Conbini Boys – Details, episodes & analysis

In this week’s episode we discuss:

🐥 Music requests at Lawson

🐥 A body pillow in the form of a receipt

🐥 A hot and cheesy karaage-kun

🐥 Matt and Mike in sync over this weeks items

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In this week’s episode we discuss:

🐥 The stick and bar evolution of salad chicken

🐥 Tartar sauce inside of chikis

🐥 Imaginary fruits

🐥 Mottainai chuhais

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In this week’s episode we discuss:

🐥 7-11’s 50th anniversary and stories history

🐥 Yuzu Kosho Famichiki

🐥 Lawson’s attempt at a bagel

🐥 Giant eclairs

Because I am an idiot, I messed up my audio. I used an AI tool to correct it, which did a swell job. But it’s not as good as should be.

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This week, we're looking at some new fried chicken items coming out of Family Mart and Lawson, checking in on the weekly output at the conbini and picking up some items to share, taking a look Family Mart's collaboration with professional wrestling legend Choshu Riki, and catching up on some conbini news.

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In this week’s episode We take a deep dive into Okinawa-only items at FamilyMart. The Spicy Commentator is back with a surprising review of 7-11’s new Pierre Here signature sweet series. We critique two more confine hauls and Mike reviews the Cheese Takkarubi Famichiki.  In Conbini News we follow up on the plastic bag reduction effort. Plus, the Chiki Wars rage on with new items from 7-11 and Lawson.

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In this week’s episode, we turn our eyes to Lawson - checking out their weekly output as well as their legendary Uchi Cafe series. In the Chiki Wars, we take a look at the final results of Lawson's Nice Cheese Gran Prix, as well as a look at a new addition to the Famichiki lineup. We share a few hauls, enter a lightning round in Mike's "At the Genba" series, and check in on some controversial news coming out of the conbini.

1:30 - Final Results of Lawson’s Nice Cheese Grand Prix 

3:15 - Family Mart's Dak-galbi Famichiki

5:21 - Podcast Blooper #3 (ZERO kcal Cider triple)

7:28 - Lawson's Weekly Output

• 9:35 - Uchi Cafe's Shequasar Frozen Fruit Bar


• 10:46 - Uchi Cafe's Custard Peach Daifuku


• 11:46 - Coffee Jelly Pudding


• 13:16 - Sweet Beef Curry Bread


• 14:49 - Pasta Clam Chowder

17:04 - Lawson's Uchi Cafe Introduction

• 18:50 - Bravo Michipu


• 19:40 - Zakushu


• 20:54 - Chocomint Tart

22:40 - 7-11's Pierre Herme Series Introduction

25:43 - Sharing Hauls

Z32:09 - At the Genba with Mike Lightning Round

37:51 - Conbini News

In this week’s episode, Mike and I once again examine the prolific number of new items out of the konbini - this time at 7-11. We get into the Chiki Wars with updates on Lawson’s Nice Cheese Grand Prix and a shocking new big chiki out of 7-11. We also dive into a Weiner War between Lawson, 7-11, and FamilyMart, then report on big news concerning plastic bags at the konbini. Let’s get started.

• 1:45 - Update on Lawson’s Nice Cheese Grand Prix


• 3:54 - 7-11’s Shocking Big Chiki


• 6:43 - 7-11’s 97 new items for the week July 14 - July 21


• 8:14 - 7-11’s Hashed Potato


• 9:32 - 7-11’s Wasabeef Chips


• 11:10 - 7-11’s Torori Takkarubi Doria


• 13:38 - 7-11’s Taiwan Beef Mixup Salad


• 15:07 - 7-11’s Black Thunder Pablo Cheese Tart Hybrid Snack


• 17:33 - 7’11’s Zero kcal Cider Triple


• 19:06 - The Haul Segment (Mike’s Haul and Matt’s Haul)


• 24:58 - New Items: Weiner Wars
  
  
  
  • 25:36 - FamilyMart’s Big Chorizo
  
  
  • 27:15 - Lawson’s Pork Weiner and Cheese Roll
  
  
  • 29:07 - 7-11’s Double Weiner Red Curry
  
  
  • 31:08 - Lawson’s Chocolate Pudding Sandwich
  
  
  
  


• 32:59 - Mail Bag


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  • 34:02 - Thank You to the Conbini
  
  
  • 35:40 - Huge News about Plastic Bags at the Conbini
  
  
  
  

68 new products this week... and that's just at Family Mart. We take a look at the mind-blowing weekly output of the conbini, check in on Lawson's Nice Cheese Grand Prix, take a look at 7-11's Sauce in Chicken series and Ministop's Double Cheese Katsu Dog, critique a couple of hauls, hear from the Spicy Commentator about a previously introduced product, and catch up on some conbini news that is sure to shake up the industry. 

In this week’s episode, we celebrate 200 known flavors of Lawson’s karaage-kun fried chicken, critique some conbini hauls found on twitter, and share some big news about robots coming to FamilyMart.

In this week’s episode the Conbini Boys kickoff with Lawson’s Nice Cheese Grand Prix. Then they engage in some heated discussion around other people’s reviews of the Famichiki. The Spicy Commentator is back to review the Basque Cheese Choco Pie. Mike shares his review of FamilyMart’s Karamucho Famichiki introduced last week, followed by an introduction of two new items: the Mango and Passion fruit Zeitaku Shibori canned cocktail and Lawson’s Rare Cheese Jelly. Mike and Matt close out with big news - Lawson will begin selling 500 yen bags of vegetables at 15,000 stores.

• 1:38 - Nice Cheese Grand Prix


• 7:30 - Famichiki Critiques


• 14:45 - Spicy Commentator on Basque Cheese Choco Pie


• 17:34 - Karamucho Review


• 19:38 - New items: Mango and Passion fruit Zeitaku Shibori canned cocktail


• 21:30 - New items: Lawson’s Rare Cheese Jelly


• 23:30 - Conbini News