Achieving both quality and low prices through food ingredient technology and procurement capabilities

「We established a system covering procurement through processing in cooperation with a partner company in Shimonoseki. We also applied our proprietary fugu aging technology to wild tiger pufferfish, selecting the timing of procurement and then processing and storing the fish to limit the impact of market fluctuations while balancing quality and price, thereby making it available at all restaurants.」

「The Group primarily uses torafugu raised through cooperation with aquaculture operators, applying the company's patented and other technologies, enabling it to minimize the impact even if torafugu market prices fluctuate significantly in the future.」

「The Group primarily uses torafugu raised through cooperation with aquaculture operators, applying the company's patented and other technologies, enabling it to minimize the impact even if torafugu market prices fluctuate significantly in the future.」

「The company is strengthening its initiatives with aquaculture operators and working to secure the required quantity of torafugu at relatively stable prices, while creating an environment in which delicious torafugu can be served at any time using its proprietary freezing and thawing technology. It also provides high-quality, safe torafugu, including through obtaining HACCP certification for its processing operations.」

「The Group is strengthening its initiatives with aquaculture operators and working to secure the required quantity of torafugu at relatively stable prices, while creating an environment in which delicious torafugu can be served at any time using its proprietary freezing and thawing technology.」

「Increased sales of high-quality wild torafugu by fully leveraging the company's procurement routes」

「The Group is strengthening its initiatives with aquaculture operators and working to secure the required quantity of torafugu at relatively stable prices, while creating an environment in which delicious torafugu can be served at any time using its proprietary freezing and thawing technology.」

「Because torafugu market prices fluctuate significantly by year and month, other specialty fugu restaurants may be substantially affected in terms of earnings by these fluctuations. The Group, however, works with aquaculture operators and primarily uses torafugu raised with the support of the company's technology, enabling it to limit the impact even if torafugu market prices surge in the future.」

「Because torafugu market prices fluctuate significantly by year and month, other specialty fugu restaurants may be substantially affected in terms of earnings by these fluctuations. The Group, however, works with aquaculture operators and primarily uses torafugu raised with the support of the company's technology, enabling it to limit the impact even if torafugu market prices surge in the future.」

「In terms of products, the company is adding large torafugu and wild torafugu to its regular menu, among other initiatives, enabling them to be offered at relatively low prices by applying its technology.」

「Under these conditions, the Group is responding to changes in the operating environment by developing menus in light of economic trends, procuring torafugu at stable prices through stronger cooperation with aquaculture operators, providing information and assigning staff able to serve inbound tourists, and reviewing compensation, including salaries, while promoting the conversion of employees to permanent status.」

「Although fugu market prices have fallen sharply recently, the benefit from the decline has been limited because the company has long purchased torafugu in bulk at stable prices.」

「The company strengthened sales of high-value-added large torafugu made available through production cooperation with torafugu farmers, receiving favorable evaluations.」

「The company seeks to provide, at lower prices, ingredients differentiated in terms of quality and safety through technological development and stronger procurement capabilities, mainly relating to food ingredients, as a source of competitive strength.」

「The market price of torafugu, a key ingredient, has continued to rise sharply since the beginning of the period. In response, the company has sought to control costs through bulk purchasing of torafugu and its inventory policy, although」

「The impact of recent fluctuations in torafugu market prices was limited by the company's procurement strategy.」

「The company seeks to provide, at lower prices, ingredients differentiated in terms of quality and safety through technological development and stronger procurement capabilities, mainly relating to food ingredients, as a source of competitive strength.」