Intensifying Competition and Price Competition in the Foodservice Industry
First written in FY2016. 18 of 31 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-09-09.
Ap Holdings moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2020, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2019).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 41 of 48 companies on the "Worse" side.
19 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Customer visits in the food-service industry are recovering steadily as the easing of restrictions on activities increases opportunities to eat out and the number of visitors to Japan rises, but higher prices are tending to suppress real consumption. In addition, the business environment remains challenging due to soaring raw-material and utility costs and continuing labour shortages.」
The recovery in customer visits coexists with restrained real consumption due to higher prices and a challenging business environment caused by higher raw-material and utility costs and labour shortages. - FY2024-Q1Demand recovery coexists with a challenging environmentAnnual report
「Although signs of a recovery in demand are emerging in the food-service industry, the industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to the rapid depreciation of the yen, labour shortages and higher costs resulting from soaring raw-material prices and inflation, as well as the sluggish recovery in consumption, particularly during late-night hours.」
While signs of a recovery in demand have emerged, the challenging environment continues due to yen depreciation, labour shortages, soaring raw-material prices and inflation, and the sluggish recovery in consumption during late-night hours. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face challenging conditions, as the recovery in nighttime use has been sluggish due to changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic, while unprecedented increases in resource and raw-material procurement prices, as well as rising labour costs, have added to the pressure.」
In addition to the sluggish recovery in nighttime use following the pandemic, unprecedented increases in resource, raw-material and labour costs have been identified, further worsening the environment for the food-service industry. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to the rapid depreciation of the yen, labour shortages and higher costs resulting from soaring raw-material prices and inflation, while a decline in consumption, particularly during late-night hours, is also a concern.」
The challenging environment for the food-service industry, including yen depreciation, labour shortages, soaring raw-material prices and inflation, and declining consumption during late-night hours, continues to be described. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to the rapid depreciation of the yen, labour shortages and higher costs resulting from soaring raw-material prices and inflation, while a decline in consumption, particularly during late-night hours, is also a concern.」
In addition to the previous effects of infectious diseases and temporary closures, the rapid depreciation of the yen, labour shortages, soaring raw-material prices and inflation, and declining consumption during late-night hours are identified as concerns, further worsening the environment for the food-service industry. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours in response to requests from government authorities, including declarations of a state of emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19, decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work. Although customer visits to the izakaya industry temporarily began to recover toward year-end, they fell sharply following the emergence of COVID-19 variants, leaving the industry still in severe distress.」
The document explains that the temporary recovery in customer visits toward year-end fell sharply following the emergence of COVID-19 variants, deepening the challenging environment for the izakaya industry. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours in response to requests from government authorities, including declarations of a state of emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19, decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work. The izakaya industry, in particular, is in severe distress due also to requests from the national and local governments to suspend alcohol sales.」
The challenging environment for the food-service and izakaya industries, including long-term closures, reduced operating hours, fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas and requests to suspend alcohol sales, continues to be described. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours in response to requests from government authorities, including declarations of a state of emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19, decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work. The izakaya industry, in particular, is in severe distress due also to requests from the national and local governments to suspend alcohol sales.」
In addition to the existing competitive and cost environment, long-term closures, reduced operating hours, fewer business dinners in urban areas and requests to suspend alcohol sales have compounded the challenging environment for the food-service and izakaya industries, which is described in greater detail. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work.」
The challenging environment for the food-service industry, including long-term closures, reduced operating hours and fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to remote work, continues to be described. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work.」
The challenging environment for the food-service industry, including long-term closures, reduced operating hours and fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to remote work, continues to be described. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face an extremely challenging operating environment, with long-term closures and reduced operating hours decreasing customer visits, in addition to fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to the expansion of remote work.」
In addition to the existing competitive pressures and rising costs, long-term closures, reduced operating hours and fewer business dinners and banquets in urban areas due to remote work have been identified, deepening the challenging environment for the food-service industry. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales in the food-service industry declined significantly due to the impact of temporary closures in response to the April declaration of a state of emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19. Following the lifting of the state of emergency in May, operations resumed and some recovery was seen, but the business environment remains significantly affected.」
Sales in the food-service industry declined significantly due to COVID-19, the declaration of a state of emergency and temporary closures, while factors worsening the business environment have expanded in addition to the competitive and cost environment. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the food-service industry, in addition to persistent consumer frugality, food loss has recently become a social issue, creating a situation in which proactive action is required.」
The Group indicates that the consumption environment surrounding the food-service industry remains challenging, as consumers continue to show a strong preference for thrift. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, as consumer sentiment has stagnated amid uncertainty over the economic outlook following the October increase in the consumption tax rate, compounded by disasters and adverse weather.」
The increase in the consumption tax rate and resulting uncertainty over the outlook, together with stagnant consumer sentiment, are newly identified, with disasters and adverse weather adding to the challenging environment for the food-service industry. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to intensifying competition with rival companies for customers, rising labour costs against a backdrop of labour shortages and increasingly diverse customer needs.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition of the challenging environment in the food-service industry caused by competition for customers, rising labour costs due to labour shortages and increasingly diverse customer needs. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face extremely intense competition, as barriers to entry are lower than in other industries and many new operators enter the market, while price competition has also intensified amid sluggish personal consumption.」
The Group has reiterated the challenging competitive environment caused by new market entrants, price competition and an increase in competing stores with similar concepts. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although personal consumption in the food-service industry is gradually recovering, the industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to persistently high raw-material prices resulting from higher logistics costs and rising labour costs caused by labour shortages.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging environment in the food-service industry will continue due to persistently high raw-material prices and higher logistics and labour costs. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although personal consumption in the food-service industry is gradually recovering, the industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to persistently high raw-material prices resulting from higher logistics costs and rising labour costs caused by labour shortages.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging environment surrounding the food-service industry will continue due to persistently high raw-material prices and higher logistics and labour costs. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to intensifying competition with rival companies for customers, rising labour costs against a backdrop of labour shortages and increasingly diverse customer needs.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging environment in the food-service industry will continue due to competition for customers, rising labour costs caused by labour shortages and increasingly diverse customer needs. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face extremely intense competition, as barriers to entry are lower than in other industries and many new operators enter the market, while price competition has also intensified amid sluggish personal consumption.」
The Group has reiterated the challenging competitive environment caused by new market entrants, price competition and an increase in competing stores with similar concepts. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to soaring prices for vegetables and other items, persistently high raw-material prices resulting from higher logistics costs, rising labour costs caused by labour shortages and the impact of adverse weather.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging environment in the food-service industry will continue due to soaring prices for vegetables and other items, higher logistics and labour costs, and adverse weather. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although personal consumption in the food-service industry is gradually recovering, the industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to persistently high raw-material prices resulting from higher logistics costs and rising labour costs caused by labour shortages.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging environment surrounding the food-service industry will continue due to persistently high raw-material prices and rising labour costs. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to intensifying competition with other industries for customers and rising labour costs against a backdrop of labour shortages.」
The Group has reaffirmed its recognition that the challenging operating environment will continue due to competition with other industries for customers and rising labour costs against a backdrop of labour shortages. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「The domestic consumption environment continues to present a challenging operating environment due to persistently high raw-material prices, higher logistics costs, rising labour costs due to labour shortages, growing consumer thrift and external factors such as adverse weather.」
In addition to higher raw-material, logistics and labour costs, greater consumer thrift and adverse weather are contributing to the challenging operating environment. - FY2017-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「The domestic food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment due to intensifying competition not only from rival companies but also from other industries and business formats, including prepared-food businesses, persistently high raw-material prices, higher logistics costs, rising labour costs due to labour shortages, weakening consumer sentiment and external factors such as adverse weather.」
In addition to competition and higher raw-material, logistics and labour costs, weakening consumer sentiment and adverse weather have compounded the challenging operating environment. - FY2017-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The domestic food-service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, due not only to intensifying competition from rival companies but also from other industries and business formats, including prepared-food businesses, as well as persistently high raw-material prices, higher logistics costs, rising labour costs due to labour shortages and emerging weakness in consumer sentiment.」
The competitive landscape has expanded to include other industries and business formats, including prepared-food businesses, while concerns over raw materials, logistics, labour costs and consumer sentiment have added to the challenging environment. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As customers have become more selective and consumer trends remain difficult to predict, the outlook for the economy continues to be uncertain.」
The Group continues to recognise that consumer trends and the outlook for the food-service industry are uncertain due to personal income, rising prices and increasingly selective customers. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The food-service industry continues to face extremely intense competition, as barriers to entry are lower than in other industries and many new operators enter the market, while price competition has also intensified amid sluggish personal consumption.」
The Group identifies low barriers to entry, new market entrants, price competition and an increase in competing stores with similar concepts as risks.