The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the United States by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/us-japan-style-seven-eleven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stephendacus #food #conveniencestores#seveneleven #seveniholdings #us
Seven & I Holdings said it will open 1,300 new international stores, mainly in the United States, in an update to its midterm plan after Circle-K operator Alimentation Couche-Tard dropped its takeover bid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/companies/seven-i-updates-midterm-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #conveniencestores#seveneleven #stocks
From using leftover food to generate electricity to selling rice balls and bread that were frozen, restaurants, manufacturers and retailers in Japan are taking new approaches to reducing food waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/japan-firms-food-waste-reduction-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #food #waste #retailers #restaurants #conveniencestores
Despite the end of Couche-Tard's bid, Seven & I Holdings remains a buyout target in the eyes of some investors, who say new suitors may emerge unless the operator of 7-Eleven turns around its business. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/seven-i-buyout-candidate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s decision to walk away from an attempted acquisition of Seven & I Holdings has set off a debate in Tokyo about what lessons foreign companies with mergers and acquisitions aims should draw. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/couche-tard-failed-bid-sparks-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its $45.8 billion bid to buy Seven & I Holdings, citing a refusal to engage meaningfully. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/couche-tard-abandons-seven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
In the March-May first quarter of the current business year, three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating revenues and profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/japan-convenience-store-earnings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #conveniencestores #seveniholdings #familymart #lawson
Lawson is planning to allow visitors to use some of its larger parking lots as vehicle campsites for a fee amid a rising number of inbound tourists in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/lawson-parking-lot-stay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #lawson #conveniencestores #hotels #tourism
Lawson and KDDI are beta testing a futuristic convenience store at Takanawa Gateway City. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/companies/tech-lawson-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #conveniencestores #mitsubishi #kddi #telecoms