Promoting Format Changes and Refurbishments at Existing Stores

「Capital expenditure during the fiscal year included changing the formats of 4 existing locations for redevelopment purposes and opening 1 new location to expand the format portfolio.」

「As part of its store modifications, the company changed "池森そば," which had opened in a food court, to its proprietary "肉とそば" format following the expiration of the franchise agreement, and closed 赤から大田原店 following the expiration of its franchise agreement. In Fukushima, where recovery had lagged, the company changed 郡山肉寿司 to the "四〇屋" format and closed まるもいわき湯本店.」

「○ Concept change: 1 store 赤から日立田尻店 → チェゴ日立田尻店 (Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture)」

「As part of its store restructuring, the company changed 1 store in the "肉寿司" format to the "四〇屋" format, which focuses primarily on fresh fish.」

「The company carried out the following new store opening, format conversions and store closures. • New store openings: 1 store — 1 store in the "ふじ田" format • Format conversions: 6 stores — 1 store to the "うま囲" format, 1 to the "ふじ田" format, 3 to the "まるも" format (new format), and 1 to the "もんどころ" format」

「The company also launched the new motsunabe format "まるも" and changed the "田なべ" format stores in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, to the "まるも" format.」

「During the cumulative second quarter, the company made 1 new store opening and carried out format conversions at 2 stores as its main capital expenditures.」

「Against this backdrop, the company carried out a format conversion at 1 store to the "らぁ麺ふじ田" format.」

「• Format conversions: 5 stores 2 stores to the "しゃぶ将軍田なべ" format, 1 store to the "うま囲" format, and 2 stores to the "チェゴ" format」

「At チェゴ’s “焼肉とスンドゥブ” concept, newly reopened as a suburban store at the つくばみどりの location, we introduced mobile ordering, allowing customers to place orders using their smartphones, and began efforts aimed at operating with a small number of employees.」

「During the cumulative first quarter, the company carried out the following format conversions. • Format conversions: 3 stores — 1 store to the "うま囲" format in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, and 2 stores to the "しゃぶ将軍田なべ" format in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, and Misato, Saitama Prefecture」

「The company also decided on the following format conversions and store closures. • Format conversions: 2 stores 1 "忍家"-format store in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, changed to the "うま囲" format 1 "忍家"-format store in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, changed to the "たんとんたん" format — new format」

「• Stores for which format conversions were decided 忍家神立店 changed to しゃぶ将軍田なべ土浦神立店 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture」

「• Format conversions: 6 stores 1 store to the "もんどころ" format in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture 2 stores to the "うま囲" format in Urawa Ward, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and Toshima Ward, Tokyo 3 stores to the "赤から" format in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture; Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture; and Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture」

「During the cumulative second quarter, the company opened 1 new store and converted 4 existing stores as measures to improve their operating performance.」

「• Format conversions 忍家浦和駅西口店 changed to うま囲浦和駅西口店 — new format 味斗いわき泉店 changed to 赤からいわき泉店」

「Capital expenditures during the fiscal year included format conversions at 10 existing stores for their redevelopment.」

「The concept changes during the cumulative third quarter were as follows. ○ Converted to the 忍家 concept: 2 stores ・みんなの和食村 concept: 2 stores (Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture; Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture) ○ Converted to the 赤から concept: 6 stores ・忍家 concept: 2 stores (Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture; Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture) ・巴 concept: 1 store (Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture) ・串三昧 concept: 1 store (Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture) ・串市場 concept: 1 store (Soka, Saitama Prefecture) ・味斗 concept: 1 store (Mihama Ward, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture) ○ Converted to the もんどころ concept: 1 store ・月豆 concept: 1 store (Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture)」

「Format conversions during the cumulative second quarter were as follows. • Conversion to the "赤から" format: 4 stores — 1 "忍家"-format store in Higashi-Ibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture; 1 "串三昧"-format store in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture; 1 "串市場"-format store in Soka, Saitama Prefecture; and 1 "味斗"-format store in Mihama Ward, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture • Conversion to the "もんどころ" format: 1 store — 1 "月豆"-format store in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture」

「• Conversion to the "赤から" format: 3 stores • 1 "忍家"-format store in Higashi-Ibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture • 1 "串三昧"-format store in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture • 1 "串市場"-format store in Soka, Saitama Prefecture • Conversion to the "もんどころ" format: 1 store • 1 "月豆"-format store in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture」

「For underperforming stores where improved results were expected, the company converted formats using franchises to eliminate the burden of development costs. The specific conversions were as follows: 1 store to the "いきなり！ステーキ" format in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture; 2 stores to the "赤から" format in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, and Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture.」

「As part of its review of the store-format mix, the company carried out format conversions using franchisees in 2 stores in the northern Kanto area, which were expected to maximize results while reducing the time and expense required to develop formats. It also decided to convert 1 additional store in the Tohoku area.」

「As part of its review of the store-format mix, the company decided to convert the following stores to franchised formats. • 1 store to the "いきなり!ステーキ" format (changed from the "忍家" format in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture) • 1 store to the "赤から" format (changed from the "みんなの和食村" format in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture)」

「The format conversions and store refurbishments carried out during the fiscal year were as follows. • Format conversions: 21 stores」

「The format conversions and store refurbishments carried out during the cumulative third quarter were as follows. • Format conversions: 18 stores • Store refurbishments: 15 stores」

「Accordingly, the format conversions and store refurbishments carried out during the cumulative second quarter were as follows. • Format conversions: 14 stores — 3 "忍家"-format stores changed to 2 "みんなの和食村"-format stores and 1 "串三昧"-format store; 5 "益益"-format stores changed to 4 "みんなの和食村"-format stores and 1 "串三昧"-format store; 6 "味斗"-format stores changed to 3 "みんなの和食村"-format stores and 3 "串三昧"-format stores • Store refurbishments: 14 stores」

「• Format conversion: 1 store — 1 "益益"-format store changed to 1 "串三昧"-format store in Ibaraki Prefecture • Store refurbishments: 14 stores」