History
| July 1975 | Opened by the founder as Tai Sushi in Abeno Ward, Osaka City |
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| October 1984 | Opened restaurant #1 in Toyonaka City |
| September 1988 | Founded Sushi Taro K.K. and opened restaurant #1 in Suita City, Osaka |
| September 1996 | Opened one prate 100yen restaurant in Kawanishi City, Hyogo |
| August 1999 | Merged Sushi Taro (Toyonaka) and Sushi Taro (Suita) |
| December 2000 | Changed firm name to Akindo Sushiro Co., Ltd. Moved headquarters to Tsuruno, Settsu City, Osaka; integrated new processing plant and warehouse into headquarters |
| September 2003 | Listed stock in Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| February 2004 | Abolished processing plant in headquarters |
| April 2006 | Moved headquarter registration to Suita City, Osaka |
| August 2007 | Strategic operational partnership with Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. and Unison Capital Group |
| April 2009 | Delisted stock on Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| April 2011 | Established subsidiary Sushiro Korea, Inc. (consolidated subsidiary) in Seoul, South Korea |
| January 2015 | Opened new format restaurant #1 of ‘Tsumamigui’ in Nakameguro (Closed October 2015) |
| March 2015 | Established Akindo Sushiro Holdings Inc. through a share transfer, and transitioned to a holdings company system |
| October 2015 | Revised firm name from Akindo Sushiro Holdings Inc. to Sushiro Global Holdings Inc. |
| October 2015 | Established Sushiro Creative Dining Inc. (consolidated subsidiary) through an incorporation-type company split |
| November 2015 | Opened new format restaurant #1 of ‘Nanami no sachi’ in Nakameguro (Closed June 2016) |
| April 2016 | Acquired all stock of CEI US Holdings Corporation (currently Sushiro U.S. Holdings Inc.), which has sushi-related Japanese cuisine restaurants in the US, and converted to a subsidiary (consolidated subsidiary) |
| September 2016 | Opened Sushiro Minami-Ikebukuro as restaurant #1 in heart of Tokyo |
| March 2017 | Listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| August 2017 | Established Sushiro Taiwan Co., Ltd. as subsidiary in Taipei, Taiwan |
| August 2017 | Opened new format restaurant #1 of “Sugidama” in Nishinomiya |
| September 2017 | Entered capital and business partnership with Shinmei Co., Ltd. and Genki Sushi (extinguished June 2019) |
| October 2018 | Established Sushiro GH Singapore Pte. Ltd. subsidiary in Singapore |
| January 2019 | Established Sushiro Hongkong Limited subsidiary in Hong Kong |
| May 2019 | Entered into a strategic operational partnership to fund sushi take-out franchise Wasabi Sushi Bento Limited with 13.5 million British pounds centered in London, UK through joint investment SPV (special purpose venture) comprising Capdesia Group Limited, a private equity fund investing in the European eatery service industry |
| February 2020 | Established Sushiro GH (Thailand) Ltd. subsidiary in the Kingdom of Thailand |
| May 2020 | Established a joint venture Sharetea Japan Inc. together with LIAN FA International Dining Business Co., Ltd. |
| January 2021 | Established Guangzhou Sushiro Restaurants Co., Ltd. sub-subsidiary in China |
| April 2021 | Changed firm name from Sushiro Global Holdings Co., Ltd. to FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD. |
| April 2021 | Changed firm name from Sushiro Creative Dining Co., Ltd. to FOOD & LIFE INNOVATION LTD. |
| April 2021 | Acquired all stocks of Kyotaru Co., Ltd. and converted to subsidiary (consolidated subsidiary) |
| April 2022 | Established Shenzhen Sushiro Restaurants Co., Ltd. sub-subsidiary in China |
| April 2022 | Established Chengdu Sushiro Restaurants Co., Ltd. sub-subsidiary in China |