Calbee Tmall International Overseas Flagship Store. Calbee, Inc. is Japan's largest publicly traded snack food company, headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Founded in 1949, Calbee launched a classic snack of shrimp sticks with natural sea salt in '64, potato food in '72, and new products such as potato chips, French fries, nutritious breakfast, and vegetable chips in '77. Among the most familiar and popular products for Chinese consumers are the three Hokkaido fries and breakfast cereals.