Daiei was once prosperous with many stores, but later stopped franchising and the chain system collapsed (while there are many opionions on why this happened, those explanations will not be included here).
一時期はかなりの隆盛を誇り、多数の店舗を展開したが、その後、FC展開を止め、チェーン体制は崩壊した（この間の経緯に関しては諸説有るが、ここでは省略する）。