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I guess is cultural, maybe people dont need microwave popcorn or a banana at midnight! Having grown up in a rather small city and moved to bigger cities later
by victornomad 9y ago
I guess is cultural, maybe people dont need microwave popcorn or a banana at midnight!
Having grown up in a rather small city and moved to bigger cities later on, I found it kind of funny how people go almost religously to the 7eleven to buy late night nuts and a can of coke (or something else). When I lived in Japan even sad... you have convenience stores everywhere, and people just go there because they get trapped in a habbit of buying a "melon bread" and a "vitamin drink" on the way back home daily fully replacing a real dinner
I think convenience stores create a need rather than solving something en many cases... they just sell junk food that make people addicted to come back again and again to get those flavors...
- jpatokal 9y agoThe food sold in Japanese convinience stores is head and shoulders above those of most countries though: you can get bento boxes, salads, onigiri rice balls, basic sushi, etc. Not exactly gourmet fare, and there's junk if you want that too, but way less than in the average US or European convenience store.