Conbini groceries revisited

Loyal readers may remember that at my first place in Fujisawa, I had a Lawson downstairs that could pass for a grocery store, and I found this was unusual. Turns out there was more going on: Lawson has a side chain, "Lawson Store 100", of stores that have a wider set of groceries. Different name, different color on the logo. I learned of this yesterday. And voila! That Lawson was indeed a Store 100. ( Read more... )

Tangentially, I bought beer tonight from a vending machine out on the street. No age check.