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The situation with Japan is likely a bit different given the extremely high population densities and the sheer number of convenience stores (and consequently, t
by hderms 6y ago
The situation with Japan is likely a bit different given the extremely high population densities and the sheer number of convenience stores (and consequently, the high turnover they likely experience). Additionally, they have consumers who are used to buying food like that at convenience stores which doesn't seem to be the case with Americans. The price points of fresh food in American convenience stores are much worse, leading to a self fulfilling prophesy where people are less likely to try convenience store food, making it hard to ever reach the economies of scale required to make the price reduction possible that would make it pervasive in American life
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- wolco 6y agoI have a local convience store that has fresh foods and some canned goods. It's the chain convience stores that don't carry anything.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoAbsolutely there are cultural issues at play, not just the 7/11 overlords trying to make us sick. Certainly snapping my fingers and forcing US convenience stores to sell cucumbers would just drive stores out of business. To me it's more a point about what could be possible once we wake up from our great nap. That we aren't damned to donuts in our convenience stores at the species level, just a cultural one, thus it can change for the better (hard to image it getting worse).