History as the Processed Food Division of Nichirei Corporation
| 1942 | Teikoku Marine Products Control Company is established. |
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| 1945 | The company name is changed to Nippon Reizo Inc.; it is relaunched as a private company. |
| 1951 | Launches food production business. Commences production of frozen tangerines and strawberries. |
| 1952 | Starts sale of frozen prepared foods. |
| 1964 | Provides food for the Olympic Village at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. |
| 1970 | Has its own cafeteria at the 1970 Osaka World Expo. |
| 1979 | Establishes a cargo pickup and sales subsidiary for agricultural, marine, and livestock products in the United States. |
| 1985 | Company name changed to Nichirei. Present company logo adopted. |
| 1988 | Launches acerola drink. |
| 1989 | Launches sale of foods approved by the then-Ministry of Health and Welfare (present Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) for diabetics. |
| 1997 | Establishes the Nichirei Group Technology Development Center (in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture). |
| 2001 | Launches Honkaku-Itame Cha-Han (frozen fried rice) for household use. |
| 2005 | Nichirei’s Processed Food Division spun off as Nichirei Foods Inc. when parent company transitions to a holding company structure. |