Slowing growth as Japan's food hygiene industry enters a mature market phase
First written in FY2019-Q1. 11 of 16 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2020. Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
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- 2026-08-07MitigatedResults
「衛生検査器材事業においては引き続き旺盛なインバウンド需要に伴う外食産業の伸長が売上を牽引し、安定的に推移しております。」
インバウンド需要を含む外食産業の伸長により、衛生検査器材事業の需要が安定的に推移した。 - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「In this business, the market related to eating out has remained firm, supported by robust inbound demand, while demand for home dining, delivery and takeout has also remained solid, underpinning sales activities by the company's principal customers. Through sales activities that accurately captured these demand conditions and steady optimization of selling prices, sales for the current interim consolidated accounting period reached a record high and remained above the level of this year's plan.」
Despite the risks associated with the mature market and changes in the industrial structure, inbound, eating-out, home-dining, delivery and takeout demand remained firm, resulting in record-high first-half sales for the hygiene testing equipment business. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「Demand for eating out remained above pre-COVID-19 levels due to the continued recovery in inbound demand, while demand for home dining, delivery and takeout also remained firm.」
Despite the risks associated with the food hygiene industry's transition to a mature market and changes in its structure, demand for eating out, home dining, delivery and takeout remained firm. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「With the recovery in inbound demand, demand for eating out has exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels. Sales by the business's principal customers, supported by demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, have also increased.」
Despite the risks associated with the transition to a mature market and changes in the industrial structure, revenue in the hygiene testing equipment business increased as demand for eating out, home dining, delivery and takeout grew. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「As demand for eating out has recovered to almost pre-COVID-19 levels following the reclassification of COVID-19 as a Class 5 infectious disease, demand for home dining, delivery and takeout has also been maintained at a certain level, and sales by our principal customers remained strong.」
Despite the risks associated with changes in the structure of the food hygiene industry and its transition to a mature market, demand for eating out recovered to almost pre-COVID-19 levels, and sales and orders from principal customers remained strong. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「In addition, demand for eating out has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels in some business categories, and order conditions have continued to be strong.」
Despite the risks associated with changes in the structure of the food hygiene industry and its transition to a mature market, strong orders continued, supported by the partial recovery in demand for eating out and demand for home dining, delivery and takeout. - FY2023-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「As changes in eating habits under new lifestyles resulting from the impact of COVID-19 drove major changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry, sales by our principal customers, supported by demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, remained strong. In addition, demand for eating out has returned to levels close to those before the COVID-19 pandemic in some business categories, partly due to the impact of the nationwide travel support program, and order conditions have continued to be strong.」
Despite the risks associated with changes in the structure of the food hygiene industry and its transition to a mature market, orders remained strong, supported by demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, as well as the recovery in demand for eating out driven by the nationwide travel support program and similar measures. - FY2023-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「As changes in eating habits under new lifestyles resulting from the impact of COVID-19 drove major changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry, sales by our principal customers, supported by demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, remained strong. Since April, demand for eating out has returned to levels close to those before the COVID-19 pandemic in some business categories, but order conditions have continued to be strong.」
Despite the risks associated with changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry and its transition to a mature market, orders remained strong, supported by demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, as well as the partial recovery in demand for eating out. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「We believe that this business grew substantially as changes in eating habits under new lifestyles resulting from the impact of COVID-19 led to a sharp increase in demand for home dining.」
Although the risk of slowing growth as the market matures remains, the hygiene testing equipment business recorded a 9.2% year-on-year increase in revenue, driven by increased demand for home dining, sales through 3 locations and N-NOSE demand. - FY2022-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Amid major changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, this business remained firm, recording 15 consecutive months of year-on-year revenue growth.」
Despite the continuing risks associated with changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry and its transition to a mature market, the hygiene testing equipment business recorded 15 consecutive months of revenue growth, demonstrating its ability to respond to changes in demand. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid major changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry, demand for commercial food products was strong, driven by increased demand for home dining, delivery and takeout, while demand for food-service products was weak.」
The company continues to describe changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry and the resulting shift in demand, with commercial food products performing well and food-service products performing poorly. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The hygiene testing equipment business appears to have bottomed out, partly due to the effects of various government-led campaigns, but the outlook remains uncertain as the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry changes.」
The risk of slowing growth in a mature market was newly emphasized, along with changes in the industrial structure of the food hygiene industry and an uncertain outlook. First-half sales also fell 7.9% year on year. - FY2020MitigatedAnnual report
「The business, which is said to have entered a mature phase, recorded revenue growth for 2 consecutive fiscal years.」
While continuing to describe the risk of slowing growth as Japan's food hygiene industry enters a mature market phase, the hygiene testing equipment business recorded revenue growth for the second consecutive period. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The hygiene testing equipment business, the company's core business, has maintained stable sales and operating profit in recent years, but the company's growth has slowed as Japan's food hygiene industry has entered a mature market phase.」
The company continues to state its view that Japan's food hygiene industry is a mature market and that growth is slowing. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The hygiene testing equipment business has maintained stable sales and profit in recent years, but the growth of the group has slowed somewhat as Japan's food hygiene industry has entered a mature market phase.」
The company continues to describe the market environment in which Japan's food hygiene industry has entered a mature market phase and group growth has slowed somewhat. - FY2019-Q1First statedAnnual report
「The hygiene testing equipment business has maintained stable sales and profit, but the company's growth has slowed as Japan's food hygiene industry has entered a mature market phase.」
The company first explicitly identified the market-environment risk that Japan's food hygiene industry had entered a mature market phase and that the company's growth was slowing.