Cost reduction through a review of new business launch costs and head office costs
First written in FY2018-Q1. 11 of 15 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026.
91 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, under the mission of “pursuing the ideal state of food,” the group thoroughly implemented “lean management” as FOOD CREATIVE FIRM by systematically restraining new store openings and concentrating management resources on improving the quality of existing stores.」
The company continued structural reforms, including restraining new store openings, concentrating resources on existing stores and reducing costs, increasing consolidated operating profit from ¥263 million to ¥845 million. - 2026-05-07AdvancedRevision of earnings forecasts
「In addition, optimizing personnel allocation and implementing thorough cost reductions improved the earnings structure, and we now expect to achieve consolidated operating profitability for the second consecutive fiscal year.」
Improvement in the earnings structure through personnel optimization and cost reductions is linked to the expected second consecutive year of consolidated operating profit. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Specifically, the company moved the head office's marketing, creative and product development functions to the front line and transferred business-related expenses to the respective business divisions. This clarified the previously opaque costs of the core head office and has produced reductions in unnecessary costs.」
The company states that moving head-office functions to the front line and transferring expenses clarified head-office costs and produced reductions in unnecessary costs. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Under the group's common mission of “pursuing the ideal state of food,” the group will continue efforts to optimize personnel allocation and improve productivity, reduce head-office expenses such as marketing costs, and improve operating efficiency through digital transformation of existing businesses.」
The company continues to improve its earnings structure through a combination of optimized personnel allocation, reductions in head-office expenses such as marketing costs, and digital transformation of existing businesses. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has begun initiatives to accelerate earnings recovery, including withdrawing from stores where recovery is not expected, reviewing marketing expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase customer numbers, such as advertising and promotional expenses, and other fixed costs, further promoting digital transformation in existing businesses, and reallocating head-office personnel, with the aim of reducing head-office costs and improving the earnings structure.」
The company has begun cost-reduction measures combining the withdrawal from stores where recovery is not expected, a review of fixed costs including advertising and promotional expenses, digital transformation, and the reallocation of head-office personnel. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The company will build a leaner operating structure by reviewing head-office expenses to bring them in line with the level of revenue.」
The company continues to pursue an earnings structure aligned with its revenue scale through reviews of head-office expenses and reductions in fixed costs. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue in the sales business declined substantially due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company worked to improve its profit structure by improving operations and services through stronger communication between frontline staff and management.」
Despite lower revenue, the Sales business narrowed its segment loss from ¥328 million in the previous year to ¥32 million through operational improvements and enhanced services. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Regarding segment profit, we are controlling costs, primarily selling expenses and recruitment expenses, to improve our profit structure. As a result, revenue for the cumulative third quarter of the consolidated fiscal year was ¥17,367 million, down 0.3% year on year, while segment profit was ¥112 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥139 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The company explicitly identified selling expenses and recruitment costs as targets for cost control, improving the Sales business's segment earnings from a loss of ¥139 million in the same period of the previous year to a profit of ¥112 million. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is pursuing improvements in its earnings structure by controlling costs, particularly selling expenses and recruitment costs. As a result, revenue for the second quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period was ¥11,350 million, up 1.9% year on year, and the segment recorded a loss of ¥164 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥330 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Cost controls focused on selling expenses and recruitment costs narrowed the segment loss in the Sales business by ¥166 million year on year. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is pursuing improvements in its earnings structure by controlling costs, particularly selling expenses and recruitment costs. As a result, revenue for the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period was ¥5,866 million, up 3.0% year on year, and the segment recorded a loss of ¥29 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥117 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Cost controls focused on selling expenses and recruitment costs narrowed the segment loss in the Sales business by ¥88 million from the same period of the previous year. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「Revenue and segment profit in the sales business have been on a declining trend. This was due to a decline in same-store sales in the core domestic restaurant business, reflecting the impact of a corrective order from the Consumer Affairs Agency in May and temporary closures caused by natural disasters such as torrential rain and earthquakes, as well as a temporary increase in head office costs to establish a new organizational structure.」
While expense reductions from the previous review of head-office costs had been progressing, head-office costs temporarily increased to establish the new organizational structure, weakening the effect of the reduction measures. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Although revenue in the sales business was flat, segment profit was on an improving trend. This was due to progress in reducing expenses through the effects of reviewing store costs, which improved store profit, reducing expenses for launching new businesses, including store openings, and reviewing head office costs.」
The newly stated review of store costs, together with reductions in new-business launch costs and head-office costs, contributed to improved segment profit in the Sales business. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although revenue in the sales business was flat, segment profit was on an improving trend. This was due to progress in reducing expenses through the effects of reviewing store costs, which improved store profit, reducing expenses for launching new businesses, including store openings, and reviewing head office costs.」
In addition to the previous review of new-business launch costs and head-office costs, the company explicitly identified a review of store costs, resulting in progress toward improving store profitability and reducing expenses. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「This is because the company has continued to increase personnel, primarily through new graduate hiring, resulting in a tendency for personnel expenses to be higher during the cumulative second-quarter period, while expense reductions have progressed through reviews of the costs of launching new businesses outside the restaurant business and head-office costs.」
The company has reaffirmed measures to review new-business launch costs and head-office costs and pursue expense reductions. - FY2018-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Although personnel expenses tend to be higher in the first quarter because staffing increases, primarily through new graduate hiring, expenses have been reduced through progress in cutting costs by reviewing expenses for launching new businesses outside the restaurant business and head office costs.」
Measures to review new-business launch costs and head-office costs and reduce expenses have been explicitly stated for the first time.