{
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "1967/5",
      "category": "会社設立",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "有限会社スタミナ食品を設立し内臓肉の販売を開始",
      "detail": "森島征夫が兵庫県尼崎市で創業。当時食肉流通の隙間だった内臓肉に着目",
      "significance": "内臓肉専門業者としての出発点。後の「こてっちゃん」ヒットへの礎",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1970/1",
      "category": "組織再編",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "スタミナ食品株式会社に組織変更",
      "detail": "有限会社から株式会社化し資本基盤を強化",
      "significance": "000千円",
      "source": "法人格を整え事業拡大の土台を構築",
      "amount": "資本金3"
    },
    {
      "date": "1970/11",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "兵庫県尼崎市武庫川町に工場を新設し本社も移転",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1972/1",
      "category": "新規事業",
      "region": "米州",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "米国から内臓肉（牛上みの）の開発輸入に成功",
      "detail": "国内では未利用だった部位を米国から調達する輸入加工モデルを確立",
      "significance": "輸入内臓肉ビジネスの起点。後のFREMONT BEEF買収につながる垂直統合の原点",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1978/3",
      "category": "組織再編",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "スタミナフードサプライ株式会社（現味兆）を設立",
      "detail": "グループ内分業体制の構築",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1982/7",
      "category": "新規事業",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "牛内臓肉製品「こてっちゃん」を発売",
      "detail": "内臓肉の家庭用加工食品化に成功した看板商品",
      "significance": "内臓肉のB2C化を実現。エスフーズを象徴するブランド商品の誕生",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1984/1",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "兵庫県西宮市鳴尾浜に本社社屋及び工場を建設し移転",
      "detail": "生産能力と本社機能を集約",
      "significance": "西宮を本拠地化、現在まで続く基盤拠点",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1985/11",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "西宮に生肉加工工場（西宮第二工場）を建設",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1987/9",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "千葉県船橋市に東京本社・船橋工場を新設",
      "detail": "2009年に譲渡",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1989/4",
      "category": "合弁設立|海外進出",
      "region": "米州",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "米ネブラスカ州に丸紅等との合弁でFREMONT BEEF COMPANYを設立",
      "detail": "米国内陸部での牛肉加工拠点を確保。輸入肉のサプライチェーン整備の起点",
      "significance": "北米調達網の中核。後の完全子会社化で米国食肉加工メーカーへ転身",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1989/8",
      "category": "株式上場",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "日本証券業協会の店頭登録銘柄として株式を公開",
      "detail": "資本市場へのアクセスを確保",
      "significance": "株式市場経由の調達手段を獲得。M&A戦略加速の前提に",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1992/8",
      "category": "新規事業",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "牛内臓肉製品「牛・もつ鍋」を発売",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1993/4",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "千葉県船橋市浜町に船橋第二工場を新設",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1994/7",
      "category": "株式上場",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "大阪証券取引所市場第二部に上場",
      "detail": "店頭登録から取引所上場へ",
      "significance": "公募市場での流動性確保",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "1999/12",
      "category": "株式上場",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "東京証券取引所市場第二部に上場",
      "detail": "大阪・東京の両証取に上場",
      "significance": "首都圏資本市場へのアクセス強化",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2000/8",
      "category": "株式上場",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "東京・大阪両証取の市場第一部に指定",
      "detail": "上場後わずか1年で第一部入り",
      "significance": "大手食肉加工メーカーとしての資本市場での地位確立",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2000/8",
      "category": "",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "社名をエスフーズ株式会社に変更",
      "detail": "「スタミナ食品」から脱却し総合食肉企業への転換を象徴",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2004/9",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "株式交換により株式会社ムラチクを完全子会社化",
      "detail": "M&Mフード・オーエムツーネットワーク等の関連会社も傘下に取り込む大型再編",
      "significance": "複数子会社を一括取得した最大級のM&A。流通網拡大の決定打",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2005/3",
      "category": "組織再編",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "株式会社ムラチクを吸収合併",
      "detail": "2004年の株式交換で取得した子会社を吸収",
      "significance": "垂直統合体制の確立",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2005/3",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "米州",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "FREMONT BEEF COMPANYの株式を丸紅等から譲受け完全子会社化",
      "detail": "合弁から100%子会社へ。米国食肉加工事業の完全掌握",
      "significance": "米国子会社化により北米調達網を内製化。価格コントロール力を獲得",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2005/8",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "株式会社オーエムツーネットワークの株式を追加取得し連結子会社化",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2007/3",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "株式会社オーエムツーネットワークが株式会社焼肉の牛太の全株式を取得",
      "detail": "外食事業への参入",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2007/5",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "藤栄商事株式会社（現エス企画）の全株式を取得",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2008/10",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "株式会社ヒョウチクの全株式を取得",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2009/3",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "九州相模ハム株式会社（現大阿蘇ハム）の全株式を取得",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2010/4",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "株式会社北海道中央牧場の全株式を取得",
      "detail": "北海道での畜産生産拠点を確保",
      "significance": "川上統合の進展",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2011/9",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "株式会社日高食肉センターを子会社化",
      "detail": "北海道中央牧場と共同出資",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2012/1",
      "category": "海外進出",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "神戸ビーフの輸出を開始",
      "detail": "日本食肉ブランドの海外輸出に参入",
      "significance": "輸入主体だった海外ビジネスに輸出側のチャネルを追加",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2014/1",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 2,
      "event": "グリコハム株式会社（現フードリエ）の全株式を取得",
      "detail": "加工食品事業を強化",
      "significance": "ハム・加工食品分野への本格参入",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2015/12",
      "category": "企業買収",
      "region": "米州",
      "importance": 3,
      "event": "SFA INC.がAURORA PACKING COMPANYの全株式を取得",
      "detail": "米国食肉パッカー（一次加工業者）を獲得",
      "significance": "北米における川上統合の深化。米国食肉加工メーカーとしての地位確立",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2020/1",
      "category": "設備投資",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "千葉県船橋市高瀬町に東京支店を建設し移設",
      "detail": "",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    },
    {
      "date": "2022/4",
      "category": "",
      "region": "",
      "importance": 1,
      "event": "東京証券取引所プライム市場に移行",
      "detail": "市場区分の見直しに伴う移行",
      "significance": "",
      "source": "有価証券報告書"
    }
  ]
}