Strengthening Takeout Offerings and Developing Takeout Containers

「One of the stores opened in Japan was Hamakatsu Konoha Mall Hashimoto, a specialty prepared-food store offering a wide variety of items, including tonkatsu and boxed meals, for takeout. The Company is developing the store to appeal to a broad range of customers.」

「In Japan, our second deli, 「濵かつ 岩田屋本店」, opened on 26 July. It is a takeout-only store offering a wide variety of products, including tonkatsu and boxed meals, as well as store-exclusive products.」

「One of the restaurants opened was Hamakatsu Maing Hakata, a specialty prepared-food store that opened in March as a new format. It is the first specialty prepared-food store in Kyushu and offers a range of takeout-only products, including cutlets and boxed meals, allowing customers to enjoy the restaurant's taste at home.」

「We developed frozen katsu sandwiches as a product that could be sold through vending machines and stored at home.」

「Frozen-product vending machines, which we began operating in 2021 to enable customers to purchase our frozen products, totaled 131 locations and 135 machines as of the end of the third quarter cumulative consolidated period.」

「Frozen-product vending machines, which we began operating in 2021 to enable customers to purchase our frozen products, had expanded to 128 locations and 137 machines as of the end of the second quarter cumulative consolidated period.」

「Frozen-product vending machines, which we began operating in 2021 to enable customers to purchase our frozen products, had expanded to 125 locations and 135 machines as of the end of the first quarter cumulative consolidated period. We also developed frozen katsu sandwiches under the 「とんかつ濵かつ」 brand, which have been well received by customers.」

「As a result of these efforts, the installation of frozen-food vending machines, which began with the aim of providing customers with more opportunities to enjoy the taste of Ringer Hut, received a positive response from customers and had expanded to 87 locations and 95 machines as of the end of the consolidated fiscal year. We plan to significantly expand installations and introduce new products, including frozen katsu sandwiches.」

「We also continued installing vending machines where customers can purchase the well-received Ringer Hut frozen products 24 hours a day, and opened frozen-product direct-sales outlets in Ome, Tokyo, in August and Fukuoka, Fukuoka, in September. As of the end of the third quarter cumulative consolidated period, frozen-product vending machines had been installed at 69 locations.」

「We also continued installing vending machines where customers can purchase the well-received Ringer Hut frozen products 24 hours a day, and opened a frozen-product direct-sales outlet in Ome, Tokyo, in August. As of the end of the second quarter cumulative consolidated period, frozen-product vending machines had been installed at 55 locations.」

「We also continued installing frozen-product vending machines that allow customers to purchase Ringer Hut-branded frozen products 24 hours a day through contactless, unmanned sales, bringing the total to 28 machines as of the end of the first quarter cumulative consolidated period.」

「As a result of these efforts, and with stores shortening their hours under the declaration of a state of emergency and priority preventive measures, we began installing frozen-product vending machines at stores in Sakai, Osaka, in June 2021, in the hope of providing customers with more opportunities to enjoy the taste of Ringer Hut. Following the positive response from customers, the program had expanded to 26 stores as of the end of February 2022. We will continue working to expand the number of locations.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company expanded the options for delivery-agent services and the number of stores able to use them to strengthen takeaway and delivery sales in response to changes in customer consumption patterns.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company expanded the options for delivery-agent services and the number of stores able to use them to strengthen takeaway and delivery sales in response to changes in customer consumption patterns. / In its tonkatsu business, the Company began selling “takeaway packs” to raise awareness of takeaway and enable customers to enjoy popular tonkatsu-specialty-store side dishes at home.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company expanded the options for delivery-agent services and the number of stores able to use them to strengthen takeaway and delivery sales in response to changes in customer consumption patterns.」

「The Company undertook initiatives including using highly heat-retentive takeaway containers that keep Nagasaki sara udon at 60°C or above for two hours after purchase so customers can enjoy it at home, developing takeaway-only champon noodles that are less prone to becoming soft than regular noodles, and introducing mobile ordering, which enables customers to place orders and pay in advance using smartphones and other mobile devices and pick up freshly prepared products without waiting.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company expanded its takeaway product lineup and introduced a smartphone-based advance payment system to strengthen takeaway and delivery sales in response to changes in customer consumption patterns. It also expanded delivery-agent services to food-court stores in shopping centers. / In October of the same year, the Company developed noodles exclusively for takeaway that are less prone to becoming soft than its conventional noodles, further strengthening its response to takeaway and delivery demand.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company expanded its takeaway product lineup and introduced a smartphone-based advance payment system in August to strengthen takeaway and delivery sales in response to changes in customer consumption patterns. It also expanded delivery-agent services to food-court stores in shopping centers.」

「As measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company responded to increased demand for takeaway and delivery by expanding the number of stores that could use delivery-agent services so that customers could enjoy freshly prepared products at home. It is also actively advancing the development and enhanced sales of new takeaway products, the introduction of smartphone-based advance payment systems for takeaway products and the introduction of automated ordering systems to improve store operational efficiency.」

「To meet customer needs, the Company actively expanded shared delivery services. It also developed takeaway champon using “film” to prevent the noodles from becoming soft.」

「The new boxed-meal container has a heat-retaining structure that maintains a temperature of 60°C and a crisp texture even 30 minutes after pickup, enabling customers to enjoy the same quality at home as in the restaurant.」

「To address the growing preference for prepared foods, the Company conducted joint research with Shibaura Institute of Technology to develop boxed-meal containers with superior heat retention and worked to improve customer satisfaction so that customers could enjoy warm tonkatsu at home.」

「The Company also developed boxed-meal containers that keep food warm for approximately 30 minutes after pickup, as well as assorted products featuring Hamakatsu’s signature tonkatsu together with fried shrimp, chicken and other items, and has developed and sold these products to meet customer needs.」

「The Company also developed boxed-meal containers that keep food warm for approximately 30 minutes after pickup, as well as assorted products featuring Hamakatsu’s signature tonkatsu together with fried shrimp, chicken and other items, and has developed and sold these products to meet customer needs.」

「In addition, the Company developed boxed-meal containers that keep food warm for approximately 30 minutes after pickup and has worked to meet customer needs.」

「In response to the growing preference for prepared foods in recent years, the Company developed takeaway containers that retain heat more effectively and has strengthened takeaway products such as boxed meals and hors d'oeuvre platters.」