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Family Mart ups its convenience store food game with special burger from beef bowl chain Matsuya

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2026
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Limited-edition release is quickly attracting attention online.

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• (beef bowl • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hamburg • hamburger • hamburger steak • hamburgers • Japanese convenience stores • Matsuya)

Which convenience store onigiri rice balls are the most popular? Survey reveals surprising results

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

There’s one rice ball that everyone chooses at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Mini Stop and Family Mart in Japan.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • Mini Stop • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

Lawson convenience stores sell a mega katsu sando, and there’s a hack to get it cheap in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2026

This beast puts convenience store egg sandwiches to shame.

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• (big food • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • katsu sando • katsu sandwich • katsu sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • SNJO • taste test • tonkatsu sandwiches • weird)

7-Eleven Japan sells freshly baked pizzas…but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2026

A convenience store find waiting to be discovered by customers.

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas)

Family Mart releases huge range of cute sweets for Cat Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2026

Convenience store chain wants us to bite into paw pads and cat tails in this limited-edition 17-piece collection. 

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• (Cat Day • cats • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • Mofusand • sweets)

Convenience store onigiri rice balls become even more expensive…but are they worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2026

Join us as we explore the more expensive side of Japan’s rice ball spectrum. 

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

7-Eleven now sells rice burgers in Japan, blurring the line between fast and convenience store food

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2025

Are these two new varieties good enough to take on the fast food game?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • aged brown rice • brown rice • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • healthy food • healthy snack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Nekase Genmai • onigiri • rice • rice balls • rice burger • rice burgers)

7-Eleven Japan now sells…matcha burritos?!?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2025

Well, this is a convenience store find we never saw coming.

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• (7-Eleven • burrito • burritos • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • matcha • SNJO • viral • weird food)

7-Eleven Japan has a hack for creating insanely delicious potato chip rice meals

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2025

A new product so good it’ll likely go viral.  

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • cool • food • hack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • potato chips • rice • SNJO • trends • viral)

7-Eleven Japan’s aged brown rice onigiri reveals a different side to convenience store food

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2025

If you’re worried about additives in convenience store food, this rice ball set is for you.  

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • aged brown rice • brown rice • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • healthy food • healthy snack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Nekase Genmai • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

How much Japanese convenience store chicken can you eat before you feel ill?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2025

All-you-can-eat Famichiki campaign teaches us a very important lesson. 

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• (all-you-can-eat • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan’s latest spicy curry promises to take our voice away, but does it deliver?

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 31, 2025

The Midsummer Gourmet event is serving up some fiery new dishes for the summer.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store food • curry • food • Ginza Delhi • Kashmir Curry • Midsummer Gourmet • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • spicy curry • spicy food • taste test)

Lawson overloads some of its popular foods by doubling their amount for its 50th anniversary

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 20, 2025

Will our reporter be able to finish one of their dishes in a single sitting?

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• Japan
• (50th anniversary • big food • COK • convenience store • convenience store food • food • large portions • Lawson • meat sauce spaghetti • Morisugi Challenge • overload • overloaded • P.K. Sanjun • pasta • SNJO • spaghetti)

7-Eleven Japan releases new must-try sweets that are a hit with customers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2025

Convenience store chain has frozen surprises waiting for you this summer.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • crepes • food • ice cream • imagawayaki • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

How to have a 1,000-yen senbero at 7-Eleven Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2025

Can you still get tipsy on a budget using just convenience store goods?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • senbero • SNJO • taste test)

Lawson changes its iconic egg sandwich, makes it bigger but smaller at the same time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2025

Japanese convenience store icon gets a whole new look.

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• (Anthony Bourdain • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience stores • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • news • snacks • SNJO • sweets)

Family Mart serves up Japanese nostalgia with new frozen choco banana that’s a sell-out hit

• Oona McGee
  Apr 27, 2025

There’s more to this iced treat than first meets the eye.

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• Japan
• (banana • bananas • choco banana • chocolate banana • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • festivals • food • food review • fruit • japanese banana • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • nostalgia • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven adds U.S.A. orange chicken to its range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Can this convenience store chain give Panda Express a run for its money?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • orange chicken • SNJO • taste test)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Lawson?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2025

11 cheap meals you can make at this famous Japanese convenience store chain.

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• Japan
• (1000 yen • cheap food • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Family Mart releases new “raw” bread collection that bucks tradition, messes with your mind

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2025

Shironama breads shake up the Japanese convenience store food scene.

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• (bread • breads • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • croissant • Family mart • food • Japanese bread • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • koppepan • SNJO • taste test)

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