Monthly Business Performance

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

FY2026 vs FY2025

(%YoY)		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Total
All	Sales	112.0%	107.4%	103.9%	108.4%	114.9%	105.2%	108.5%	108.6%
Same Store	Sales	110.3%	105.7%	102.3%	107.3%	111.4%	101.9%	105.8%	106.4%
	Traffic	105.6%	100.2%	97.4%	101.4%	106.0%	98.8%	100.7%	101.4%
	ATP	104.4%	105.5%	105.1%	105.8%	105.1%	103.1%	105.0%	104.9%
Store Development	New Store Openings	3	2	0	5	6	5	6	27
	Remodels	13	13	24	22	18	23	22	135
	Brand Conversions	2	7	5	3	4	5	5	31
# of Stores	Gusto	1,230	1,229	1,224	1,224	1,220	1,211	1,206	1,206
	Bamiyan	370	370	370	371	371	370	370	370
	Syabu-Yo	325	328	327	328	331	331	332	332
	Yumean	174	173	171	171	171	171	170	170
	Jonathan's	157	157	157	157	157	156	154	154
	Sukesan Udon	95	98	101	104	106	110	114	114
	Shinpachi Shokudo Group	-	-	-	-	109	111	114	114
	Overseas brands	115	116	115	116	118	121	122	122
	Other brands	632	631	625	624	623	622	622	622
	Total	3,098	3,102	3,090	3,095	3,206	3,203	3,204	3,204
	Conversion preparations (not included in the above total)	12	7	9	9	9	11	14	14

Highlights

Topics

Promotional Menu

Eel offerings for the Midsummer Day of the Ox and seasonal summer menus performed well across multiple brands, contributing to an increase in ATP.

Gusto : Addressed diverse dining needs by offering hearty “Gusto Shokudo” set meals with free large rice portions and four refreshing “Chilled Noodle” options.
Bamiyan：The "Summer Cold Noodle Fair" timed with the hot summer season saw robust demand, with the five cold noodle items achieving strong sales results.
Yumean：Introduced the "Setouchi Fair," featuring summer menu items made with carefully selected Setouchi ingredients, including raw shirasu and hamo, which achieved steady sales.
Sukesan Udon：Introduced the "Chilled Tantan Udon Fair" to capture early-summer seasonal demand, contributing to growth in ATP.

Promotion

Implementing a storewide "New App Member Registration Campaign" offering bonus points and up to 100,000 pt prizes to strongly drive new member acquisition.

Gusto : Began the film collaboration with "Minions & Monsters," offering fun limited menus, original gifts, and immersive in-store visual displays to welcome family groups during the school holidays.
Bamiyan：Leveraged owned social media posts and "Train Channel" video ads on three major transit lines to successfully boost sales of "Chilled Mala Tang" at nearby line-side locations.
Jonathan's：Rolled out the "Summer Vacation Start Campaign." Half-price kids’ menu items and an expanded selection of shareable dishes proved successful, with coupon redemptions reaching approximately three times the previous year’s level.

IT / Digital

Added "QR Code Payment" options to the delivery site and refreshed the take-out website to provide a more intuitive and seamless digital ordering experience.

Store expansion

6 new locations : 4 Shinpachi Shokudo , 1 Syabu-Yo, 1 Café Grazie(Overseas brands)
5 brand conversions : 4 Sukesan Udon, 1 Tenshin Tenshin

ESG

Achieved the highest score of 5.0 in the ESG Ratings by FTSE Russell, the highest rating among all companies worldwide (only three companies in Japan).

Note

All-store figures represent consolidated domestic totals and exclude overseas store sales.
Same-store: stores with 13 months or more of operating history, including brand-converted stores and Sukesan Udon.
Customer traffic includes delivery and take-out customer count calculated based on the definitions below.
Customer traffic from delivery = Delivery sales / ATP for Eat-in; Customer traffic from take-out = Take-out sales / ATP for Eat-in
ATP includes dine-in only; excludes delivery and takeout.

Skylark Group Monthly IR Report

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