Izumi Group's New Urban Supermarket "Yours Hirose Kita Store" Opens

Yours Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that "Yours Hirose Kita Store" (hereinafter referred to as "the Store"), currently under construction in Hirose Kita-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, will open on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

About the Store

Yours Hirose Kita Store will be the 24th supermarket operated by our company in Hiroshima Prefecture. It is equipped with 72 parking spaces to ensure customers can shop comfortably and enables convenient short-time shopping.

About the Store's Concept

Yours Hirose Kita Store Manager: Daisuke Nakasone

This store will provide convenient and comfortable daily living with the keywords "Safety, Security, and Deliciousness." We will offer new food values to the local community through the development of Izumi Group's private brand "Yume Ichi," which focuses on safety, quality, and price, and by offering our own manufactured brand "zehi." Furthermore, aiming to be a "store connected to the community," we will collaborate with the local professional soccer club "Sanfrecce Hiroshima" as one of our initiatives. We are planning to install a Sanfrecce cheering board and various collaborative projects.

About the Store's Operations

This store is a supermarket modeled on efficient, small-staff operations in urban areas. We aim to build a model store that can be operated by a small number of employees, where each employee handles multiple tasks such as cashier and restocking. Additionally, it will operate 24 hours a day, offering "convenience" for shopping tailored to customers' diverse lifestyles and a "sense of security" of being open at all times.

Sustainable Initiatives

Store Using 100% Renewable Energy

This store will operate as a facility that covers 100% of its electricity consumption with renewable energy. We will introduce a PPA*1 model from Chudenko Corporation to self-consume solar power generation. For any electricity shortages from solar power, we will procure renewable energy from Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Our company aims to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2050 towards the realization of a decarbonized society.

*1 The PPA model is an abbreviation for "Power Purchase Agreement model." It is a business model where a PPA provider installs a solar power generation system on the premises or roof of an electricity consumer and sells the generated electricity to the consumer.

Introduction of "Shopping Baskets" Made from Recycled Materials

We will introduce in-store "shopping baskets" made from recycled plastic bottle caps as raw material. By using approximately 60 plastic bottle caps per shopping basket, we are working to reduce CO2 emissions.

Installation of PET Bottle and Aluminum Can Collection Machines

We will install PET bottle collection machines to implement "bottle-to-bottle" horizontal recycling, where used PET bottles are collected and reborn as new PET bottles. "Bottle-to-bottle" horizontal recycling is a recycling process where collected used PET bottles are reborn as new PET bottles with the cooperation of our customers. In addition to PET bottle collection machines, we will also install aluminum can collection machines. As a special benefit for Yume App members, by scanning their Yume App QR code at the PET bottle and aluminum can collection machines, they will accumulate a discount credit of 0.2 yen per item. Non-Yume App members can also use these machines.

Food Drive

We will implement a "Food Drive" to effectively utilize food by collecting unused food items that are dormant in households and donating them to food bank organizations.

(The Food Drive is scheduled to start approximately one month after the store's opening.)