New Restaurant Investment Plan for 八剣伝 and Other Formats

「八剣伝 (ハッケン酒場) 2 new stores 24,000 越後つけ麺どんどこ 2 new stores 50,000 焼そばセンター 1 new store 25,000 八剣伝 (ハッケン酒場) Format changes and renovations at 5 stores 25,000 Total 124,000」

「The Company planned to open 5 new stores during the period and, during the current interim accounting period, opened 4: やきとりええねん西本町店 (Osaka Prefecture), やきとりええねん心斎橋ヨーロッパ通り店 (Osaka Prefecture), ハッケン酒場岡山錦町店 (Okayama Prefecture) and 餃子食堂マルケン阪急茨木市駅南口店 (Osaka Prefecture).」

「八剣伝 (ハッケン酒場) 2 new stores 40,000 やきとりええねん 2 new stores 50,000 餃子食堂マルケン 1 new store 20,000 八剣伝 (ハッケン酒場) Format changes and renovations at 10 stores 15,000 Total 125,000」

「As of 31 March 2022, no store openings were expected and there was no capital investment plan.」

「In the food and beverage division, the Company proceeded with new openings, focusing on developing new formats, and opened 1 八剣伝 store and 2 stores in other formats. As of 31 March 2021, the capital investment plan had not been determined because the earnings forecast had not been finalized.」

「The Company worked to reduce costs through every available means, including reducing personnel expenses by placing employees at temporarily closed stores on temporary leave, negotiating rent reductions and curbing new investments.」

「The Company opened 1 酔虎伝 store, 5 八剣伝 stores and 7 stores in other formats. Total capital investment during the fiscal year was ¥362.950 million.」

「Under the new store opening initiative, we opened 5 Hakken Sakaba stores, 1 Yakisoba Center store, 1 Gyoza Shokudo Maruken store and 1 store in Torazu, a new format developed during the fiscal year, for a total of 8 new stores, to develop them into the fourth core format.」

「Under the new store opening initiative, we opened 3 Hakken Sakaba stores, 1 Yakisoba Center store and 1 Gyoza Shokudo Maruken store, for a total of 5 new stores, to develop them into the fourth core format.」

「Under the new store opening initiative, we opened 2 Yakisoba Center stores and 3 Gyoza Shokudo Maruken stores to develop them into the fourth core format.」

「In the food and beverage division, the Company proceeded with new openings, focusing on developing new formats, and opened 1 酔虎伝 store, 7 八剣伝 stores and 5 stores in other formats.」

「During the cumulative third quarter, cash and deposits decreased by ¥128.253 million due to expenditures for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment and dividend payments, while property, plant and equipment increased by ¥223.801 million due to new store openings and other factors. As a result, total assets increased by ¥169.399 million from the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥5,319.944 million.」

「As part of “improvements and reforms aimed at revitalizing existing stores,” the company sought to open stores suited to the customer base at each location, opening Kushiyaki Sakaba Kokoro Hakkenden in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, specializing in carefully sourced fresh chicken, and Sumibi Yakitori Hakken Sakaba in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, specializing in “tare-kawa,” aged chicken skin grilled with sauce.」

「The Company opened a 心八剣伝 store in Saitama City, a ハッケン酒場 store in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, featuring chicken skin grilled with a matured sauce, and 八剣食堂 stores in Osakasayama, Osaka Prefecture, and Hiroshima City, with an expanded selection of meal items such as oyakodon from a yakitori restaurant. It also opened 焼そばセンター stores, a new type of restaurant specializing in yakisoba and combining meals with alcoholic beverages, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and Higashi Ward, Sakai City.」

「In the food and beverage division, the Company proceeded with new openings, focusing on developing new formats, and opened 3 酔虎伝 stores, 3 八剣伝 stores and 3 stores in other formats.」

「As part of its business expansion, the Company opened the second 焼そばセンター store in Minami-Ibaraki, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, following its store in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture; opened a 八剣伝 store with a takeaway counter in Katano, Osaka Prefecture; and opened GOTTO酒場, a new format offering local fish and meat dishes and a carefully selected range of good sake, in Chuo Ward, Osaka City, with the aim of expanding into a higher-priced segment of the food-service market rather than relying on its previous average spend per customer.」

「As the second year of the Medium-Term Management Plan (three-year plan), the Company is working on menu development that leverages the inherent strengths of its existing formats, creating stores that satisfy each customer, as well as opening new stores and renovating existing ones.」

「In the food and beverage division, the Company proceeded with new openings, focusing on developing new formats, and opened 3 八剣伝 stores and 3 stores in other formats. 酔虎伝 2 new stores 64,000 八剣伝 14 new stores 322,000 居心伝 2 new stores 54,000 Other formats 2 new stores 44,584 Total 484,584」

「八剣伝 4 new stores 122,200 Other formats 3 new stores 50,990 Total 173,190」