Even as the effects of the new coronavirus continue, there is a movement to increase the number of stores opened near stations in the city center, etc. in the rotating sushi and hamburger chains, where sales are strong, to develop new customer bases and to capture demand for take-out. It has come out.
Kura Sushi, a major revolving sushi chain, plans to open six new stores in Shibuya and Shinjuku, Tokyo, by October next year.
Until now, we had opened stores along the trunk roads in the suburbs, but with the withdrawal of izakaya in the city center due to the influence of the new coronavirus, we increased the number of stores opened in the city center using vacant stores, and office workers etc. The aim is to develop the customer base of.
Vice President Nobu Tanaka says, "I would like to open more stores in places where I couldn't open stores due to high rent and distribution costs."
According to the Japan Food Service Association, sales in the food service industry in October decreased by 5.7% compared to the same month last year, but sales of fast food such as rotating sushi and hamburger chains increased by 1.8%. It is relatively strong.
In the restaurant industry, Sushiro, who is a rotating sushi, is planning to open a small store specializing in take-out on the premises of the station, and Mos Burger and Denny's, a family restaurant, also have a store specializing in take-out in Shinjuku, Tokyo. There is a movement to strengthen store openings in.