New Format Development
First written in FY2018. 8 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019-Q2. Latest entry: FY2024.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 2 of 14 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Developing new formats will be an important management strategy.」
The company continues to position new-format development as an important strategy supporting its long-term vision. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In December 2021, we opened “まるまつハイウェイ松川ＰＡ上下線” on the Tohoku Expressway, marking our group’s first opening at a highway rest area.」
As part of the rollout of new formats, the company opened its first store at a highway rest area. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Last March, the company newly opened its sixth Laratei-format restaurant, "Laratei Aeon Izumiosawa," in a shopping-center food court in Sendai.」
The company opened the 6th らら亭 store in a shopping-centre food court and is advancing the rollout of the new format. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, because 1 new store was opened under the らら亭 format during the three-month period ended 30 June, the number of stores at the end of the period was 124.」
During the current quarter, the company opened 1 new らら亭 store, which it is rolling out as a new format. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「This fiscal year, we have opened 5 stores: Tsuruta, Jozenji-dori, Sagae, Sowa, and Mall Nagamachi. In particular, Mall Nagamachi, a food-court store in a shopping centre, serves as a model for future openings because it allows us to keep initial investment low.」
The company has opened 5 らら亭 stores and has established the food-court-style Mall Nagamachi store as a model for future openings. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「For the new restaurant format, Raratei, the company changed the Marumatsu Sagae store to the Raratei format in September and the Marumatsu Sowa store in October, introducing fully self-service operations at both locations to reduce labor hours deployed.」
For the new format “らら亭,” the company opened 2 stores using a fully self-service model in September and October, building a track record of introducing the new format. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「For new store openings, あじまし亭青森空港店, a specialty restaurant serving rice bowls and soba, was opened in June inside the Aomori Airport terminal in Aomori Prefecture. Efforts were strengthened to develop this as one of the fast-food formats to be opened in food courts and other locations in shopping centers. In July, らら亭鶴田店 was opened in Utsunomiya as a new format offering a range of low-priced set meals and rice bowls, replacing まるまつ鶴田店, whose operations had been suspended due to poor performance. In August, らら亭定禅寺通店 was opened in Aoba Ward, Sendai, as the second らら亭 location.」
The company opened a rice-bowl and soba specialty store in an airport, a format intended for food courts and similar locations, and “らら亭,” a low-priced set-meal and rice-bowl concept, and is advancing the rollout of new formats. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The 十割蕎麦丸松イオン卸町店, which opened in September of that year, and the しゃぶ政宗鶴ケ谷店, an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu and sushi restaurant, and かつグルメ中野店, both of which opened in October of that year, contributed, but」
The company has confirmed the opening of new formats, including a soba concept for food courts, an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu and sushi concept, and a new type of tonkatsu restaurant. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding new openings, the company opened "Juwari Soba Marumatsu" in September in the food court at Aeon Style Sendai Oroshimachi in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai. In October, it opened "Shabu Masamune Tsurugaya" at a company-owned property in Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, offering all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu and sushi as a new format, and "Katsu Gourmet Nakano" in Nakano, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, a new type of tonkatsu restaurant.」
The company opened new formats including a 100% buckwheat soba concept for food courts, an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu and sushi concept, and a new type of tonkatsu restaurant, thereby making the rollout of new formats more concrete. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We strengthened our initiatives for a fast-food format intended for future store openings in shopping-centre food courts and similar locations.」
The company positioned the store at Rakuten Seimei Park as a fast-food format for expansion into shopping-centre food courts and similar locations, and is strengthening its initiatives in this area. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「Developing new formats will be an important management strategy.」
For the first time, the company has identified developing new store formats, separately from opening and refurbishing stores under existing formats, as an important management strategy.