Rising food and utility costs
First written in FY2023-Q2. 8 of 17 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2023-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.
Fb Care Service moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025, 3 years after the typical company in this theme (2022).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 6 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-11-13WorsenedResults
「In the caregiving sector, as Japan's super-aging society has progressed, issues such as employees leaving their jobs to provide care and young carers have become more pronounced, increasing the sector's social responsibility due to the need for caregiving services. In addition to the labor shortage, rising costs for construction materials, food ingredients and other items as a result of higher prices have become management challenges.」
人材不足に加え、建設資材・食材費等のコスト上昇を介護業界の経営課題として明示している。 - FY2027-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the caregiving sector, as Japan's super-aging society has progressed, issues such as employees leaving their jobs to provide care and young carers have become more pronounced, increasing the sector's social responsibility due to the need for caregiving services. In addition to the labor shortage, rising costs for construction materials, food ingredients and other items as a result of higher prices have become management challenges.」
In addition to higher food ingredient costs resulting from inflation, the company cited rising costs for construction materials and other items as a management challenge, broadening the range of factors driving cost increases. - 2026-08-10RestatedResults
「人材不足の他、食材費や人件費等のコスト上昇が経営課題となっております。」
食材費・人件費等のコスト上昇を引き続き経営課題として記載している。 - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, soaring prices and rising labor costs in recent years have put pressure on operations. Although the government established a subsidy program in the FY2025 supplementary budget to support wage increases for employees of care providers, the situation is such that the support must be regarded as insufficient.」
The company explicitly cites rising labor costs in addition to high prices and states that the government's wage-support measures are insufficient, strengthening its description of the pressure on operations. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「However, in addition to the longstanding challenge of securing personnel, rising food and labor costs are putting pressure on management, making it a management challenge to achieve sustainable operations while maintaining the quality of care services.」
In addition to the previously cited increases in food and other costs, rising labor costs are explicitly identified as a factor putting pressure on operations, broadening the impact of cost increases. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, rising labor costs and soaring prices in recent years have damaged care providers, while the increase in long-term care fees under the April 2024 revision was insufficient. Reports have also indicated that care-provider bankruptcies are increasing, leaving providers facing difficult operating conditions.」
In addition to high prices for food and other items, the company cites rising labor costs and insufficient increases in long-term care fees, expanding its description of the difficult operating environment for care providers. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Demand for care services has increased year after year and the sector's social responsibilities have grown heavier, but the 2024 revision of long-term care fees, conducted once every 3 years, did not go far enough to improve the operating environment for providers struggling with labor shortages and rising prices, including food costs.」
The company continues to describe the situation in which rising prices, including food costs, are putting pressure on the operating environment for care providers. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「From a profit perspective, food costs generally remain elevated」
The company states that persistently high food costs remain a challenge for profitability. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「From a profit perspective, food and utility costs generally remain elevated」
The company states that persistently high food and utility costs remain an operational issue. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Food and utility costs generally remain elevated」
The company states that persistently high food and utility costs remain an operational issue. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Surging food and utility costs have become an operational issue.」
The company states that surging food and utility costs remain an operational issue. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥544 million, down 16.2% year on year, due to higher costs resulting from increases in food and utility expenses.」
The increases in food and utility costs have materialized in the results as a 16.2% decline in operating profit through higher costs. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「The increases in food and utility costs have substantially exceeded the level anticipated at the beginning of the fiscal year」
The increase in food and utility costs has deteriorated from being within the previously anticipated range to substantially exceeding the level anticipated at the beginning of the fiscal year. - FY2023-Q2First statedAnnual report
「The increases in food and utility costs have remained within the range anticipated at the beginning of the fiscal year,」
The company explains that food and utility costs have in fact risen, but remain within the range initially anticipated.