Coming soon to YOUR street corner

Does the US really need another convenient store? These things are everywhere (like Wal-Mart). The Japanese seem to think we don't have enough of them. On the heels of four outlets that have opened in Los Angeles, the Family Mart markets will soon be opening 200 more stores across the country by the year 2009. In Japan, convenient stores are called conbini and these "new" convenient stores will feature such items as fresh sushi, the ability to buy tickets to movies and baseball games and, of course, tickets to Disneyland in Tokyo. However, there is no gas and it's designed for the household that makes $80,000 or more in income. And one can rest assured that management will be considered just like everyone else that works in the store. During the application process, any potential applicant for a US manager position who said no to cleaning toilets (like the hired help) was not hired. That's what I call fair and balanced.

paul