Monthly Operational Summary FY2008 (April 2008)

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Total sales for April 2008 were 120,801 million yen, up 2.7% year on year. Existing store sales increased 1.1% and average daily sales per store were 482,000 yen. The average amount spent per customer was 592 yen, up 0.6%, and the average number of customers per store per day was 807, up 0.4%.

The disparity between different areas in Japan has shrunken considerably due to an uptick in once-lackluster areas.

Sales in the rice dishes category registered a significant improvement, thanks to the success of product launches that dovetailed with customer needs. New products included a nutritionally balanced 550-yen boxed lunch with 30 different ingredients and an old favorite, a 498-yen boxed lunch featuring fried chicken.

The fast food category turned in sales almost on a par with the previous year, due in part to the addition of one nugget to Karaage-kun crispy Japanese-style fried chicken takeaways and the launch of a new Karaage-kun flavor, Yuzu Ponzu Sauce (Ichimi-Iri) (210 yen).

Sales in the prepared breads, dessert and bakery item categories continued to perform extremely well, boosted by the successful Spring Rilakkuma Fair campaign.

May will see the continuation of initiatives to strengthen mainly the ready-made meal category.

As of April 30, 2008, in addition to our nationwide network of regular LAWSON stores, we had 93 NATURAL LAWSON and 72 LAWSON STORE100 stores.

Monthly Data

For Print

Consolidated

Number of Stores

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB TOTAL
Opening 18 36 52 32 48 45 13 30 43 41 43 100 501
  Closure 29 29 18 23 23 19 19 19 22 36 11 35 283
Re-location 9 4 15 19 10 6 10 12 14 5 11 16 131
Subtotal 38 33 33 42 33 25 29 31 36 41 22 51 414
Total 8,567 8,570 8,589 8,579 8,594 8,614 8,598 8,597 8,604 8,604 8,625 8,674 8,674
Net Increase -20 3 19 -10 15 20 -16 -1 7 0 21 49 87

Sales

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total Sales
(¥millions)
123,147 120,801 128,099 129,959 147,516 145,796 134,251 136,575 127,287 136,606 124,773 114,613
All Stores yoy 102.8% 102.7% 107.0% 106.8% 114.7% 107.1% 110.0% 111.2% 110.2% 107.4% 108.3% 104.0%
Existing Store yoy 101.2% 101.1% 105.6% 105.1% 113.1% 105.6% 108.2% 109.4% 108.6% 106.0% 106.9% 105.9%
Ave.Daily Sales per store
(¥thousands)
476 482 493 517 567 558 531 524 506 525 480 487
Number of Customers (Number) 791 807 834 885 948 928 903 898 860 852 793 833
comparison
w/ previous yr
100.1% 100.4% 103.7% 103.6% 112.2% 103.9% 106.0% 107.9% 106.7% 107.1% 107.4% 107.4%
Spending per Customer (¥) 595 592 586 578 591 597 583 578 582 610 599 579
comparison
w/ previous yr
101.1% 100.6% 101.8% 101.4% 100.8% 101.6% 102.0% 101.4% 101.8% 98.9% 99.5% 98.5%

Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Hokkaido 494 492 492 491 494 495 496 496 496 497 497 498
Tohoku 768 771 770 768 771 772 772 800 802 805 806 807
Kanto 2,290 2,297 2,320 2,314 2,312 2,324 2,319 2,829 2,837 2,840 2,846 2,866
Koshinetsu 305 302 303 303 304 305 304 304 300 300 299 299
Hokuriku 266 267 268 268 270 270 269 268 270 273 274 276
Tokai 663 663 664 664 665 665 664 774 777 770 775 784
Kinki 1,836 1,832 1,829 1,825 1,831 1,832 1,826 2,006 2,009 2,016 2,024 2,037
Chugoku 528 529 527 527 526 527 526 526 526 526 528 531
Shikoku 422 421 421 421 423 424 423 423 420 419 419 417
Kyushu 995 996 995 998 998 1,000 999 1,001 1,005 1,001 1,003 1,012
Total 8,567 8,570 8,589 8,579 8,594 8,614 8,598 9,427 9,442 9,447 9,471 9,527
Shanghai 283 284 284 285 286 287 292 294 299 300 296 294

note1)total number of stores includes LAWSON, NATURAL LAWSON operated by the Company, and LAWSON STORE 100 operated by VALUE LAWSON, inc.

note2)since October, "Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture" includes stores operated by Ninety-nine Plus Inc.

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