Leases

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

13. Leases

The Company accounted for leases in accordance with ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) for all periods presented. The Company leases certain supermarkets and office facilities from third parties. Some of the Company’s leases include one or more options to renew, which are typically at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company evaluates the renewal options, and when it is reasonably certain of exercise, it will include the renewal period in its lease term. New lease modifications result in re-measurement of the right of use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities. Operating ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date, based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Since the implicit rate for the Company’s leases is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment and over a similar term.

The Company’s leases mainly consist of store rent and copier rent. The store lease detail information is listed below:

Store	Lease Term Due
Maison Monrovia *	August 31, 2055 (with extension)
Maison San Gabriel	November 30, 2030
Maison El Monte	July 14, 2028
Maison Monterey Park	May 1, 2028

* On April 1, 2023, the Company renewed lease of Maison Monrovia for additional five years with new monthly based rent of $40,000 for first year and 3% increase for each of the next four years. On July 6, 2023, the Company and the lessor entered an amendment to lease and the lessor will provide monthly basic rent abatement of $5,000 from August 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024, $2,500 from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, and $1,000 from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026. As a result of increased monthly base rent, the Company remeasured the lease and found the ROU and lease liability of this lease increased by $3.62 million for each.

As of April 30, 2023, the average remaining term of the supermarkets’ store lease is 10.07 years.

In June and November 2022, the Company entered three leases for three copiers with terms of 63 months for each. As of April 30, 2023, the average remaining term of the copier lease is 4.54 years.

The copier lease detail information is listed below:

Store	Lease Term Due
Maison Monrovia	January 1, 2028
Maison San Gabriel	January 1, 2028
Maison Monterey Park	August 1, 2027

The Company’s total lease expenses under ASC 842 are $2.72 million and $1.80 million for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company’s ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized using an effective interest rate of range 4.5% to 6.25%, which was determined using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate.

The Company’s operating ROU assets and lease liabilities were as follows:

	April 30, 2023		April 30, 2022
Operating ROU:
ROU assets – supermarket leases	$	22,517,925	$	15,895,258
ROU assets – copier leases		27,265		-
Total operating ROU assets	$	22,545,190	$	15,895,258

	April 30, 2023		April 30, 2022
Operating lease obligations:
Current operating lease liabilities	$	1,761,182	$	1,065,852
Non-current operating lease liabilities		22,711,760		16,552,469
Total lease liabilities	$	24,472,942	$	17,618,321

As of April 30, 2023, the five-year maturity of the Company’s operating lease liabilities is as follow:

Years Ending April 30,	Operating lease liabilities
2024	$	2,805,392
2025		2,850,248
2026		2,912,281
2027		2,968,699
2028		3,012,436
Thereafter		24,822,830
Total lease payments		39,371,886
Less: interest		(14,898,944	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	24,472,942