Stop height. The subsidiary Waku Waku Hiroba (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture) has announced that it has signed a franchise agreement with Kobe Bussan ＜3038＞. We will challenge a new hybrid store integrated with Kobe Bussan's business supermarket. Also, cumulative operating profit for the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year ending 24/9 (23/10/24 to 3/24) landed at 502 million yen, down 7.8% from the same period last year. Operating revenue increased 10.5% to 38.90 billion yen, but increases in labor costs and depreciation expenses resonated. The full-year operating profit forecast remained unchanged at 1.0 billion yen, up 0.8% from the previous fiscal year.