ENVALITH
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TEN ALLIED CO.,LTD.

8207・Standard Market・Retail Trade

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TEN ALLIED CO.,LTD.8207

Business

TEN ALLIED CO.,LTD. is a food service company founded in 1969 and listed on the TSE Standard Market, operating a total of 102 stores (including 1 franchise store) across 7 formats: "Shunsen Sakaba Tengu," "Washoku Restaurant Tengu," "Tengu Sakaba," "Kandaya," "Tengu Dai Hall," "Meat Kitchen log50," and "Minatoya Isokichi Shokudo." Its main customers are general consumers and business professionals, primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and it captures a broad customer base through both izakaya (Japanese-style pubs) and Japanese-style family restaurants. Its consolidated subsidiary, TEN WORLD TRADING (Import & Sale of Alcoholic Beverages and Foodstuffs), handles the import and sale of alcoholic beverages and foodstuffs, and the group as a whole also operates complementary businesses within the food service industry.

Business Model

Revenue is primarily driven by in-store dining income, consisting of ¥7,648 million in food sales and ¥4,444 million in beverage sales. Central Kitchen In-House Manufactured Products are produced internally at the central kitchen in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, enabling cost control and stable quality. The structure aims to secure customer traffic while reducing fixed costs through downsizing and format conversion of existing large-format stores (dual-use formats) and the opening of new small-format stores. The company is also promoting operational efficiency at stores through DX investments such as table ordering systems and delivery robots.

Company Strengths

Since its founding in 1969, the company has developed 7 business formats ranging from izakaya to Japanese-style family restaurants, operating 102 stores as of the end of March 2026. Through years of experience opening and closing stores, it has accumulated location-selection expertise centered on the greater Tokyo metropolitan area and the ability to respond to diverse customer segments.

At its central kitchen in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, the company internally produces soba noodles, various desserts, dried fish products, and other items. Production output for FY2026 (ending March 2026) totaled ¥1,159,302 thousand (on a manufacturing cost basis), up 109.4% year on year. In-house manufacturing enables integrated management of procurement costs as well as quality and hygiene control.

The company has developed and rolled out a "double-cropping format" approach, converting existing large-format stores into smaller stores operating under multiple brands. In FY2026 (ending March 2026), it carried out format-conversion renewals at 4 stores. It continues to pursue a restructuring of its store portfolio that simultaneously seeks to reduce fixed costs and increase customer traffic.

ENVALITH's Perspective

The company had achieved operating profit for two consecutive fiscal years through FY2025 (ending March 2025), but fell into an operating loss of ¥120 million in FY2026 (ending March 2026). Net sales increased 1.7% year on year to ¥12,093 million, securing revenue growth, but increases in personnel expenses (¥4,765 million, up ¥196 million year on year) and cost of sales (¥3,607 million, up ¥228 million year on year) led to a decline in gross profit (¥8,485 million, down ¥22 million year on year) and an increase in SG&A expenses (¥8,606 million, up ¥330 million year on year). External factors—yen depreciation, surging energy prices, and rising personnel costs due to labor shortages—directly hit the company, and the risk that even a slight cost increase could push profitability below the break-even point has materialized in the low-margin food service business model.

Net loss came to ¥462 million, a significant deterioration from net income of ¥145 million in the previous fiscal year. The main cause was total extraordinary losses of ¥294 million, of which impairment loss of ¥186 million and lease cancellation loss of ¥86 million accounted for the majority. A change in the estimate of asset retirement obligations (an increase of ¥49 million) also pushed up the loss. While these items are one-time in nature, the risk that structural reform costs associated with store closures and business format conversions could recur on an ongoing basis cannot be ruled out. Cash and cash equivalents stood at ¥2,567 million at fiscal year-end, securing a certain level of liquidity, but this represents a decrease of ¥735 million from the previous fiscal year-end, warranting close attention to cash flow trends.

The company forecasts a recovery in FY2027 (ending March 2027), with net sales of ¥12,903 million (up 6.7% year on year), operating profit of ¥109 million, and net income of ¥48 million. However, the rise in personnel expenses and raw material costs that caused the loss in FY2026 (ending March 2026) is structural in nature, and external factors such as worsening international conditions, exchange rate fluctuations, and rising energy prices are expected to continue. The interest coverage ratio has sharply declined from 7.0x in FY2025 (ending March 2025) to 1.4x in FY2026 (ending March 2026), and the shrinking financial cushion is also a cause for concern. The effectiveness of business format conversion and operational efficiency measures will be key to achieving the forecast.

Growth Strategy

Strengthening store-level profitability through business format conversion, dual-format ('nimosaku') development, and operational efficiency improvements

Continued implementation of conversion to business formats that respond to diversifying consumer needs. The company aims to improve customer traffic and average spending per customer by shifting existing stores to high-demand formats such as Tengu Dai Hall (40 stores). As of the end of FY2026 (ending March 2026), the company maintained a structure of 102 stores across 7 business formats.

The company is developing and expanding dual-format ('nimosaku') operations, in which different business formats are run at the same store during daytime and nighttime hours, aiming to improve profitability through efficient use of fixed costs (rent and equipment). This initiative is being continuously promoted as a measure to expand sales opportunities while restraining new store opening costs.

Amid an environment of chronic labor shortages, the company is promoting operational efficiency to achieve both maintenance of service quality and containment of labor costs. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), the company forecasts a recovery to net sales of ¥12,903 million and operating profit of ¥109 million, with the effectiveness of efficiency measures being key to achieving this target.

The company aims to enhance customer satisfaction and increase repeat customer traffic through thorough procurement of high-quality ingredients, low-price offerings, staff training, and hygiene management. It also continues cost management through in-house product development utilizing its Central Kitchen and expansion of private brand offerings.

Last updated: July 19, 2026