Yoshinoya Expands Chain in San Gabriel Valley with Covina Location

Yoshinoya, one of Japan’s largest restaurant chain companies and a global brand with over 1,400 locations throughout the world, announced today the opening of its newest restaurant on October 2nd. Located in Covina, California, the opening brings the total number of restaurants to ninety seven in the United States.

Covina, CA, October 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Yoshinoya, one of Japan’s largest restaurant chain companies and a global brand with over 1,400 locations throughout the world, announced today the opening of its newest restaurant on October 2nd. Located in Covina, California, the opening brings the total number of restaurants to ninety seven in the United States.

Yoshinoya’s signature Beef Bowl ® recipe, which was created over 100 years ago in Japan, can be enjoyed at the new Covina restaurant, located at 420 N. Azusa Ave, Covina, California. The new location offers a wide menu including their famous rice bowls, sesame wing, soups, salads, kids meals and desserts.

“We are excited to open our ninety seventh location in the San Gabriel Valley, with more to come,” said Vice President of Franchise Development and Sales, Scot Hobert. “We continue to receive strong demand from San Gabriel Valley residents for additional Yoshinoya restaurants and our fresh, affordable and wholesome Japanese style food. The San Gabriel Valley is a natural expansion area for us as franchisees are looking for open territories to grow the Yoshinoya brand.”

The new Yoshinoya location in Covina held an official grand opening celebration on Saturday, October 17th complete with free collectible tea cups, gift cards, cameras, mp3 players, a gaming system, music and their famous beef bowl eating contest that was open to rice bowl lovers with an appetite for competition.

About Yoshinoya
Fresh, wholesome Japanese style cuisine is the essence of the Yoshinoya menu. Dating back to the opening of the first restaurant in 1899 in Tokyo, Japan, Yoshinoya is among the oldest quick-service restaurant chains in operation. Through this century of experience Yoshinoya continues to grow aggressively while operating or franchising more than 1,400 restaurants in Japan, Mainland China, Shanghai, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia and the United States. The Yoshinoya menu is based on fresh ingredients served in a variety of rice bowls including their original recipe Beef Bowl ® that started it all in 1899. Yoshinoya has 90 plus restaurants in California, Arizona, Nevada and New York with plans for expansion through additional company restaurants and national franchising. United States operations are headquartered in Torrance, California. For more information, visit www.YoshinoyaAmerica.com . For franchise information, visit www.YoshinoyaFranchise.com .

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