Document 72 Hours - Season 12 Episode 21 Salvaging Bargains at a Tokyo Grocery Store
A store in a Tokyo suburb selling short-dated, surplus or imperfect yet edible food items cheaply is a magnet for thrifty shoppers. They can find vegetables costing just 27 US cents, a bottle of beer for 30 cents, and a pack of meat costing less than 1 dollar. The customers included a young woman trying to stretch the food budget for her family of 9; a woman and daughter who drive for an hour to buy meat; and a man thrilled by finding an unexpected bargain. Why do people come to this store that also reflects the huge volume of food discarded in Japan? For 3 days, we talked to customers hunting a bargain while filling their shopping baskets.
First Air Date: Oct 03, 2006
Last Air date: Mar 14, 2025
Season: 16 Season
Episode: 466 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.70/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 5.7845
Language: Japanese
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Tokyo Dry Cleaner's: Reviving Clothes, Reliving Memories
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Starting Fresh: One-Stop Uniform Shop
Tokyo Stationery Store: Messages from the Heart
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