Saizeriya Co., Ltd.

In its fiscal third-quarter results for the year ending August 2026, Saizeriya's domestic standalone operating profit came to 5.592 billion yen, 2.2 times the 2.534 billion yen of the same period a year earlier. Consolidated operating profit was 13.327 billion yen, up 25.6 percent year on year, while revenue rose 17.5 percent to 221.332 billion yen, both exceeding company forecasts. Growth was driven by customer traffic: domestic customer numbers rose 17.1 percent to about 173.76 million, while spending per customer edged up just 2.1 percent, from 844 yen to 862 yen. President Hideharu Matsutani said at a July 15 earnings briefing that the company would keep future price revisions in view while watching consumer price index trends, and the next day the stock hit the daily limit, rising 1,000 yen from the previous day to 6,780 yen. In April, the company cut its full-year consolidated operating profit forecast from 19 billion yen to 18.2 billion yen, citing higher rice prices, and the balance between the size of any price increase and customer traffic looks set to be the next focus.