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Originally Posted by boogerz
Definitely. Convenience store food here has been too bad for too long.
Using the same model here also won't get nearly enough churn on the shelf. The Lawsons, Family Mart, and 7-11 conbini that I've been to in Japan and Ho Chi Minh City rarely had stale-dated ready-to-eat food sitting around because of the ridiculous amounts of foot traffic and density.
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When I'm in the UK, one of our favorite places to eat is Pret-a-Manger, a restaurant (really just kiosks) built around ready made boxed sandwiches. I suspect the sandwiches are similar to those in a Lawsons or 7-11 in Japan.
They've tried to bring Pret to Canada a few times now - and it just isn't the same. There's an A&W in the Toronto CBD (on Adelaide, by the Hockey Hall of Fame) that has a rack of Pret-a-Manger sandwiches but somehow it's just not the same. High costs are a big part of it (hell I'll just get the hot burger combo if you're charging the same price) but it doesn't have that same perception of freshness even if it is indeed fresh.