X Kitchen Adds Torisho Karaage Brand to Ghost Restaurant Franchise
X Kitchen is betting that a government plan to cut the food consumption tax rate to 1% for two years from April 2027 will push more delivery demand through its zero-fixed-cost franchise model, and Torisho is the next brand it wants in place before that starts.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
X Kitchen will start delivery sales of the karaage brand Torisho at member locations on October 9, 2026, under a license agreement with operator NIS. The company plans to reach 20 stores within the year and 100 stores after that. Torisho has about 120 stores and took gold awards at the Karaage Grand Prix.
Torisho is the third well-known brand X Kitchen has folded into its member store lineup, after Go Go Curry and Densetsu no Sutadon-ya. Member locations add delivery sales on top of existing operations using their current stores, staff, and equipment, with only initial costs and no fixed costs, which is why the company frames brand licenses as a way to raise customer-drawing power at those locations.
The tax plan is the timing hook. Delivery and takeout orders fall under the proposed 1% rate, so X Kitchen says it will build partnerships with brands that carry solid name recognition before April 2027 and give member stores a way to capture the delivery demand it expects to follow.
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