Convenience store companies to strengthen franchise store support Business model conversion rushed February 8 4:04
Major convenience stores are faced with a shift in business models due to labor shortages and other reasons, and are providing support to member stores one after another, such as by providing subsidies to stores with low profits.
Lawson announces new support measures for franchisees on March 7 and will provide 40,000 yen per month for owners who operate only one store and have little profit for the next one year only from next month became.
The target is about 1200 stores out of more than 13,000 stores nationwide, and if you increase the number of stores operated within one year to more than one, the support money will be extended for another two years.
In order to increase the number of owners, the contract period, which had been 10 years in principle, has been revised, and a new 5-year contract can now be selected.
"We would like to build a sustainable business model by strengthening support for merchants," said Lawson President Takemasa Sadanobu.
With regard to support for franchisees, Seven-Eleven Japan will reduce the expenses paid to headquarters as consideration for the right of franchisees to use the brand from next month, and FamilyMart will cover the costs of food waste losses borne by the stores. From next month.
Regarding convenience stores, a panel of experts from the country has been compiling a report urging headquarters to take measures to reduce the burden on merchants on June 6, and companies are in a hurry to change their business models.