Alternative Seafood rice bowl from Family mart convenience stores. FamilyMart released a new product, “Daitai (Alternative) Seafood Bowl,” as part of its private brand “Famimaru KITCHEN” on February 6, 2024. This product is available at some...
Alternative meat ; mushrooms from YUKIGUNI MAITAKE Co.,Ltd. YUKIGUNI MAITAKE has successfully developed alternative meat using mushrooms such as Maitake, introducing a new competitor to the alternative meat market. Mushroom-based alternative meat is touted to be lower...
AEON TO BUY second largest drugstores TSURUHA in Japan. Japanese retail giant Aeon has announced its intention to enter negotiations to acquire shares of drugstore major Tsuruha Holdings from a Hong Kong investment fund. If successful, this move could lead to Tsuruha...
Kirin Beverage announced that it will implement price adjustments on certain products, including large PET bottle items, starting from deliveries on May 1st. The announcement was made on January 18th. The price adjustment rate is 8-9%, marking the first such...
The giant convenience store, FamilyMart, will introduce charges for plastic spoons and straws provided in its stores. FamilyMart Takes a Green Step: Charging for Plastic Cutlery to Reduce Environmental Impact. First Major Retail Chain to Implement Charges for Plastic...
Corn Snack Production Surges to Fill the Void as Potato Snack Output Declines. According to the All Japan Confectionery Association, the production volume of snack confectionery (potato-based, corn-based, wheat-based, and rice-based) in 2022 was 282,883 tons, showing...
