Support for Business Partners and System Proposals for Takeaway Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

「During the nine-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as restrictions on activities associated with COVID-19 were eased and restaurants began gradually resuming operations, we promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems tailored to customers' diverse needs.」

「During the six-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as restrictions on activities associated with COVID-19 were eased and restaurants began gradually resuming operations, we promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems tailored to customers' diverse needs.」

「During the three-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as restrictions on activities associated with COVID-19 were eased and restaurants began gradually resuming operations, we promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems tailored to customers' diverse needs.」

「During the six-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as the group's restaurant customers were required to shorten their operating hours amid the spread of COVID-19, the group promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations.」

「During the three-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as restaurant customers of the group were required to shorten their operating hours following the issuance of priority preventive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the group promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations.」

「ASP usage-fee revenue in the fourth-quarter accounting period ended up 1.1% year on year in November, 7.3% in December and 1.2% in January.」

「During the six-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as the group's restaurant customers were required to shorten their operating hours under the third and fourth declarations of a state of emergency issued to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the group promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations. As a result, ASP revenue increased 17.1% year on year in May, but decreased 5.2% in June and 4.1% in July.」

「During the three-month consolidated cumulative period under review, as the company's restaurant customers were required to shorten their operating hours under the second declaration of a state of emergency issued to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations. As a result, ASP revenue was down 6.3% year on year in February, but increased 0.5% in March and 15.8% in April.」

「During the third-quarter accounting period, the company responded flexibly by lifting requests to close businesses and making proposals to implement systems for takeout operations, appearing to move gradually toward recovery. However, due to the worsening infection situation and the impact of declarations of a state of emergency, ASP usage-fee revenue in the fourth-quarter accounting period ended down 6.4% year on year in November, 6.5% in December and 7.4% in January.」

「During the three-month accounting period under review, we responded flexibly by lifting requests to close businesses and making proposals to implement systems for takeout operations. ASP usage-fee revenue increased 0.8% year on year in August and 2.0% in September, but decreased 4.2% in October, while gradually moving toward recovery.」

「During the six-month consolidated cumulative period under review, we continued through May to suspend ASP usage-fee billing for the closed locations of customers forced to suspend operations by requests to close businesses aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, as business-continuity support following the first quarter. As a result, ASP usage-fee revenue in May was down 16.0% year on year. In parallel, we provided flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations, and ASP usage-fee revenue recovered gradually from June onward, increasing 2.7% year on year in June and 3.7% in July.」

「For closed locations, the group stopped billing ASP usage fees as support for business continuity. It also promoted flexible responses, including proposals to implement systems for takeout operations.」