Calbee

{{Short description|Japanese snack food company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Calbee, Inc.

| type = Public (KK)

| native_name = カルビー株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Karubī Kabushiki-gaisha

| traded_as = {{TYO|2229}}

| logo = Calbee logo.svg

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1949|4|30|df=y}}

| founder =

| location_city = Marunouchi Trust Tower Main
Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| revenue = {{yen|248,665 million}} (March 2019){{cite news | url=https://www.calbee.com/ir/pdf/2019/Calbee_FY2019_results_presentation.pdf | title=Potato Chips - Calbee | access-date=28 July 2019 | archive-date=28 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728094159/https://www.calbee.com/ir/pdf/2019/Calbee_FY2019_results_presentation.pdf | url-status=dead }}

| key_people = Makoto Ehara, Chairman and CEO{{Cite web|url=https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/corporate/overview/|title=Corporate Data|publisher=Calbee, Inc.|accessdate=16 February 2024}}

| num_employees = 3,860

| industry = Food

| products = Snacks and other foods

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/|www.calbee.co.jp}}

}}

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{{nihongo|Calbee, Inc.|カルビー株式会社|Karubī Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on 30 April 1949, and its headquarters are located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for making its mainstay products "Kappa Ebisen" shrimp chips and "Saya-endo" snow pea crisps on 18 September 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=15448 |title=Calbee Launches New U.S. Plant |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007005303/http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=15448 |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }} Another popular snack they sell are potato fries, called "Jagabee".{{Cite web |title=Jagabee｜Calbee |url=https://www.calbee.co.jp/products/select/ |access-date=2 October 2022 |website=www.calbee.co.jp |language=en}} Its snacks are hugely popular in Asia and are well known in the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wjactv.com/money/14146322/detail.html |title="Healthy" Foods That Aren't - Consumer News Story - WJAC Johnstown |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913212156/http://www.wjactv.com/money/14146322/detail.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url= http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/10245671.html |title=Don't assume your snacks are healthy |work= KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - Consumer News |access-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071018090202/http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/10245671.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}