Kakiyasu Honten's (TYO:2294) preliminary net sales for August fell 4.1% to 2.9 billion yen from 3.01 billion yen a year earlier, while sales at existing stores edged up 0.4% to 2.70 billion yen from 2.69 billion yen, according to a Wednesday filing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The restaurant operator's cumulative sales for the fiscal year through August decreased 2.9% to 11.3 billion yen, with existing-store sales up 0.5% to 10.3 billion yen, the company said.