Colowide (Gyu-Kaku, Kappa Sushi, Ootoya)

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From the company's own filing for Q1 (Apr–Jun 2026) · reported 2026-08-12 · the filing

JapanRevenue in Japan rose 20.8% to ¥70.1bn, about 82% of the total. The company says April and May were strong but typhoons, bad weather and the FIFA World Cup kept customers away in June: domestic existing-store sales rose 1.8% and 7.7%, then fell 2.5%.
JapanIn September 2026 existing-store sales across its Japanese formats rose 3.5%, with customer numbers up 0.1% and average spend up 3.3%, its monthly report shows; April–September was up 2.3%. The figures exclude overseas outlets and contract catering.
StoresColowide had 1,913 directly run outlets and 3,199 including franchises at end-June. Buying C-United on 1 April for ¥44.1bn added 565 cafés (Café Veloce, Coffee-kan, Café de Crié); it also opened 33 outlets, led by Gyu-Kaku Yakiniku Shokudo, Ootoya and Café Veloce, and closed 11.

Other callouts in the filing

SegmentKappa Create (Kappa Sushi) revenue fell 2.4% to ¥17.8bn and it swung to a ¥627m loss from a ¥435m profit; the company says weekday menus and bigger-portion offers cut its gross margin. Reins (Gyu-Kaku) grew 5.8% to ¥22.3bn and Ootoya 18.0% to ¥10.3bn.
BasisColowide also reports business profit (revenue minus cost of sales and SG&A), which fell 9.6% to ¥2.40bn, and gives guidance on that basis. Full-year guidance is unchanged: revenue ¥351.6bn (+17.2%), business profit ¥16.0bn (+28.0%), net income ¥2.67bn (+19.6%).

floortok's reading of the filing, in our own words. Figures are the company's own; where a growth rate is our arithmetic, it says so.

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Q1 (Apr–Jun 2026) · Year-to-Date

Reported 2026-08-12

Revenue¥85.0bn+26.4%

Operating profit (IFRS)¥2.6bn+11.2%

Net income¥0.8bn+78.0%

Colowide runs Gyu-Kaku, Kappa Sushi, Ootoya and Steak Miya, and since April 2026 the Café Veloce, Coffee-kan and Café de Crié coffee chains — 3,199 outlets including franchises. In April–June 2026 revenue rose 26.4% to ¥85.0bn, IFRS operating profit 11.2% to ¥2.59bn and net income 78.0% to ¥834m.