Business and cash flow measures in response to COVID-19

「The company is also working to achieve further performance recovery by reducing costs, restructuring its existing businesses, and strengthening delivery services to expand revenue and secure profits, and has determined that no material uncertainty related to the going concern assumption exists.」

「The company is also working to achieve further performance recovery by reducing costs, restructuring its existing businesses, and strengthening delivery services to expand revenue and secure profits.」

「To address the circumstances or events affecting the going concern assumption, the company will implement measures such as cost reductions and seek to increase revenue and secure profits by adding Machi no Yakitoriya, an initiative targeting the full-scale prepared-food market, to existing stores, restructuring its existing businesses, and strengthening delivery services.」

「To address the circumstances or events affecting the going concern assumption, the company will implement measures such as cost reductions and seek to increase revenue and secure profits by adding Machi no Yakitoriya, an initiative targeting the full-scale prepared-food market, to existing stores, restructuring its existing businesses, and strengthening delivery services.」

「To address the circumstances or events affecting the going concern assumption, the company will implement measures such as cost reductions and seek to increase revenue and secure profits by adding Machi no Yakitoriya, an initiative targeting the full-scale prepared-food market, to existing stores, restructuring its existing businesses, and strengthening delivery services.」

「Under these circumstances, the company worked to restore performance by thoroughly managing store hygiene to protect customers and employees and improve customer satisfaction, strengthening existing brands and new formats, and strengthening delivery services and expanding takeout menus.」

「To protect customers and employees, the company thoroughly managed store hygiene through temperature checks and health checks when employees reported to work, mask use, and in-store disinfection with alcohol-based sanitizer. It maintained social distancing by increasing the spacing between seats to prevent the spread of infection, strengthened existing brands and new formats to improve customer satisfaction, and worked to restore performance by strengthening delivery services and expanding takeout menus.」

「As a new sales initiative, the company added “Machi no Yakitori-ya-san” outlets to Hakkenden stores to enter the prepared-meals market and expand the business in response to takeaway demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, to transform the business into one less dependent on alcohol sales, it opened Kusojiji Saigo no Hitofuri Takatsuki in June under a franchise agreement with UNCHI株式会社, entering the ramen business as a new area of development.」

「The company will work to restore performance by strengthening delivery services and expanding takeout menus, while also adding Takeout Specialty Store Machi no Yakitoriya to existing directly operated stores by installing full-scale takeout counters. It will seek to improve earnings power by expanding its virtual restaurant formats.」

「The company thoroughly managed store hygiene through temperature checks, health checks, mask use, and in-store disinfection, and maintained social distancing by increasing the spacing between seats to prevent the spread of infection. To improve customer satisfaction, it focused on strengthening the new Gyoza Shokudo Maruken format. During the third quarter, it changed 5 directly operated stores from existing formats and opened 1 new FC franchise store, while working to restore performance by strengthening delivery sales and expanding takeout menus.」

「After the state of emergency was lifted, operations gradually resumed. As COVID-19 prevention measures, the company thoroughly managed store hygiene by informing all employees of infection-prevention measures, conducting temperature checks and health checks when employees reported to work, requiring masks, disinfecting stores with alcohol-based sanitizer, and installing acrylic panels to prevent droplet transmission. It also operated stores with reduced hours and maintained social distancing, including by increasing the spacing between seats to prevent the spread of infection.」

「Specifically, on the operating side, the company will promote takeout sales and expand lunch-service locations at its directly operated and franchised stores, as well as promote delivery. On the financial side, to prepare for the risk of a prolonged decline in revenue, the company will raise funds from financial institutions and maintain ample liquidity on hand, thereby strengthening its financial base to avoid concerns about its liquidity position.」