Aeon's financial results have not reached the level before the spread of infection even though it has been in the black for the first time in two years.

Aeon, a major distributor, secured a surplus in the final profit and loss for the first time in two years until February, but it did not recover to the level before the spread of the new corona infection that was initially expected. , Still, the influence remains.

Aeon announced on the 8th that the group's financial results for the year ending February were 8,715.9 billion yen, an increase of 1.3% from the previous year, a record high.

In addition, the final profit was 6.5 billion yen, which was a turnaround from the previous year when the deficit was more than 70 billion yen, and secured a surplus for the first time in two years.

This is due to the improvement in profits and losses of the mainstay general supermarkets, such as the increase in food sales due to the prolonged corona damage, the acceleration of the opening of drug stores with dispensing pharmacies, and the spread of cashless payments, and the use of credit cards. The main reason for this was a significant increase in profits in the financial business, such as an increase in profits.

However, due to the corona wreck, domestic and overseas commercial facilities were forced to shorten their business hours, and sales of specialty stores were sluggish. Therefore, the final surplus amount was 20 billion, which was the level before the spread of infection, which was initially expected. It did not reach 30 billion yen from the yen, and the impact still remains.

At an online press conference, Aeon President Akio Yoshida said, "It was a difficult year for us to refrain from going out because the infection did not converge. I want to enhance it. "