According to the Japan Food Service Association, last month's sales of major restaurant chains nationwide increased by 13.5% from the same month of the previous year, marking the fifth straight month of positive sales.
The main factors are that the number of customers visiting the store is on a recovery trend, mainly for lunch demand, due to the fact that there were no restrictions on actions such as priority measures such as prevention of spread, and that there were more opportunities to go out during spring holidays and long holidays.
On the other hand, compared to April 2019, before the spread of the new coronavirus, it decreased by 8.1% and has not yet recovered to the pre-corona level.