Are Japanese more hypocritical with foreigners ? - OFFTOPIC about combini

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

"Seven-Eleven" of a convenience store was an American company.
Now it is a company of Japanese retail industry No. 1.
It is a company of annual sales 2,300,000,000,000 yen($223,000,000,000). ☝
Is there "Seven-Eleven" in U.S.A. now?

 

[Sally_Hawn]

Hee hee... nothing to do with hypocritical folks...

Yes, but not that many. From my knowledge, there are a Seven-Eleven in Flushing, Queesns, NY and another one on Danforth Ave, Toronto, Canada.

I've heard Circle K went bankruptcy long time ago. Is there still any Circle K?

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

ﾂ「Circleﾂ Kﾂ Sunkusﾂ」
There is a Japanese company.
A Japanese subsidiary purchases an American parent company.
A convenience store spreads in Asia.

 

[mad pierrot]

7-11 still going strong in Chicago!

 

[ArmandV]

"Seven-Eleven" of a convenience store was an American company.
Now it is a company of Japanese retail industry No. 1.
It is a company of annual sales 2,300,000,000,000 yen($223,000,000,000). ☝
Is there "Seven-Eleven" in U.S.A. now?

They're all over the place in Los Angeles.

 

[Shooter452]

Yes, but not that many. From my knowledge, there are a Seven-Eleven in Flushing, Queesns, NY and another one on Danforth Ave, Toronto, Canada.

I've heard Circle K went bankruptcy long time ago. Is there still any Circle K?

Circle K's are alive and well down here in coastal North Carolina, Sally. In fact, every C-store that once was a Seven-Eleven when I came here in 1980 is now a Circle K.

I did not know that the parent company went bankrupt.

 

[Sally_Hawn]

Errr... are we allowed to talk about combini instead of hypocrites?

I am sure Circle K filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in 1988. I didn't follow what happened to it though. Some Hong Kong people said Circle K was sold to Japan (?????) But now it is owned by a Canadian company called Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. In French it means ﾂ"food for those who go to bed lateﾂ".

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

I am sure Circle K filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in 1988. I didn't follow what happened to it though. Some Hong Kong people said Circle K was sold to Japan (?????) But now it is owned by a Canadian company called Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. In French it means ﾂ"food for those who go to bed lateﾂ".

I may have written a wrong thing. :sorry:
Japanese "Circle Kﾂ Sunkus" and "Circle K " of Canada may be to be a different company?
http://www.circlek.co.jp/company/english/index.html
A Japanese company is a parent company Seven-Eleven?
http://www.sej.co.jp/english/index.html

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Circle K is huge here in Aichi Prefecture ! It's my favorite conbini! Circle K is OK !

I have a theory that Circle K is derived from OK. It just makes so much sense!

 

[Iron Chef]

Seicomart and Sunkus were big in Hokkaido when I was there. Nagoya was proliferated with Family Mart, Lawson, and 7-11 where I lived. And here in Fukuoka there are lots of Daily Yamazakis and 7-11s at least in my neighborhood (two 7-11s within a 5 minute walking distance). I do miss the jumbo-sized fountain drinks from back home though...

 

[Pachipro]

A couple of 7-11's are still alive here in Tennesssee and in Nevada. If I remember correctly 7-11 was bought by the department store chain, Ito Yokado (The store with the dove as their symbol), or their parent company back in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's. I can't remember which.

I do miss the jumbo-sized fountain drinks from back home though...

Jumbo? They are humongous now! I think the "Big Gulp", as it is called, is something like 64 ozs for $1.50! I'm not sure of the price though as I hardly drink soft drinks.

 

[Doc]

A couple of 7-11's are still alive here in Tennesssee and in Nevada. If I remember correctly 7-11 was bought by the department store chain, Ito Yokado (The store with the dove as their symbol), or their parent company back in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's. I can't remember which.

Jumbo? They are humongous now! I think the "Big Gulp", as it is called, is something like 64 ozs for $1.50! I'm not sure of the price though as I hardly drink soft drinks.

Oh 7-11's are still around, but they are mostly in cities anymore. Although I do remember seeing a couple of them in Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota in rural area towns. However, I have never seen one here in Retardvill USA a.k.a Missouri (although the Big Gulp cups that I see on the side of the highway sometimes begs to differ). As for the 64 oz thing I think that is the biggest size that they got now if I remember the television commericals for the "Froggy Green Moutain Dew" Big Gulp or whatever the hell it was called.

Doc