6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September, 2019

Commission File Number 001-38641

Kabushiki Kaisha PEPPER FOOD SERVICE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

17^th floor, Olinas Tower, 4-1-3 Taihei

Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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The information and documents furnished in this report, as set forth below, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

Exhibit 99.1 English translation of Notice of Changes in Organization, Executive Officers, and Other Personnel

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	PEPPER FOOD SERVICE CO., LTD.
	By:	/s/ Kensaku Ichinose
	Name:	Kensaku Ichinose
	Title:	Representative Director, Vice President, General Manager of Management Division, CFO
Date: September 13, 2019

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

September 13, 2019

PRESS RELEASE

4-1-3 Taihei, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd.
Kunio Ichinose, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Code number: 3053) TSE 1st Section
Inquiries:	Ichiro Yasuda, General Manager of General Affairs Division
Telephone number:	+81 (0)3 3829 3210

Notice of Changes in Organization, Executive Officers, and Other Personnel

Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby announces the following changes in its organization, executive officers, and other personnel, as decided at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on September 13, 2019.

1. Organizational Changes (as of September 13, 2019)

The following organizational changes will be made in order to enhance the Company’s internal control system.

(i) We are establishing a new Marketing Department under the Corporate Planning Promotion Office to work on sales strategies and structural reforms in preparation for both internal and external changes in the environment, promoting a greater management structure.

(ii) We are abolishing the Ikinari! Steak East Japan Business Division and Ikinari! Steak West Japan Business Division under the Ikinari! Steak Business Division in the Sales Management Division, and changing the eight sales departments (Ikinari! Steak’s 1st Sales Management Department – 8th Sales Management Department) to be under the direct control of the Ikinari! Steak Business Division in the Sales Management Division.

2. Changes in Executive Officers (as of September 13, 2019)

Name	New Title(s)	Previous Title(s)
Yuta Tsukamoto	Senior Executive Officer Manager of Marketing Department, Corporate Planning Promotion Office	Senior Executive Officer General Manager of Ikinari! Steak Business Division, Sales Management Division General Manager of Ikinari! Steak East Japan Business Division
Daiju Yamaki	Senior Executive Officer General Manager of Ikinari! Steak Business Division, Sales Management Division Manager of 5th Sales Management Department, Ikinari! Steak Business Division	Senior Executive Officer General Manager of Ikinari! Steak West Japan Business Division, Sales Management Division Manager of 5th Sales Management Department, Ikinari! Steak Business Division

3. Changes in Other Personnel (as of September 13, 2019)

Name	New Title(s)	Previous Title(s)
Yuichi Oyagi	Manager of AFC Development Department, Global Business Division, Sales Management Division Manager of Global Sales Department	Manager of Corporate Planning Promotion Office

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