The companies said Friday that sushi restaurant chains Akindo Sushiro Co. and Genki Sushi Co. are in merger talks to speed up the expansion of their overseas business. Akindo Sushiro operates Japan’s largest conveyor belt sushi chain with around 470…
Poor trading by Dairy Farm International’s Southeast Asian grocery business hit the company’s bottom line last year, with underlying profit falling 13 per cent. But every other one of the company’s divisions traded strongly throughout the year, according to…
hinmei, which owns Japanese restaurant chain Genki Sushi, will buy a one-third stake in bigger rival Sushiro Global Holdings from European private equity firm Permira. Permira has agreed to sell its stake in Sushiro Global, which it bought from Japanese…
Hong Kong is home to the world’s first fully-automated sushi restaurant: Genki Sushi uses bullet trains to deliver fresh food to diners’ tables.. Genki Sushi pioneered the sushi train concept back in 1968, inventing the conveyor belt system to have dishes…
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