Enhancing Food-Service Business Competitiveness and Profitability Through Diverse Formats

「Premium Karubi continued to perform steadily, despite shorter operating hours, due to an increase in the number of stores and the popularity of yakiniku. Chisouna also performed well, as an increase in customer traffic at Gyomu Super and the implementation of measures to prevent COVID-19 proved effective.」

「The company changed the name of the reportable segment formerly called the "Kobe Cook business" to the "Foodservice and Ready-to-Eat Food business" and, after reviewing the method of classifying business segments based on the group's business development and actual management structure, included the yakiniku business, formerly included in "Other," in the "Foodservice and Ready-to-Eat Food business."」

「During the consolidated fiscal year, the company transferred all shares of 株式会社クックイノベンチャー and lost control due to the departure of directors dispatched by the company and other factors. Accordingly, using 1 April 2020 as the deemed disposal date, 株式会社クックイノベンチャー, 株式会社ジー・コミュニケーション, 株式会社ジー・テイスト, and 11 other consolidated subsidiaries were excluded from the scope of consolidation. Consequently, the group has not operated this business since the cumulative third quarter.」

「During the cumulative third quarter, the company transferred all shares of 株式会社クックイノベンチャー and lost control due to the departure of directors dispatched by the company and other factors. Accordingly, using 1 April 2020 as the deemed disposal date, 株式会社クックイノベンチャー, 株式会社ジー・コミュニケーション, 株式会社ジー・テイスト, and 11 other consolidated subsidiaries were excluded from the scope of consolidation from the beginning of the cumulative third quarter.」

「The company continued to open yakiniku-format stores, improve QSC, and strengthen efforts to develop safe, reliable products that satisfy customers. In addition, it is seeking to improve overall profitability by advancing a scrap-and-build strategy for unprofitable stores.」

「During the cumulative first quarter, the Cook Innoventure business worked to strengthen QSC, enhance efforts to provide safe, reliable products that satisfy customers, convert to formats with strong brand equity, expand new store openings, and strengthen franchise development. Although its core formats were affected by poor weather and the consumption-tax increase, profitability improved through the withdrawal from unprofitable stores and other measures. The number of yakiniku-format stores also increased steadily as planned.」

「Against this backdrop, the company worked to strengthen QSC, enhance efforts to provide safe, reliable products that satisfy customers, convert to formats with strong brand equity, and expand new store openings. It also opened new locations of Nikusho Sakai, one of its core formats featuring all-you-can-eat domestic beef, at a steady pace.」

「Against this backdrop, the company worked to strengthen QSC, enhance efforts to provide safe, reliable products that satisfy customers, convert to formats with strong brand equity, expand new store openings, and strengthen franchise development.」

「During the cumulative second quarter, the Cook Innoventure business faced soaring food and labor costs and persistent consumer frugality. The group as a whole strengthened QSC and enhanced efforts to provide safe, reliable services and products that satisfy customers. At the same time, it advanced new store openings in formats strongly supported by customers, actively withdrew from unprofitable businesses, and worked to transform its business structure.」

「During the cumulative first quarter, the Cook Innoventure business worked to strengthen QSC, enhance efforts to provide safe, reliable products that satisfy customers, convert to formats with strong brand equity, expand new store openings, and strengthen franchise development.」

「In the Cook Innoventure business during the cumulative third quarter, difficult conditions continued, including consumers moving away from izakaya restaurants and labor shortages. Against this backdrop, the company worked to strengthen QSC, further enhance efforts to provide safe, reliable products that satisfy customers, convert to formats with strong brand equity, expand new store openings, and strengthen franchise development.」

「As the full-service izakaya market as a whole struggled, the company worked to implement initiatives addressing customer needs, including greater specialization and enhanced value-added offerings, develop menus, and expand new formats.」

「In the Cook Innoventure business, as the overall full-service izakaya format struggled, the company worked to implement initiatives addressing customer needs, including greater specialization and enhanced value-added offerings, develop menus, and expand new formats.」

「Amid concerns that consumers are moving away from izakaya restaurants, the company worked to develop new formats tailored to consumer needs and change the formats of unprofitable stores, while seeking to strengthen competitiveness, expand sales, and improve profitability.」

「In the Cook Innoventure business, amid concerns that consumers are moving away from izakaya restaurants, the company leveraged the strength of operating diverse foodservice formats to create stores that remain appealing to customers through various initiatives tailored to each format, improve operating efficiency, strengthen competitiveness, expand sales, and improve profitability.」

「In the Cook Innoventure business, amid concerns that consumers are moving away from izakaya restaurants, the company worked to implement initiatives addressing customer needs, develop menus, and expand new formats.」

「In the foodservice business, the company has leveraged the strength of operating diverse formats to create stores that remain appealing to customers through various initiatives tailored to each format, improve operating efficiency, strengthen competitiveness, expand sales, and improve profitability.」