "High-end cafe Yoshicha", but closed on February 28, 2013. In addition, Komeda's first self-service store "Komeda Stand" was developed, but it will be closed by the end of August 2020. "Komeda Kinsei Soft Shirokoppe", which sells original coppépan, will also close in 2021.As of May 31, 2021, the company operated 911 "Coffee Shop Komeda Coffee Stores" and 11 Japanese-style coffee shops "Sweet Cafe Okagedan". The company also operates one bakery-type store, "Ishigama Bakery ADEMOK" in Nambuhara-cho, Okinawa, and one new coffee shop, "Komeda Coffee Shop" in Higashi-Ginza, Tokyo. In the past, the company operated a high-end coffee shop, Yoshicha, which closed on February 28, 2013. It also operated Komeda Stand, Komeda's first self-service store, which closed at the end of August 2020. It also sold original koppebread, "Komeda-kun Yawaraka Shirokoppe," which closed at the end of 2021. Coffee Shop Komeda Coffee Shop is the company's chain of coffee shops and one of its core businesses.The company operates 911 stores (as of the end of May 2021), mainly in Aichi Prefecture, with only 33 directly managed stores (as of April 1, 2021), most of which are outsourced to local franchise companies. Another feature of the company is that it operates its stores in a dominant fashion: in April 2016, it opened its first overseas store in Shanghai, People's Republic of China; in 2012, it was ranked first in the café category in a customer satisfaction survey conducted by the Japan Productivity Center's Service Industry Productivity Council. Feature：Although it is a franchise, there is no strict manual, and although there is a minimum amount of guidance from the headquarters, a large part is left to the discretion of the owner, so there are some differences in menus and services depending on the store and region. (basically unified).The shop's landmark is a signboard with orange characters on a black background. It was written by calligrapher Kison Tarumoto, who is also a councilor of the Nitten Exhibition, and was commissioned because the founder was a student of Tarumoto. He, Komeda's Uncle Mark, was born at the request of a regular design student, and designed ``a figure of a European gentleman drinking coffee in the Middle Ages''. The interior uses a lot of wood, plaster, and bricks. The chair is also wooden and she has it. This is based on an empirical rule in the construction industry, which says that people feel calm when the ratio of the bark of wood in the field of view (wood ratio) is 40% or more when looking at the whole store. The ceiling and partitions are designed to be high so that the customer's open feeling and his privacy can be compatible, and the strategy is to increase the number of regular customers who come to the store as an extension of their daily lives. Basically,coffee is not extracted at the store except for some, and is produced in-house. Because we deliver, heat and serve what we extract on site, Variation in taste from store to store is kept to a minimum.With this, the kitchen space is reduced and efficiency is improved.Bread is also made in-house except for some areas　being .The restaurant offers what is known as Chukyo-style service. From the time the store opens until 11:00 a.m., orders of drinks are served with toast, boiled egg, egg salad, or ogura-an at no extra charge, and orders of coffee or other drinks at other times are served with an extra snack such as bean confectionery. This kind of service is not uncommon in the Chukyo region, where Komeda is based, as it is one of the most hotly contested coffee shop areas in Japan.