Intensifying competition for differentiation in mature and saturated markets
First written in FY2016. 19 of 21 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 30 of 91 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Amid expectations of intensifying competition with other companies」
The Company continued to indicate that its global business operates on the assumption that competition with other companies will intensify. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「In the food service industry, the market has entered a saturated and mature phase, and competition among companies to differentiate themselves has become increasingly intense as they respond to changing and diversifying customer needs.」
The Company continued to describe changing and diversifying customer needs and intensifying differentiation-based competition in saturated and mature markets. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although vaccinations were gradually progressing in the food service industry, a full-scale recovery had not been achieved due to the effects of prolonged requests to refrain from going out and shortened business hours associated with states of emergency and other measures.」
The Company continued to recognise that, despite the recovery factor of progress in vaccinations, the food service industry had not achieved a full-scale recovery due to requests to refrain from going out and shortened business hours. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although economic activity was expected to recover as vaccinations progressed, the food service industry had not achieved a full-scale recovery due to the effects of requests to refrain from going out and shortened business hours associated with states of emergency and other measures.」
The Company continued to recognise that, despite expectations of a recovery driven by vaccinations, the food service industry had not achieved a full-scale recovery due to requests to refrain from going out and shortened business hours. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry faced an unprecedentedly challenging operating environment, significantly affected by declining customer visits amid various requests to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as changes in consumer lifestyles.」
The Company continued to describe an unprecedentedly challenging food service environment, marked by declining customer visits and changes in lifestyles due to COVID-19. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry faced an unprecedentedly challenging operating environment, significantly affected by declining customer visits amid various requests to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as changes in consumer lifestyles.」
The Company continued to describe an unprecedentedly challenging food service environment, marked by declining customer visits and changes in lifestyles due to COVID-19. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The food service industry faced an unprecedentedly challenging operating environment, significantly affected by declining customer visits amid various requests to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as changes in consumer lifestyles.」
In addition to conventional preferences for saving, rising labour and raw material prices and intensifying competition, the Company described declining customer visits and changes in lifestyles caused by COVID-19 as creating an "unprecedentedly challenging operating environment." - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including deep-rooted consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats.」
The Company continued to describe a challenging competitive environment, including preferences for saving and low prices and intensifying competition across industries and business formats. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In the food service industry in which the Group operates, the market has entered a saturated and mature phase, and competition among companies to differentiate themselves has become increasingly intense as they respond to changing and diversifying customer needs.」
The Company continues to describe changing and diversifying customer needs and intensifying differentiation-based competition in saturated and mature markets. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including stronger consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries.」
The Company continues to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including stronger consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries.」
The Company continues to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including stronger consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries.」
The Company continues to describe the challenging food service environment, including preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In the food service industry in which the Group operates, the market has entered a saturated and mature phase, and competition among companies to differentiate themselves has become increasingly intense as they respond to changing and diversifying customer needs.」
The Company continues to describe changing and diversifying customer needs and intensifying differentiation-based competition in saturated and mature markets. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including stronger consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across industries.」
The Company continues to describe preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material prices, and intensifying competition across industries as factors contributing to a challenging operating environment. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The food service industry continues to face a challenging operating environment, including stronger consumer preferences for saving and low prices, higher labour costs due to labour shortages, rising raw material prices and intensifying competition across business formats.」
The Company continues to describe stronger preferences for saving and low prices, rising labour and raw material costs, and intensifying competition across business formats as factors contributing to a challenging operating environment. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In the food service industry, the market has entered a saturated and mature phase, and competition among companies to differentiate themselves has become increasingly intense as they respond to changing and diversifying customer needs.」
The Company describes intensifying competition driven by market saturation and maturity, as well as changing and diversifying customer needs, as a risk.