In 1988, Douglas Foo meet his now wife, Koh Yen Khoo whilst working as a baker in a Delifrance cafe.

However, it was also revealed that Sakae Sushi was experiencing a downturn in profit as it yet to have recuperate its investments, which takes 12-18 months to break even.

[4] Around May 1999, Sakae Sushi introduced its digital menu system, which was claimed by Foo to have been invented by a Singaporean company.

[8] Sakae Sushi's founder has said that he would one day like to expand operations into North Korea, because of the potential for effective monopoly power in the region.

Foo wanted to make his brand easy to remember by consumers, so he chose those two words as customers would go there to eat sushi and drink sake.

Moreover, Sakae also means growth in Japanese In Mandarin, the brand's name is rong shou si, which symbolises longevity.