Local News

The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Data Bank released the results of its survey of the sales of the 50 leading companies in the food service industry in Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture for the fiscal year ended March 2009. Aggregate sales fell 0.8% from the year before to 401.4 billion yen. It was the first sales decline in the industry in three years. The company said it reflected a desire on the part of consumers to economize during the economic downturn.