Sales for this month
May 2026Fiscal year ending March 2027Sales, customer count and average spend per customer declined year on year, but sales were 110.7% of the level two years earlier. Going forward, the company will work to improve service time, waiting time and table turnover through further improvements in QSC and store operations.
Decline in delivery demand, Adverse comparison following a temporary customer-drawing effect from a nationally broadcast television program in the same month of the previous year
Further Improvement of QSC, Improvements to cooking processes, food preparation, kitchen layout and customer payment flow, Shorter food preparation and waiting times, Launch of the Popular Goku-Oh × Gyoza Fair, Various campaigns and new product launches
Scope of aggregation: Company-operated stores
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Month Covered | May 2026 |
| Fiscal Year Covered | Fiscal year ending March 2027 |
| Scope of aggregation | Company-operated stores |
| Net sales for the month | ¥9,147 million |
| Year-on-year change in monthly net sales | 96.9 |
| Total-store sales, year on year | 96.9 |
| Same-Store Sales, Year on Year | Rate 96.7 / Definition Stores excluding those within 15 months of opening and stores that underwent renovations in the same month of the previous or current year |
| Year-on-Year Change in Customer Count | All Stores 98.4 / Existing stores 98.4 |
| Year-on-Year Change in Average Spend per Customer | All Stores 98.5 / Existing stores 98.3 |
| Key KPIs | Indicator name Customer count / Value 7,182 thousand customers / Year on year 98.4 thousand customers, Indicator name Average spend per customer / Value ¥1,274 / Year on year ¥98.5 |
| Number of Stores at Period-End | Company-operated 549 / FC 176 / All Stores 725 |
| Number of stores opened during the month | Number of Cases 0 |
| Number of stores closed during the month | Number of Cases 0 |
| Monthly Commentary | Sales, customer count and average spend per customer declined year on year, but sales were 110.7% of the level two years earlier. Going forward, the company will work to improve service time, waiting time and table turnover through further improvements in QSC and store operations. |
| Factors Affecting the Change | Decline in delivery demand, Adverse comparison following a temporary customer-drawing effect from a nationally broadcast television program in the same month of the previous year |
| Measures from the following month onward | Further Improvement of QSC, Improvements to cooking processes, food preparation, kitchen layout and customer payment flow, Shorter food preparation and waiting times, Launch of the Popular Goku-Oh × Gyoza Fair, Various campaigns and new product launches |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The company explains that the decline was attributable to lower delivery demand due to changes in the external environment, compounded by the adverse comparison following a temporary customer-drawing effect from a nationally broadcast television program in the same month of the previous year.