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| 1954 | March 2 | Established "GENERAL FOODS, INC." |
| December | Completed a plant in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture. | |
| 1960 | December |
 Released "MAXWELL" instant coffee. |
| 1968 | October |  Released "Coffee Gift." |
 Released "Yuban" instant coffee. |
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| 1970 | November | Completed Suzuka Plant in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture. |
| 1973 | August 1 | Established "AJINOMOTO GENERAL FOODS, INC." (AGF), a joint-venture company of AJINOMOTO CO., INC. and General Foods Corporation (U.S.) |
| 1974 | June |  Released "Marim" instant creaming powder. |
| 1975 | March |  Released "MAXIM" instant coffee. |
| 1976 | November | Installed equipment for manufacturing freeze-dry instant coffee in Suzuka Plant. |
| 1977 | August |  Released "Maxwell BLENDY" instant coffee. |
| 1978 | February |  Released "Master Blend" ground coffee. |
| June |  Released "Master Blend" ground coffee gift set. |
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| 1982 | April | Released ground coffee for food services. |
| August |  Released "GRANDAGE" instant coffee. |
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| 1985 | August |  Released "MAXIM" ground coffee. |
| 1988 | May |  Released "Blendy" bottled coffee and "Kocha Monogatari (Tea Story)" bottled tea. |
| August |  Released "Shin-Chajin (New Tea Master)" instant Japanese tea. |
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| 1989 | April | Released "Shin-Chajin" instant tea for the dedicated tea server. |
| June |  Released the gift sets of "Blendy" bottled coffee and "MAXIM" bottled coffee. |
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| August |  Released "Blendy" ground coffee. |
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| 1991 | April | Established equipment for manufacturing plastic bottled coffee in Suzuka Plant. |
| 1995 | August |  Released "MAXIM" vacuum pack ground coffee. |
| 1996 | March | Completed Ojima Plant in Ohta city, Gunma Prefecture. |
| 1998 | April |  Released "Blendy" chilled coffee. |
| 1999 | February |  Released "Blendy" bottle coffee with milk. |
| 2001 | February |  Released "Blendy Drip Pack" ground coffee. |
| March | Isolation of mannooligosaccharides from coffee spent grounds. Confirmation of maintain good gastrointestinal conditon . | |
 Released "Blendy" paper pack chilled coffee. |
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| April |  Released "MAXIM CAFÉ MENU"mix coffee. |
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| July | Acquired the ISO 14001 Certificate by our group en bloc, including affiliated companies. |
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| 2002 | February |  Released "MAXIM Handy Drip"ground coffee. |
 Released "Blendy Mix Coffee" café au lait mix coffee. |
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 Released "Blendy" concentrated portion coffee. |
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| March |  Released refill type "MAXIM" instant coffee. |
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| May |  Released "Marim" liquid portion creamer. |
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| October |  Released refill type "Blendy" instant coffee. |
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| 2003 | November | Acquired ISO 9001 Certificate by our group en bloc. |
| 2004 | May |  Released "Blendy" paper pack chilled coffee with milk. |
| 2005 | March |  Released "Blendy Coffee Oligosaccharides Blended" mix coffee. |
| 2007 | March |  Released "MAXIM Chotto Zeitakuna Kohiten" ground coffee. |
| 2009 | February |  Released "Blendy plus"(FOSHU for those who are concerned about body fat) " bottled coffee. |
