Celebrities, sporting legends and First Minister John Swinney joined a packed Glasgow Hilton to celebrate the extraordinary courage, kindness and determination of this year’s Pride of Scotland winners.

The singer is set to be one of the celebrity guests at the Daily Record's award bash on Monday night.

Super Happy! Challenge gives us two unforgettable products that deserve a place in convenience store history. If you’re hungry and in the mood to try convenience store food, Lawson is the place to go right now as the chain is currently upsizing some of its most popular products for free. ▼ Popular items in the […]

You can haul back thousands of yen worth of ramen, rice, and snacks for a fraction of the price. Expanding its reach with additional sub-brands, one of Japan’s big-three convenience stores, Lawson, opened the doors to L Minimart, its first “mini supermarket”, on May 28 in Kodaira, Tokyo. Excited to learn more about what this […]

A 49-year-old is due to appear in court after police arrested and charged him in connection with a vehicle fire in Kirkcaldy.

Lawson opens its first “mini supermarket” in Tokyo. Lawson is one of Japan’s big-three convenience stores (the others being 7-Eleven and Family Mart), but Lawson itself has multiple sub-brands. For example, there’s also the budget-minded Lawson Store 100, with most items priced at 100 yen, and on May 28, the Lawson family expanded once again […]

As onigiri prices continue to rise everywhere else, Lawson Store 100 stays true to its name. There’s perhaps no better example of the frustrating inflation that’s taking place in Japan than what’s happened to convenience store onigiri (rice balls). It wasn’t all that long ago that you could get simple varieties for not all that […]

John Lawson was travelling down the wrong way of the motorway when his car collided with a white Corsa.

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Japanese konbini blends into a setting that inspired Studio Ghibli. Japanese convenience stores are known for their bright lights and stand-out signage, but in a country filled with traditional landscapes, these features can sometimes be at odds with their surroundings. That’s certainly the case at Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, where you’ll find […]

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We find out if there’s any truth to the so-called “cross-section scam”. For all the high praise showered upon Japanese convenience store sandwiches by overseas tourists, local customers have been less than enthusiastic recently, with claims that the top chains may be pushing their fillings towards the cross-section, making them seem fuller than they really […]

A new convenience store sweet…but you need to be lucky to find it. Whenever we see the words “先行発売” (“senkou hatsubai“) during our travels in Japan, we always step in for a closer look. That’s because it translates as “advance sales” or “pre-sale“, which means you might just discover the next big thing before it […]

There’s one rice ball that everyone chooses at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Mini Stop and Family Mart in Japan. If you were to step inside a Japanese convenience store and reach for a rice ball, which one would you choose? That’s the question the Onigiri Association seeks to answer to in its annual Convenience Store Onigiri Popularity […]

This group of talented musicians played several innovative and energetic sets of Scottish Dance Music during their first spot featuring a few of John’s own compositions including Linsey and Troy’s Wedding March.

This beast puts convenience store egg sandwiches to shame. In a climate of rising costs and prices, it can be hard to find a good deal in Japan these days. So when Lawson announced it would be holding a “Morisugi Challenge“, which loosely translates as “Overfill Challenge“, we immediately headed out to our local branch […]