That is indeed a fancy building, but the product selection is poor. Notice how all the shown food is prepacked low shelf life snacks.
Japan's domestics convivence stores strength is in their supply chains. They will keep a single shop stocked with over a thousand products, many with short self lifes and low in-store stock. Thus the stores survive on daily restock. The bento and sandwich collection will stocked once a day in most locations, multiple times for busy downtown locations.
All of the short shelf life products are store label products made by child-companies of the owning mega-corp.
7-11 is owned by 7 & i holdings, which also owns Ito Yokado. FamliyMart is owned by Itochu (hence their prime chicken, as itochu owns the chiken farms). Lawson is owned by Mitsubishi Co.
A fun example to drive home the vertical integration: FamilyMart's uniforms are made by another company owned by Itochu. The kombini are in effect the tip of the icebergs of various mega-corps.
I live in Hsinchu, about 20 minutes from this 7-11. This is probably the only nice looking one in the city and not an average. 99.9% of 7-11s in Taiwan are consistently as ugly as 7-11s in North America. When I visited Tokyo, the convenience store experience is shockingly good. In Taiwan, I actually much prefer Hi-Life or Family Mart over 7-11. 7-11 in Taiwan is still better than the ones from back home but Japan has ruined convenience stores for me. I wish Lawson would come to Taiwan.
On a side note: paying for a bill or picking up a parcel at a convenience store is great.. until you are the one waiting in line behind someone doing both.
While I prefer Family Mart in Taiwan. I really don't find much difference between 7-11 in Japan vs Taiwan, both are great. But Singapore, oh man 7-11 in Singapore is terrible compared to Taiwan/Japan. Still better than anything in the west tho!
Danieru|4 years ago
Japan's domestics convivence stores strength is in their supply chains. They will keep a single shop stocked with over a thousand products, many with short self lifes and low in-store stock. Thus the stores survive on daily restock. The bento and sandwich collection will stocked once a day in most locations, multiple times for busy downtown locations.
All of the short shelf life products are store label products made by child-companies of the owning mega-corp.
7-11 is owned by 7 & i holdings, which also owns Ito Yokado. FamliyMart is owned by Itochu (hence their prime chicken, as itochu owns the chiken farms). Lawson is owned by Mitsubishi Co.
A fun example to drive home the vertical integration: FamilyMart's uniforms are made by another company owned by Itochu. The kombini are in effect the tip of the icebergs of various mega-corps.
biztos|4 years ago
kinghtown|4 years ago
On a side note: paying for a bill or picking up a parcel at a convenience store is great.. until you are the one waiting in line behind someone doing both.
philliphaydon|4 years ago
account42|4 years ago