FamilyMart unveils mobile convenience store

Good customer service, and so "combenient".

I hate convenience stores, everything tastes artificial or like plastic which is the same. The only thing you can but there is drinks and ice cream.

Why sell overpriced "food" if you wanna call it like that to the poor people up north, I'd rather eat nothing than what they offer.

meant to say "can buy"

As much as this may seem like a community service, it is just someone cashing in on the the disadvantaged. The J-Gov should have set this up months ago and should be heavily subsidized by them. You can bet your barbells the prices will be inflated as well.

Another press release disguised as news, might as well put an add on the page. I know Mods this will be deleted and I will get a non reply email... Ever thought that FREE speech invokes FREE speech !

Moderator: It's not a press release and it is news. A very poor contribution from you.

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Jan claud, id have to completely disagree with you! I love food and i eat out at restaurants daily. Most mornings i eat at conbinies and the odd snack here and there. Nothing wrong with their tasty sandwiches etc

everything tastes artificial or like plastic which is the same.

-long time since I lived in Japan but you used to be able to get a decent bento at most kombini... I doubt if you'd rather eat nothing if you were struggling up north. Some cynicism here- yes, the govt. could subsidize it, but if they're not going to, by all means let someone "cash in". If that was the UK, the chip vans would have been there months ago.

I've never been a big fan of conbinis, but they are a lifeline in destroyed communities. In one area of Ishinomaki I saw, the only shops for a huge distance are a Family Mart and a Seven Eleven. They give people with limited local transport, power and water a local, reliable supply of things they need, and no the prices were just the same as anywhere else. The only quibble - they ought also to donate chemical toilets and portable washbasins, and have one on every site where they are allowed to stop. That's a really important service conbinis need to offer in the worst hit places. If they'd finance that, they'd really have my respect. The queue at the seven eleven toilets was huge!!! And those washlets were a big hit! A lot of money don't have money, so conbinis can be costly for them, but people who are working use them a lot. In Ishinomaki, everyone in the area was dressed in overalls, I didn't see more than one suit in a whole week.

They should stay open from 7:00 to 11:00. They could call it Family Mart's 7-11Mobile Service.

Will they offer a sandwich that is only tuna salad or will they continue to make half tuna/half egg salad because it's cheaper?

Seriously, though, the obvious motivation for this is profit, so I don't agree with it. If they made these mobile shops and gave the crap away to people suffering, Family Mart would become great in my mind, but peddling their wares to people with nothing left and nothing to buy it with?

Smart idea to provide this service. It almost seems like every area in the developed world needs it.

@naruhodo,

Good for you if you wanna eat this, but if you haven't noticed yet, the food is full of fillers and some preservatives to keep it fresh for longer, not exactly bio-production. Also you never know where it's coming from, maybe just another way to get rid of contaminated crap-food. I agree the government should subsidize it and bring some real food, because eating at a convenience store can be good for some when in a rush but not everyday, I don't think that especially older people would use it to shop there - at all times.

They should bring food people can feel good about when eating it. The people up north have almost nothing, all they get is a rip off chain store, which has not proper healthy food. That's real disgrace to me, people have no choice, and the chain is quicker than the government.

Don't get me started on staff education! The can even tell you the way to some place which is 3 minutes around the corner. (In Okinawa)

Seriously, though, the obvious motivation for this is profit, so I don't agree with it. If they made these mobile shops and gave the crap away to people suffering, Family Mart would become great in my mind, but peddling their wares to people with nothing left and nothing to buy it with?

Yea, in a perfect world. But down here on earth, regular, clean, consistent service, (with added toilets and running water) is better than nothing. I agree that a lot people can't afford to shop there, and I hadn't been in one for months except to take out money, until I went up to Ishinomaki, but having something normal like a conbini just helps to bring ghost neighbourhoods back to life.

The can even tell you the way to some place which is 3 minutes around the corner. (In Okinawa)

Probably not a problem in Minamisanriku. You can see clear for three minutes walk in any direction from the only conbini, and anything still left standing is a landmark. A gutted landmark. Also, if they're giving employment to local people, that's got to be good.

its a very good idea. but why they keep using those baby-sized trucks? i am sure would be sold out the whole moving famima store very fast even they would use bigger trucks.