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- SAN-A CO.,LTD. SAN-A CO.,LTD. (2659.T) operates a chain of supermarkets and retail stores primarily in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, offering a wide range of consumer products including fresh and processed foods, clothing, household goods, home appliances, cosmetics, souvenirs, and everyday sundries; it also provides restaurant services, convenience store operations through franchise and direct stores under the Lawson brand, and ancillary businesses such as general freight trucking, inspection and value-added services, and insurance agency activities. The company maintains 78 non-consolidated stores as of August 2025, comprising 21 general stores, 42 food stores, one clothing and household goods store, seven restaurants, two drugstores on mainland Okinawa, plus additional outlets on Miyako and Ishigaki Islands, alongside 263 Lawson franchise stores and one directly managed convenience store in the region. Founded in 1950 as the predecessor Orita Shoten and formally incorporated in 1970, SAN-A CO.,LTD. is headquartered at 7-2-10 Oyama, Ginowan, Okinawa 901-2733, Japan, with consolidated subsidiaries including Lawson Okinawa, Inc., SAN-A Urasoe West Coast Development Co., Ltd., and SAN-A PARCO, Inc., and employs 1,819 people as of February 28, 2025. In recent developments, the company signed a new franchise agreement with Soup Stock Tokyo Co., Ltd. in September 2025, opening Okinawa's first Soup Stock Tokyo restaurant at SAN-A Urasoe West Coast PARCO CITY; launched a Nintendo product sales area on June 5, 2025, at the same PARCO CITY location with lottery-based sales of Nintendo Switch 2 and plans for expansion; opened the SHOETELIER high-end footwear store on October 11, 2024; reconstructed and reopened SAN-A Ishigaki City on June 5, 2025; began sales of stockpiled rice under a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries contract in June 2025; announced the closure of Machinato City general store in October 2025 after 40 years to integrate with neighboring facilities; and plans the opening of San-A Mekaru store, a combined grocery and drugstore complex, in winter 2026, alongside ongoing special events and collaborations at SAN-A PARCO to boost tourist and local traffic. These initiatives support steady revenue growth, with net sales reaching 228.6 billion yen for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025, positioning SAN-A CO.,LTD. as Okinawa's top-ranked supermarket by sales.