Japanese 7-Eleven’s are Coming to NYC… 

If you want to make them Japanese, you have to actually have respect for laws and prosecute criminals 😂

They won't last a week with NYC crime.

From Japan. I’m a consultant and I was in 7eleven’s project before. 7-eleven employs a strategy called “dominant senryaku(dominant strategy) and opens up multiple stores in close proximity so that these shops can support each other while reducing the logistical costs. What I’m getting here is that since NYC shops are mass closing, 7-eleven has perfect breeding ground until they figure out how bad the crimes are, Japan is pretty safe place and we just don’t have a concept of “bad people doing bad things”

NYC is the wrong market target. Honestly, if they tried this near a military base, it's gonna work fine.

I love Japanese vending machines and shops. But the one big difference between America and Japan is RESPECT. WE HAVE ZERO

I'm honestly a tad worried that 7-11 has no idea what they're in for.

I still expect onigiri, instant ramen, fresh prepackaged meals and salads, egg salad sando, fruit sando, matcha parfait, mochi/dango/wagashi, melon pan, baumkuchen, bottled teas, Pocari Sweat, energy jelly packs, Calpico, ramune, and such in American 7-11 next year!

I recently went on a trip to Japan and the convenience stores there are amazing. Not only do they have a wide selection, but the food is also delicious.And the price is quite cheap too.

This won't last long. The crimes in NYC will cost them to shut down.

America and especially NYC doesn't have the cultural graces for a Japanese-styled 7/11

I watch an American woman who lives in Japan and her trips to 7 Eleven are my favorite videos. The food looks so good!

I welcome more Japanese influence on the classic 7-Eleven store. They have really improved the look and feel of their stores recently, making it an attractive, consistently good experience to shop at.

but they won't have the polite staff that's for sure

Where I live in Hawaii 7 Eleven stores already cater to Japanese because of Japanese tourists that come a lot and the local Japanese and the rest of the local population in Honolulu. It’s a wide range of people they cater to which makes them very successful here in Honolulu. Aloha ke akua!!!!!

Let them go under. You walk into an American 7 11 and wonder if the store clerk put a card reader over the credit card machine to skim your card...

Yes please!! Japanese 7-11 food is amazing….bring it on!! 🇨🇦

they will be closed in a week. they won't have anything to sell after a week in NYC

I’ve visited Japan many times and I often found myself enjoying meals at 7-11 (don't judge me! lol), especially their delicious onigiri. I would love to see more Japanese store items available in our stores. I admire the Japaneses respect for laws, their educational system, and the way they prioritize intelligence and common sense in their children’s upbringing. They know when it’s time for fun and games, and when it’s not, something that seems to have been forgotten by many parents in the United States. I’m also impressed by how clean their cities are. While I’m proud to be American and love our country, I wouldn’t hesitate to incorporate many aspects of Japanese culture into our own, given the chance.

YES, I would LOVE to see Japanese food in 711. From onigiri to sushi, to misoshiro, to ocha and macha, please bring it to us!

I'm someone who has only been to 7 Eleven stores in Japan and in Honolulu. The 7 Eleven stores in Honolulu somewhat resemble the ones in Japan with a good variety of quick meals, snacks, and drinks along with some local exclusives. I didn't realize how different and disgusting the 7 Eleven stores were in the rest of the US. I think the upcoming changes will be good for the image of 7 Eleven in the US.

I just arrived home from a two week trip to Japan and I have to tell you that the 7-Elevens were the most pleasurable shopping experience I’ve ever had. Not to mention the cleanest bathrooms I’ve ever been in a retail establishment.

If the U.S. stores were like the ones in Japan I would shop. I don’t think they would be the same as our stores don’t throw away food for days. In Japan the food is replaced daily. Quality won’t be the same. Staff working at 7-11 in the U.S. are not customer focused you’re lucky if you even get a thank you.

I loved the 7-11s and Family Marts in Japan, and I welcome this change. It was great being able to trust the food from them like its a restaurant or something.

This is so interesting. My husband is a construction superintendent that oversees 7 Eleven remodels. Looks like he may be very busy soon.

they better bring some Japanese Samurai do deal with the shoplifting epidemic in NYC 👍

its not just the food thats different in Japanese 7Eleven, so is the culture. on the next episode of Cash Jordan "Japanese 7Eleven is leaving NYC"

Thanks! Love this topic. I lived in Japan for three years.

I would probably go to my local 7-11 multiple times a week if they sold Japanese foods and snacks! I absolutely love Japanese foods and love going to places like Nijia Market or to local Japanese grocery stores (in US cities). I currently NEVER go to my local 7-11! For me, American “gas station” foods, drinks, and snacks are usually overpriced junk that I will never touch unless I am on a road trip and desperate.

YESSSS!!!!! 😊😊😊😊 But these criminals are gonna ruin it!!!! 😢😢😢😢

I lived in japan 10 years ago. the 7-11s there are clean, friendly, safe, quick and of course, convenient. None of those things are possible in NYC, therefore they are not going to be "Japanese 7-11"s just a 7-11 which happens to sell Japanese stuff in the hell hole of NYC

As a Japanese, living in the ny this is the best news in 2024. Only better thing that 711 US has is they offer giant coke

There are foreigners like Thomas Lockley, who is now becoming the most well-known foreigner in Japan, and there are others like the filmmaker of this video who love Japan. In Japan, I've been hearing all the bizarre claims of Thomas Lockley lately, so it's a relief to see normal people like the filmmaker of this video. (For those overseas who don't know about Thomas Lockley, listen to the fake wizard Thomas, Isn't that Thomas, Isn't that yasuke, Thomas Lockley is the one being chased by over 91372 Japanese right now.These three songs are about Thomas Lockley.)

Must be a 7-11 tax write-off, since shoplifters will clean out each store within 24 hours.

Customers? Shoppers? Do they still exist in NYC? Thought you can just steal what you want now? 🤣

Cash keeping us informed. This also gives me something to talk about with my coworkers at lunch while keeping them out of my business. 😂😂😂😂

it’s a good direction and I’m proud of them for making the switch. I’m already seeing customers walking around with baskets shopping at 7-Eleven as if it’s a grocery store. I’ve always been saying that they need more alternative foods things that are healthy things that are not just sweets and sugar.

7-Eleven in Colorado and Washington state is awful, if they turned from arab to japanese that would be a blessing

They don't have a migrants and shoplifters problem in Japan.

7-11 is now japanese owned. Their stores in japan are next level. They should bring these stores to everywhere in the US

Thats actually a pretty good idea. In my country, I bought lunch from convenience store 2-3 times weekly. If they can provide affordable and on demand products, they can make $$$

Cue the song “Turning Japanese”

Now 7/11 gonna get robbed for sushi rolls lol

Thank you for the video. It brought back a bunch of memories. The 7-11 store ~5 minute mark was in Nippombashi. Our AirBnB was in that building. We could get drinks or snacks anytime.

I very much enjoyed the 7 elevens in Japan..it was half a block away from my stay when I went two weeks ago. It was super convenient for everything. Literally, everything.

7-Eleven is owned by Seven & I Holdings, a Japanese company. The transfer from being US-owned to Japan-owned happened in 1991 when the Japanese supermarket chain Ito-Yokado acquired a 70% stake in the Southland Corporation, the US-based operator of 7-Eleven. 7-Eleven has been under Japanese ownership for quite some time now.

why? Do they want to get robbed?

We have a 7/11 here in Toronto in my neighbourhood at a very busy intersection where people go to just to go to. It’s always packed with people after school hours and it’s conveniently located. The neighbourhood is dotted with locally owned shops, convenience stores, and restaurants and ofc a few fast food restos but it still does very good. I think a logical choice would be to try it out in areas that are demographically similar to NYC but relatively safer. I think Toronto would be a good runner-up since we’re already very “travelled”. Lots of Asian branches that do well back home open up here.

I can't wait! I prefer it, Hope they give the states around NY some love too. I want Unagi, Tonkatsu, Tempura, Takoyaki, (Japanese) egg sandwiches, royal milk tea, Japanese sweets. Especially the swiss rolls from Japan.

Lol right “Japanese style. Each hot dog 🌭 is going to be chained and locked 🔒 up to prevent it from being stolen 😂😂😂

Damn people are gonna shoplift it and sell bento boxes on the street

Rise of fast food prices will funnel some to 7-11. This is actually great timing.

If 711 brought back glass coffee pots that are switched out every 10 minutes,like it used to be,I would go back there forever.

Theft in Japan is not really much of a thing and it brings embarrassment to your family. Unless they can figure out how to get money out of your pocket before it walks out of the store, it will be a failure. If you lock up everything of value people will just stay away. Plus the items they do not lock up will be chips and stuff like that. Not a store issue/ It is a Liberal government issue.

We have a 7- Eleven down our street, and the guy said, they got bought out by a Japanese company and they're going to be renovating, and turning into a Japanese style 7 Eleven, with some American food, but A LOT more Japanese food. He said the food will be fresh every day, and they will still sell slurpies. But a lot of people are excited, we have a Japanese Restraunt down the street too that does REALLY WELL, and my kids LOVE Japanese food. Hell, they eat with Chopsticks.

I jumped on my computer after watching this just to make this comment. If you want to see what a Japanese 7-11 would look like in America...just look at the Hawaii 7-11's. The Hawaii 7-11's are actually operated by 7-11 Japan so we have more ready-to-consume items that are tailored to our tastes as a state. Now most mainland companies have adapted to what they serve here (McDonalds has a Spam, Eggs, and Rice platter so you can imagine they're pretty much required to have a rice cooker in house) I think the issue is trying to diversify what they sell in each state and, as others have pointed out, looting. Guarantee that if 7-11 is going to play it smart they will make-over a few stores as their test bed, gather the data, and then adapt. Also from a recent trip to California, man 7-11's on the mainland are actually ass.

So 7 Eleven has been living under Patrick's House for the past few years. Cant wait for the told you so memes.

Next video. “All 7 Elevens in NYC closing do to criminals stealing. Everyone in NYC shocked by this.”

A giant upgrade for US-American convinience stores ... I like!

Japan known for their five star 7-11’s and their top-tier vending machines! Hopefully we can get our citizens to also be more like the Japanese!

We don't have any of these problems in Florida in fact opening a brand new 7-Eleven this month

Oh my goodness, a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream for $10 bucks. Yikes! NYC is now officially in the sewer.

I’m only commenting to mention that in Vegas near Chinatown plaza a place named Fukuya Market opened and they sell onigiri and ridiculously delicious fresh made bento boxes and sashimi bowls. Go it’s practically across the street from the Golden Tiki. I don’t work there I’m just a weeb who eats like a big back and I’m from Hawaii so I know good food ❤ 😂

If we can get Japanese style Konbini here in the US that would be absolutely amazing. It'll become the new fast food if they can keep the prices reasonable and quality up !!

It's not going to work they now have removed the cups in my 7/11 you literally have to ask the cashier for a cup to get a slurpee 🤷🏾

7/11 used to have the BEST blueberry muffins, now it's dog food! I've never seen such a drop in quality.

Yes, I would love to eat Japanese food from 7-11!! Not all of it would be nutritious but the food taste better.

Just came back from Japan and 711 and Lawson were amazing. You have 10 people in line and it goes by in seconds. Easy and quick to walk by and grab a pretty nutritious meal for really cheap. I ate about 10 egg salad sandwiches in the 12 days I was there 🤣. Their carbonara was delicious 🫣

They better not let customers in the store. A smart move would be to just have a walk up drive thru window. Order, pay, get handed items through a bank style security drawer.

Mostly peaceful shopping coming soon.

Lucky you!!! When I lived in Japan, we ate 7-Eleven all the time!

Cigarettes and gasoline actually don't make convenience stores & gas stations money. It's getting people in the door to buy all the other stuff is where the money is. My wife has been in that industry for 25 years and See's the backend numbers.

I worked at a 7-11 for over a year while I was in college, got very lucky once. One night while I was working, the 7-11 closest to me, about a mile away, was held up by druggies and the clerk got offed. I knew the young guy, too, what a shame... My friends thought it was me that got offed when they heard about the offing in the news the next day. I thought long and hard about how that could have been me if those criminals had gone to my store instead... The store and building are long gone, but that memory remains... My store had some good sandwiches that were very popular, but for some reason, the chain doesn't offer that anymore. I used to eat them because I got them at half price... :) I don't know if the typical American consumer would embrace Japanese food. Time will tell.

If 7-11s in the US sell onigiri and nikumon, I’ll never miss Japan again.

If they sold the teriyaki egg chicken salad sandwich, the pizza flavored steamed bun and their desert breads, that could be a good gateway food for the American crowd. Oh and strawberry cream sandwiches!

a lighthearted story like this cant overshadow the rampant looting of stores in NYC.

I think they’ll be fine. Look at FYE, Box Lunch, Daiso. They sell mainly Japanese & anime products which people in the US absolutely love! Bring on the Japanese 7-11’s people are tired of Americanized everything. This will be good to re brand and bring a little bit of Japan to the states, especially for those who can’t afford to actually travel to Japan.

They should bring Lawson, AM/PM and Seicomart to the USA. They're awesome! Like the Japanese 7-Eleven, they offer a great selection of foods and snacks. They sell chu-hi, which I drank a lot of while in Japan. My concern is that the Japanese style 7-Eleven stores in NYC will be exploited and robbed like so many other stores in NYC.

They better bring the ninjas to stop shoplifters.

Having owned a convenience store/gas station in the past, I can tell you that gasoline isn’t a big money maker. You can be making as little as 2 cents a gallon profit at times and the equipment is very expensive and must be maintained. Having gas on,y brings the customer in to your store to buy other items that are more profitable, and tobacco products are not the best when it comes to profits either. Drinks are the products that you make the most profit off of, especially fountain sodas. It has been several years since I owned a store, but back then we would have maybe 15 cents total in a large fountain drink that we would sell for 99 cents. And that included the cup and straw, which were nearly half of the 15 cents you had in the drink. That is why so many convenience stores have those big reusable plastic cups for sell that will allow you to get an extra large for the price of a large. They make a profit off of the original sale of the cup, and make even more money off of the refill. And bottled drinks of all sorts also make a good profit, most of the bottled sodas, juices, and teas are sold for twice as much as they cost . But when people are in a hurry, they are willing to pay $2.50 for a soda that they could get an entire 6 pk at the grocery store for little over twice the price. And again, it has been several years, but we would buy 16 oz Pepsi and Coke products for right at 50 cents a unit and sell them for 99 cents all day long. Plus beer and liquor made a lot of money too. As for food, things that you make from scratch makes the best profits. We had a BBQ pit as well as a deli case and would sell sides and other specials like soups and chili. We made a great profit on our pulled pork and ribs. But items that are prepackaged don’t make nearly the profit, those include things like chips, ice cream, candy, and snack cakes. I don’t think the kinds of foods that are sold in Japan will be that popular in the US, especially being sold at a convenience store. Pizza is probably the number one selling hot food item sold at convenience stores in this country, with various kinds of chicken or BBQ coming right behind pizza. Quirky Japanese food items would be a nice change for some, but most just won’t buy it on a regular basis. I doubt even the shoplifters wouldn’t take it.

You can buy micro-Asians in there btw. They come freeze dried and you add water when you get them home.

in regards of the menus its going to be local, our 7-11s here in th philippines sells more "local menu" and very little japanese menu, 7-11 is going to base all their selections on the data they gather from the local population

Damn it, I'd be onboard with 2am sushi and rice balls.

As much as I love having Japanese version of 7 11. They picked the wrong time to open one up in new york

I've been hoping for this!

I feel like Gen Z and younger people are going to love it, and even some Gen Xers. I think it'll do pretty well, especially for those dining on a budget. Whole Foods and others are getting a bit pricey for a quick meal.

Stores in NYC only make about 90 cents on a pack of cigarettes 🚬 the rest is state ,city taxes & federal taxes

Bless them. I pray for the workers safety 🙏

My grandfather owned 7-11s here in CA. He was sadly killed. Hopefully they plan on self defense

7-Eleven: "I think I'm turning Japanese! I think I'm turning Japanese! I really think so."

I’m personally looking forward to this. My local 7-11, I talk to the manager and ask for the items I like and he tries to stock them but tells me it’s hard because of what is offered by the distributors.

You better have Mr. Myagi standing at the front door in NY

I'm not sure why they would choose to do this... but it WILL help show Americans the VALUE and PURPOSE of a healthy, ethnically homogeneous nation!

They've unfortunately likely already failed. NYC is now little Ecuador.

NYC is definitely not the best place for it rn. Now it’s destined to close before it can do business for any reasonable amount of time.

I think most people aren't going to notice the change. A lot of this is happening behind the scenes, and it's probably going to be a slow rollout. I think it can work.

Another great video, thanks!

It was so nice seeing Violet again , she must be getting so big now !

it begins!

Always thought, for a city like NYC needs a place to get food on every street corner. Fresh food? It could work!

Gosh, it's about time for North America to step up the game with what they sell in there! And next they have to re-train all the employees top down with what real customer service is, like in Japan!! I want to see all those changes here in my country, Canada ASAP, too!!