Investment in Store Renovations, Private-Label Products and Location-Specific Assortments

「We worked to reduce missed purchasing opportunities by ensuring a stable supply of high-value-added products, including in-store prepared foods, and strengthening our product ranges. We also proactively pursued cost control through labor savings, including by increasing the use of self-checkout registers.」

「Following store refurbishment work carried out sequentially since January of this year, we introduced new in-store cooking facilities, including “Machikado Kitchen,” and promoted reviews and expansion of our product ranges. As a result, profitability also improved steadily.」

「In addition, since January 2023, we have carried out store refurbishment work and introduced new facilities, including “Machikado Kitchen,” to further improve earnings capacity.」

「At stores in residential areas, we pursued initiatives including strengthening sales of daily-delivery foods and regularly holding vegetable markets jointly with specialist fruit and vegetable suppliers.」

「At stores in residential areas, we pursued initiatives including strengthening sales of daily-delivery foods and regularly holding vegetable markets jointly with specialist fruit and vegetable suppliers.」

「In the convenience-store business, we operate stores attached to hotels and stores in distinctive leisure locations. Rather than offering standardized products and services like a typical convenience store, we operate them with a focus on providing products and services suited to their locations and customer profiles.」

「We operated stores suited to the circumstances of each location. In addition to head-office initiatives, we set priority categories independently, expanded product ranges and implemented sales initiatives, as well as product initiatives for large-scale events.」

「To respond to increasingly diverse lifestyles and location-specific needs, we continued expanding product ranges and reviewing display quantities, primarily for deli products with growing demand.」

「In addition to expanding product ranges and reviewing display quantities, primarily for deli products with growing demand, we actively used initiatives implemented by the chain headquarters, including desserts developed in collaboration with premium confectionery brands and coupons distributed through advertising media. We also strengthened earnings capacity by acquiring new customer segments and increasing average spend per customer.」

「We added shelving to open cases and expanded the product assortment, mainly of prepared-food ingredients for which demand is growing. By strengthening store competitiveness through differentiated services, including our independently developed private-label products, lottery tickets, flowers and dry-cleaning drop-off services, average spend per customer continued to increase.」

「To make more effective use of investments in additional shelving and refurbishment carried out at the beginning of the period, we reviewed and expanded product ranges to suit the characteristics of each store and worked to meet local needs as fully as possible. We also strengthened store competitiveness through differentiated services, including our proprietary private-label products, lottery tickets, fresh flowers and dry-cleaning drop-off services, resulting in a slight increase in average spend per customer.」

「To make more effective use of investments in additional shelving and refurbishment carried out at the beginning of the period, we reviewed and expanded product ranges to suit each location. We also strengthened differentiated store operations through our proprietary private-label products, lottery tickets, fresh flowers and dry-cleaning drop-off services.」

「We strengthened store operations tailored to each location by providing differentiated services, including additional shelving and refurbishment at stores where the investment was expected to be effective, together with our proprietary private-label products, lottery tickets, fresh flowers and dry-cleaning drop-off services.」

「Because stores where additional shelving was installed have seen an increase in the number of items purchased, we are investing in stores where renovation is expected to be effective. We are also expanding our private-label products and strengthening assortments tailored to each location, together with our established proprietary services, including lottery ticket sales, fresh flower sales and dry-cleaning drop-off services.」