How to get around Japanese grocery stores
Tokyo: For Japanese shoppers, the grocery store is as familiar as the movie theater.But even in the country’s capital, many locals have come to rely on convenience stores, such as Shoppers Drug Mart, to stock up on essentials.And some people have been buying groceries online, from grocery-delivery services like...
When Japan’s largest grocer sells its first-ever Korean grocery store
The world’s largest grocery chain is hoping its first Korean grocery, slated to open next month, will spark an explosion of interest in the region.J.C. Penney Group Inc., based in San Francisco, has teamed up with a Korean grocery chain to open a store in southern Japan that will...