Tiger and gorilla team up in a powerful collaboration! GoGo Curry and the Hanshin Tigers launch "Tigers & Gorilla Curry"
GoGo Curry Group Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture; CEO and President: Nishihata Makoto; hereinafter "GoGo Curry"), the instigator of the "Kanazawa Curry Boom," has announced that it will release "Tigers & Gorilla," a retort curry in an original package for Hanshin Tigers Co., Ltd. (Head office: Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture; President and CEO: Awai Kazuo; hereinafter "Hanshin Tigers"). This is the first time that GoGo Curry has collaborated with a professional baseball team, and sales will begin on August 20th (Tuesday) on the official GoGo Curry online store, as well as at supermarkets and drugstores in the Kansai region.
GoGo Curry has previously acquired the naming rights to the Kanazawa GoGo Curry Stadium, aka "Go-Sta," sponsored the Kanazawa Marathon, and supported the activities of Ishikawa Prefecture sports ambassador and Tokyo Paralympics Boccia silver medalist Tanaka Keiko and her mother Tanaka Takako, a ramp operator (both of whom are affiliated with the GoGo Curry Group), as well as deaf-blind triathlete Nakata Suzuko. For GoGo Curry, whose mission is to "bring energy to the world!!," promoting sports is an important theme, and GoGo Curry will continue to promote the appeal of Kanazawa to the world through various collaborations, while also contributing to the promotion of sports, food, and culture.
[Product Overview]
Product name: "Tigers & Gorilla" curry Product contents: GoGo Curry Medium Spicy 1 bag 155g (1 box contains 1 meal)
Sales price: 600 yen (tax included)
Sales area: Supermarkets, drug stores, etc. in the Kansai area. GoGo Curry official online store:
https://jp.gogocurry.com/
Sales start: August 20, 2024
Product specifications: Please see here for details on allergies, nutritional value, etc.
( https://jp.gogocurry.com/collections/curry-all/products/gogocurry )
[GoGoCurry Group Co., Ltd.]
Founded in 2003, the company opened its first store in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 2004, sparking the "Kanazawa Curry Boom." In 2005, it opened its main store in Kanazawa, and in 2007, it opened its first store overseas in Times Square, New York. Since 2017, it has focused on business succession-type M&A, taking over the operation of Kanazawa's long-established Indian curry restaurant "Hot House" and in 2019, the original Kanazawa curry restaurant "Turban Curry." In January 2023, the company moved its headquarters from Tokyo to Kanazawa, and in March, Makoto Nishihata, who comes from a major IT company, was appointed CEO and President. The GoGo Curry Group aims to be the "world's number one curry specialty trading company," and has about 100 stores in Japan and overseas.
List of press releases from GoGo Curry Group Co., Ltd.
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