Saizeriya Co., Ltd.

Saizeriya is not simply an inexpensive Italian restaurant. It is the world's largest Italian restaurant chain, with approximately 1,547 stores—1,069 in Japan and 478 overseas—and about 200 million customer visits annually. It drives costs down through direct-from-manufacturer sales and vertical integration, supported by farms and food-processing plants in Japan, a production facility in Australia, and overseas stores in China and other markets, and is known for scientific operations and continuous improvement. New graduates join as Manager Trainees, learn store operations and store management, and aim to become Specialists responsible for business management. It is a vertically integrated restaurant company where employees can learn everything from manufacturing to management.