Gyoza no Ohsho (餃子の王将, Gyōza no Ōshō, lit. King of Gyoza) is a Japanese restaurant chain serving gyōza and other food from Japanese Chinese cuisine. There are over 700 Ohsho restaurants in Japan. Ohsho restaurants may be either owned and operated by the parent company or franchises operated by independent owners. All will offer the standardized Ohsho Grand Menu, featuring helpful photographs of all the dishes, along with individually created set menus particular to that location. Stamp card campaigns allow patrons to collect stamps for every visit, with one stamp being given for every 500 yen spent. Completed stamp cards can be exchanged for Ohsho Member Cards, valid until the end of the year, which offer either a five percent or a seven percent discount on every bill. After placing their order customers receive a small clipboard with a printout of their order and the price; this will be updated if further foods or drinks are ordered, and thus it serves as a running tally that is usually laid face up in front of a customer until everything ordered has been delivered, then it will be flipped over to indicate to the waitstaff that a particular customer is not waiting for anything more to be delivered to the table. Upon finishing, it is customary for a customer to carry this clipboard to the cash register to settle the bill. After an unsuccessful venture in China, Ohsho established an overseas presence by opening a store in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2017.[1]

Ohsho Food Service Corp.
Native name
Ohsho Food Service
Formerly餃子の王将チェーン
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 9936
IndustryFoodservice
FoundedDecember 24, 1976; 47 years ago (1976-12-24) in Kyoto
HeadquartersYamashina-ku, ,
Area served
Japan
ProductsFood
BrandsGyoza no Ohsho
RevenueDecreaseUS$ 666.5 million (FY2015)
IncreaseUS$ 55.4 million (FY2015)
Total assetsDecreaseUS$ 548.8 million (2016)
Total equityIncreaseUS$ 388.8 million (2016)
Owner
Number of employees
2,000 (2016)
Websiteohsho.co.jp

Incident edit

The president, Takayuki Ohigashi [ja] (age 72) was shot to death [ja] in front of the headquarters in Kyoto on December 19, 2013.[2][3][4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "「餃子の王将」海外再挑戦は好調、台湾1号店の売り上げ想定の2.6倍". Sankei.com. 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  2. ^ "President of 'Gyoza no Ohsho' restaurant chain shot dead in Kyoto". Asahi Shimbun. December 19, 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Slain 'Gyoza no Ohsho' food chain president helped rebuild company with devotion". Mainichi Shimbun. December 19, 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ^ "'Gyoza' chain chief shot dead outside HQ". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Ohsho President Ohigashi Shot Dead Outside Headquarters". Bloomberg News. December 19, 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

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