Sukiya raises prices and introduces charge for ‘late night’ services

Zensho Holdings will introduce tariffs for services offered late night at their gyudon (meat rice bowl) restaurants Sukiya and also will increase prices of items on the menu starting on Wednesday (3) amid rising labor and raw material costs.

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The operator of the popular gyudon chain announced on March 29 that the 24-hour restaurants will charge a fee. additional 7% in the accounts of customers who come in between the 10pm and 5am.

Her too will increase prices about 30% of your dishes, ranging from ¥10 to ¥50. A regular gyudon will now cost ¥430, an increase of ¥30.

O new price system will be implemented from 9am on Wednesday, according to Zensho, which had been operating 1,952 Sukiya units nationwide since February.

A Yoshinoyaa chain in the same vein as Sukiya, increased the price of its regular gyudon in October 2023, rival operator Matsuya did so in March last year.

A Matsuya also announced on Friday that it plans to increase prices on some other items on the menu starting on Tuesday (2).

In addition to inflation, hand shortage of work has also been a headache for companies in Japan across a range of industries.

Fonte: Japan Times