Accelerating the Rollout of In-House-Developed and JV Products

「In addition, the original products 尚仁沢の天然水 and はじける強炭酸水（天然水の炭酸水） have both received broad support from customers and are supporting the Company's overall results.」

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「In addition, our original products, Shoninzawa Natural Water and Hajikeru Extra-Carbonated Water (carbonated natural water), have both maintained strong sales and supported the performance of the company as a whole.」

「Our original products, Shoninzawa Natural Water and Hajikeru Extra-Carbonated Water (carbonated natural water), have both maintained strong sales and contributed to the performance of the company as a whole.」

「Both of the company's original products, 尚仁沢 Natural Mineral Water and Bursting Extra-Carbonated Water (sparkling natural water), continued to sell strongly above the initial plan, driving overall company performance and steadily strengthening the private-label product business.」

「Sales of our original product, Shoninzawa Natural Water, have continued to increase substantially year on year, while strong sales of Hajikeru Extra-Carbonated Water (carbonated natural water), launched in May this year, have also enabled us to steadily strengthen our private-label products.」

「In addition to maintaining strong sales of our original product, Shoninzawa Natural Water, we have launched a new private-label product, Hajikeru Extra-Carbonated Water (carbonated natural water), which has also been recording strong sales growth.」

「For further private-label product development, the Company will pursue the SPA model, expand its business to include M&A in addition to product planning and outsourced production, and seek to evolve into a high-margin business model by covering the entire process from raw materials through sales.」

「Under these circumstances, the Group will continue to strengthen its handling of private-label and JV products (Note), promote thoroughly low-cost store operations, and pursue a scrap-and-build strategy for its stores,」

「The Group will continue to strengthen its handling of JV products (Note) and private-label products, promote thoroughly low-cost store operations, including power conservation, and seek to expand the number of stores by promoting a scrap-and-build strategy focused on existing store properties,」

「Sales of the private-label product 尚仁沢 Natural Mineral Water have continued to grow steadily, reaching a record high in monthly sales volume,」

「The Company will continue to promote low prices, centred on JV products, maintain an attractive range of low-priced products for customers in response to inflation, including successive food price increases, and preserve the entertainment value of having something interesting to find on every visit. The Company will also strengthen production capacity for its in-house mineral water and aim to return its consolidated subsidiary to profitability.」

「Under these circumstances, our group continued to focus on chain-store operations as a convenient local store under the corporate philosophy of becoming infrastructure that supports people’s lives, accelerating store openings primarily at premises with existing facilities, strengthening its range of JV products (*) and private-label products, and operating stores at consistently low cost, including through power conservation.」

「Sales of the private-label product 尚仁沢の天然水 remained strong and made a substantial contribution to the expansion of demand for mineral water from spring through summer.」

「A stable supply system for the private-label product 尚仁沢 Natural Mineral Water is now in place, enabling the company to respond appropriately to increased demand for mineral water from early spring onward, and sales volumes are growing steadily.」

「After accelerating the rollout of in-house-developed products and JV products (Note 2), the Company is using its JIOS ordering system (Note 3), which calculates optimal inventory levels from sales results and automatically places product orders, to maintain appropriate inventory levels at each store and further reduce purchase prices.」