TOKYO —

Restaurant chain Yoshinoya Holdings Co on Tuesday projected strong earnings growth for the business year to next February due partly to the recent revival of around-the-clock sales of its “gyudon” beef-on-rice dishes.

The top gyudon restaurant chain expects its net profit to jump 13.4-fold from the previous year to 2.5 billion yen and operating profit to rise 14.1% to 7.1 billion yen, on sales of 174.5 billion yen, up 12%.

The company plans to open 80 new outlets of its flagship Yoshinoya gyudon chain and 50 new “Hanamaru Udon” noodle restaurants, a chain that it acquired in 2006.

The new store openings are expected to contribute to bumper earnings, Yoshinoya said.

JCN

6 Comments

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  rjd_jr at 08:18 AM JST - 16th April

  I never understood the appeal of this place. I've eaten some in southern California, and the meat they use is very gristly and fatty. Not high quality at all.

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  rtrhead1 at 08:48 AM JST - 16th April

  The ones in so cal and Japan use very different quality of meats. Although, the ones in Japan do use a lower quality of beef than say, Ishigaki beef, it is still much better than California's Yoshinoya's.

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  westurn at 02:03 PM JST - 16th April

  I ate in one just the other day in Shinjuku. The reason ? I wanted to eat at Sukiya, but they closed the upstairs seating area and forced customers to line up 4-5 deep !!! After a bit of a shout out to the manager about taking customers for granted, I walked across the street and took my business to Yoshinoya. They gladly seated, fed, and took my money ! I'll not be back to Sukiya in Shinjuku anytime soon... poor service !

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  BigDudeGSO at 12:52 AM JST - 17th April

  just the other day in Shinjuku. The reason ? I wanted to eat at Sukiya, but they closed the upstairs seating area and forced customers to line up 4-5 deep !!! After a bit of a shout out to the manager about taking customers for granted, I walked across the street and took my business to Yoshinoya. They gladly seated, fed, and took my money ! I'll not be back to Sukiya in Shinjuku anytime soon... poor service !

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  BigDudeGSO at 12:52 AM JST - 17th April

  The ones in so cal and Japan use very different quality of meats. Although, the ones in Japan do use a lower quality of beef than say, Ishigaki beef, it is still much better than California's Yoshinoya's

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  rtrhead1 at 10:19 AM JST - 17th April

  Uh, okay BigDudeGSO, so you copied and pasted my post. Was there a point you were trying to make?

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