I love this product design, I want to buy it for that reason alone. 7-Eleven has a large and growing private brand line and is now working on a line of premium privately branded products, called Seven Gold. This is their premium beer offering, developed with Suntory. These two also collaborate on the very popular 3rd category, private brand beer call The Brew. セブンイレブン 金のビール
http://www.sej.co.jp/
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Here is an image of a Glico Pocky variety from 1996. As the name implies, this product was aimed at men, with a rich cacao aroma. Glico also says that the green packaging was a novelty at the time. グリコ メンズポッキー
http://www.glico.co.jp/
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The Lawson convenience store chain has locations in Hawaii. In the Honolulu Festival, the company store uniforms won the Company Aloha Shirt Exhibition Contest. These shirts do look pretty nice. I like the design. ローソン
http://www.lawson.co.jp/index.html
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In what is being touted as a dream collaboration, the Budweiser Dancers teamed up with the Hooters Girls at the grand opening of the new Hooters location in Shibuya, Tokyo. I will leave it up to you as to whether this as a positive cultural development or not.
http://www.budweiser.jp/
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Soy Sauce in brownies? Kikkoman thinks they fit well together and offers a recipe for soy caramel sauce to prove it. At first thought it sounds terrible, but it might be worth a try to give your brownies that extra flavor that sets them apart. キッコーマン 醤油
http://www.kikkoman.co.uk/recipes/?p=1133
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This is really interesting - Nestle is certainly thinking outside the box on this one. Pudding flavored KitKat chocolate which can be baked for extra flavor. They claim it is a new eating and aroma experience. Details on how they have changed it to make it bake-friendly are not given, but warnings on over-baking are emphasized. ネスレ キットカット
http://nestle.jp/
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Haagen-Dazs introduced Caramel Crush flavor on the April 7th. It uses caramel from France and fermented butter. ハーゲンダッツ キャラメルクラッシュ
http://www.haagen-dazs.co.jp/
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Kentucky Fried Chicken is collaborating with Christiano Ronaldo on a special sets which come with the chance to win special sports bottles and clear files. The set pictured here also comes with the new donut balls just introduced. ケンタッキーフライドチキン
http://www.kfc.co.jp/
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This is the latest limited edition offering from MOS Burger. Wow, thick slice of tomato, Gorgonzola cheese, meat sauce, onion, and gouda/cheddar on a beef patty. モスバーガー リッチモスチーズ ゴルゴンゾーラ
http://mos.jp/
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KFC posted this wonderful photo of Colonel Sanders in Japan, but gives few details. The clothes and the fact that Colonel Sanders died in 1980 point to the 1970s. ケンタッキーフライドチキン
http://www.kfc.co.jp/
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