Expansion of the core restaurant brand “浜木綿” into the Kanto and Kansai regions
First written in FY2019. 1 of 4 entries say "Raised", first in FY2021. Latest entry: FY2023.
7 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The Company currently operates multiple Chinese restaurant formats, but is primarily considering expanding the Hamayumen format, which has established the most stable operating base among these formats, beyond the Tokai region into the Kanto and Kansai regions.」
While outlining plans to expand into the Kanto and Kansai regions centered on Hamayumen, the Company also states that it will strengthen Chuka Shokudo Hamayū in the everyday market, given the uncertainty surrounding demand for gatherings. - FY2022ReframedAnnual report
「The Company currently operates multiple Chinese restaurant formats, but is primarily considering expanding the Hamayumen format, which has established the most stable operating base among these formats, beyond the Tokai region into the Kanto and Kansai regions. However, the recent spread of COVID-19 continues to create an adverse environment for the Hamayumen format, which has a high proportion of usage for gatherings such as workplace and group banquets, family and extended-family meals, and memorial services」
Although the Company has considered expanding Hamayumen into the Kanto and Kansai regions, the format’s focus on gatherings has been disadvantaged during the pandemic, shifting the strategic emphasis toward developing a new format for the everyday market as an additional growth driver. - FY2021RaisedAnnual report
「Over the medium term, we will proceed with openings centered on our core Hamayumen format in areas where we have expanded our existing markets. Over the long term, we will roll out our existing formats in major cities across Japan」
In addition to considering expansion from the Tokai region into the Kanto and Kansai regions, the Company has specified medium-term openings centered on Hamayumen and long-term expansion of its existing formats into major cities nationwide, broadening the geographic scope of its plans. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「Over the medium to long term, we are primarily considering expanding the Chinese Restaurant Hamayumen format, which has established the most stable operating base among our formats, to areas beyond the Tokai region, including the Kanto and Kansai regions.」
The Company has outlined plans to expand beyond its Tokai-region base into the Kanto and Kansai regions, centered on its core brand.