ICHIBANYA CO.,LTD.【JP:7630】Stock Price

Ichibanya operates restaurants both domestically and internationally, centered on "Curry House CoCo Ichibanya," a curry specialty chain. In Japan, the company operates both company-owned stores and franchised locations. For franchise partners, Ichibanya provides store management guidance and sells food ingredients, consumables, and store equipment. The company also licenses its trademarks to food manufacturers and other businesses.

International expansion is conducted through consolidated subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and local entities, generating revenue from product sales and royalties. Ichibanya is a subsidiary of House Foods Group Inc., which owns 51.0% of Ichibanya's shares.

Ichibanya operates as a single business segment focused on curry operations. Company-owned store sales account for approximately 31% of total sales, while franchise-related sales represent approximately 61%. The company also operates new restaurant formats, with company-owned store sales increasing.

Domestic store count includes CoCo Ichibanya with 1,203 locations, Pasta de Coco with 27, Daikokuya with 8, Menya Takeei with 11, Maedaya with 5, and others with 10, for a total of 1,264 stores. The company operates both company-owned and franchised locations across these brands.

Ichibanya has established its long-term vision "Ichibanya Long-Term Vision 2030" and aims to become a food entertainment company under the theme of "Creating the Future with Excitement." Under this vision, the company targets 2,100 store locations and consolidated operating profit of 10 billion yen by 2030.

In its medium-term management plan (fiscal year ending February 2025 through fiscal year ending February 2027), Ichibanya aims for sales of 74 billion yen and operating profit of 7 billion yen, pursuing store expansion and improved profitability both domestically and internationally. In particular, the domestic CoCo Ichibanya business is positioned as the growth engine, with initiatives to increase both per-store sales and the number of locations.

For international expansion, the company will leverage its franchise system centered on Asia and North America to expand its global store network. In its domestic subsidiary business, Ichibanya will pursue new business formats through M&A, welcoming thriving regional restaurants into the group.

Ichibanya has established year-over-year existing store customer traffic growth of +1% as its most critical management metric. By strengthening customer support in local communities, the company aims for sustained growth. Through this approach, Ichibanya will focus on "further enhancing QSC"—the fundamentals of restaurant operations—to improve customer satisfaction.