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Monthly Business Performance

Monthly Business Performance

* These are preliminary figures for the most recent month.
* Finalized figures will be disclosed in the next month's report.

FY2025 vs FY2024

(%YoY) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
All Sales 114.8% 116.1% 114.6% 115.0% 113.8% 109.5% 114.0% 115.7% 109.5% 108.7%  110.0%   113.0%
Same Store Sales 109.4% 110.6% 109.3% 109.2% 107.6% 103.9% 107.9% 109.3% 103.3% 106.9% 108.9%   107.8%
Traffic 101.5% 103.0% 102.1% 103.9% 103.3% 101.0% 104.0% 103.9%
97.2% 101.6% 103.1%   102.3%
ATP 107.8% 107.4% 107.0% 105.1% 104.2% 102.9% 103.7% 105.1%
106.3% 105.2% 105.6%   105.4%
Store Development New Store Openings 3 4 3 9 5 8 10 5 7 6 8   68
Remodels 11 8 21 21 19 20 21 14 24 25 26   210
Brand Conversions 1 0 1 7 2 5 3 2 3 3 4   31
# of Stores Gusto 1,247 1,246 1,241 1,242 1,242 1,240 1,239 1,235 1,234 1,234 1,235   1,235
Bamiyan 363 363 364 366 367 367 368 368 368 368 368   368
Syabu-Yo 300 300 301 304 305 308 312 314 315 316 320   320
Jonathan's 163 162 161 161 159 158 157 156 156 156 156   156
Yumean 171 172 171 175 174 174 174 174 174 174 174   174
Steak Gusto 82 82 81 81 80 79 77 77 73 72 71   71
Overseas 99 99 100 99 101 106 106 107 109 110 112   112
Other 658 659 652 654 642 647 651 651 654 658 659   659
Total 3,083 3,083 3,071 3,082 3,070 3,079 3,084 3,082 3,083 3,088 3,095   3,095

*Total number of stores excludes 8 stores that are temporarily closed for brand conversions

Highlights

Menu

Winter menus introduced by major brands have been well-received, driving increases in both the number of customers and the average check size.

  • Gusto : New menu items, such as the warm winter offerings "Pork Rib jjigae" , "Tanmen," and "Gusto Smash Burger," have exceeded their sales targets.
  • Syabu-Yo:The "Lamb Shabu Malatang Fair" achieved sales figures exceeding those of the previous year.
  • Bamiyan:New items introduced for the "Seafood Fair" (such as Fried Rice with thicken Snow Crab sauce in earthen pod and Abalone Malatang) received high praise from customers and exceeded sales targets.
  • Yumean:Introduction of items suitable for the winter season, such as Nabeyaki Udon (hot pot noodles), Motsunabe (offal hot pot), and a roasted sweet potato dessert.

Sales promotion

Gusto:Distributed half-price coupons for four types of kids' meals and four types of alcoholic beverages via the Skylark App. Promotion was also carried out through owned media and digital advertising.

Promotion

Gusto:Achieved an overwhelmingly high rating on the TV program "Job Tune," with 10 out of 11 items passed screening, including those from the preliminary round.

Store expansion

November cumulative: 68 new stores (an increase of 8 stores compared to last month), and 31 conversions of business formats (an increase of 4 stores).
Sukesan Udon : Opened 3 new stores (Osaka, Hiroshima, and Oita Prefectures).
Taiwan : Opened 2 new stores (Musashino Mori Coffee and Shabu-Yo).

IT/Digital

"Spot Crew," a single-day matching system for working during spare time, initiated external recruitment in Approximately 2,600 stores.

IT/Digital

Received the top 4-star rating among all restaurant companies in the "Nikkei SDGs Management Survey 2025" for the third consecutive year.

Note
Data is consolidated domestic sales at restaurant level and does not include overseas sales. Total sales and Customer traffic are calculated on a monthly sales basis.
Same store (vs LY) is defined as a store which has been open for 13 months or longer (includes stores which have undergone brand conversions). YoY ATP only includes ATP from Eat-In.
Customer traffic includes traffic from the delivery and take-out businesses calculated in the below manner.
Customer traffic from delivery = Delivery sales / ATP for Eat-in; Customer traffic from take-out = Take-out sales / ATP for Eat-in

Skylark Group Monthly IR Report

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