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As 7-Eleven’s Japan Owner Weighs A Bid, US Fans Crave ‘Conbini’ Food

Seven & i Holdings turned the humble 7-Eleven store into a popular food destination in Japan by serving up fresh sandwiches, rice balls and rows of boxed lunches, changing how millions of people eat.

Five decades after it opened the first store in its home market, the company is on a mission to bring some of its most popular items to the US – a strategy enthusiasts don’t want to see endangered by a takeover bid from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard.

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