The new products are starting to roll into the convenience stores quickly again. It is surprising how many new products that are and how quickly they disappear...
Conbini Monday
There looks to be a new promotional theme at Lawsons. Rilakkuma was missing and the popular anime “One Piece” have taken over the store. You can...
It was a cold today in Tokyo today, and at night the rain turned to snow. I doubt it will settle and be there tomorrow, but it certainly made the evening...
Some interesting items this week with a few combinations of different ingredients. Senbei with plum, noodles with cream stew and egg dogs.
Are convenience stores in your part of the world always changing their items, or do they pretty much stock the same things all year round. One of the reasons I...
I almost forgot it was Monday this week, with the trip to Yokohama and it being Seijin no Hi, it just didn’t feel like a typical Monday. There were...
This weeks Conbini Monday saw me shopping for the first Conbini Box items that a number of people have ordered. Thanks for all those who put their order in. I...
Some of the convenience stores in my area are planning to close over the New Year period. They are no longer making bentos until after New Year and some stock...
A mixture of potato chips and drinks for this weeks conbini monday. The new flavored drinks seem to be never ending at the moment. I visited a number of...
If its sweets you are looking for, then this week won’t disappoint. Put your main meal away and dig into a few of these filler upper snacks. As always...
Last week we took a look at some bentos in the local convenience stores. This week is a mix of sweet and more sweet. Quite a few of the convenience stores are...
It is late today and I haven’t had chance to eat dinner. Time to run down to the conbini and pick up something to share with my microwave. You can...
This week, Monday is a holiday in Japan, so for all those who normally have their Conbini Monday on the first day back at work, you will have to wait until...
This week I was in search of some nuts at the convenience store. After having kidney stones in the past and recently being told I have them again, (apparently...
Yakult is well known for its Yakult milk drink which can be found in supermarkets overseas as well as Japan. Yakult has a number of subsidiaries that make...
Looks like Conbini Monday is about 6 months old, as we enter Week 26. This weeks goodies come from a mixture of Family Mart, where I spent my lost 1,000 yen, 7...
Lots of great action for this weeks combini monday. Plenty of new snacks coming into the stores as we push on towards the colder winter months. The stores...
With the convenience store wars heating up, its worth reviewing some numbers, and introducing the players behind the stores. Mitsubishi Shoji have a 32%...
I am still stuck in Australia at the moment, but expect to be back in Japan for next weeks Conbini Monday. The conbini’s on the Gold Coast seem strange...
Have started taking the ConbiniMonday pictures from my iPhone to add a bit more real life to them. Hope they are coming out clear enough. It is hard to rival...
