Elderly meal delivery service, western Tokyo, franchise model

What is for sale

This is a franchised meal delivery business operating in the Akishima, Akiruno and Fussa areas of western Tokyo, delivering lunch and dinner bento meals daily to elderly residents at home. It operates seven days a week except New Year, drawing steady referral-based demand from care managers and aged-care providers. The seller is selling due to a lack of a successor to take over the business.

This is an asset (business) transfer, so the buyer acquires the property, equipment, stock, franchise rights and know-how, but will need to set up their own entity and re-apply for any licences and contracts rather than inheriting the existing company.

What is included

• Real estate (property used in the business)
• Equipment
• Inventory/stock
• Franchise rights and goodwill
• Operational know-how
• Existing food business licence and food hygiene manager in place

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• High customer retention due to pricing and taste suited to daily use
• Demand is stable and not very sensitive to the economy or weather since food delivery is seen as essential
• Growing market as the local population ages and in-home care needs increase
• Franchise support includes protected territory, flat-rate royalty (not sales-linked), and head office know-how, allowing a small-scale start without major equipment investment

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• This is an asset/business transfer, not a share sale, so buyer must re-apply for licences and set up contracts in their own name
• No salaried employees are listed, so the buyer may need to handle cooking (warming/plating) and delivery themselves or hire staff
• Net assets are not disclosed in the public listing (members only)
• Financial figures are given only as ranges, not exact figures
• Real estate is listed as part of the business, but it is not stated whether it is owned or leased by the business versus the owner personally, so this should be confirmed

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). You start a bank relationship from zero.

What this listing says. The listing states there is no fee charged to the buyer by the intermediary (買い手からいただく手数料: なし), but it does not mention any debts, loans, personal guarantees or instalment payment terms, so beyond the no-buyer-fee point, nothing further is stated about debts, guarantees or payment terms.

Full rundown, with the catches: japandealflow.com/money