May kept Asakuma’s directly managed restaurant base well ahead of last year. The company said all-store sales for May were 136.1% of the prior-year month, while same-store sales were 122.3%. That extends a four-month run in which both measures have stayed above last year’s level, suggesting the latest momentum is not coming only from a bigger store base.
| Month | All-store sales vs year-earlier month | Same-store sales vs year-earlier month | Directly managed stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 127.8% | 120.6% | 75 |
| March | 119.3% | 111.0% | 76 |
| April | 127.4% | 115.3% | 78 |
| May | 136.1% | 122.3% | 78 |
The store count stood at 78 in May, unchanged from April after rising from 75 in February and 76 in March. One store was temporarily closed. Through May, cumulative all-store sales were 127.5% of the comparable period a year earlier, and cumulative same-store sales were 117.1%.
There is a small but useful accounting footnote here. Asakuma separately issued a correction on June 8 to earlier monthly disclosures, revising store counts for February through April to 75, 76 and 78, each one store higher than previously disclosed. That does not alter the May sales ratios in the latest update, but it does matter when readers compare store growth with the gap between all-store and same-store performance.
Two caveats belong near the top, not buried at the bottom. First, the figures are preliminary and the company says they may be revised. Second, the disclosure covers only directly managed stores in the Asakuma group. So this is a timely pulse check on company-operated restaurant demand, not a full picture beyond that base.