Archive · 20 Aug 2025
Ministop Convenience Store Staff Faked Expiry Dates on Food Items
Ministop, a popular Japanese convenience store chain, is in trouble.
Some employees were changing the expiration dates on food items like onigiri and bento boxes to make them seem fresher than they were.
This happened in many stores across Japan.
Because of this, the company stopped selling some of these foods.
They are sorry to the customers who bought the food and are working to fix the problem.
Ministop has many stores where they prepare fresh food items like sandwiches and rice balls that are very popular in Japan.
Ministop, a Japanese convenience store chain, suspended sales of deli items due to expired date tampering.
Staff at multiple stores were found altering expiry dates on in-house deli foods.
The issue affected various stores across Japan, including those in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
Ministop issued a public apology for the inconvenience to its customers.
The company has temporarily halted sales of several food items in response.
- Who
- Staff members of Ministop, a convenience store chain in Japan.
- What
- Staff members at Ministop stores were found tampering with expiry dates on in-house deli items.
- When
- The issue was discovered recently, leading to sales suspensions in August.
- Where
- Multiple stores across Japan, including locations in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Saitama, and Aichi.
- Why
- The articles do not explicitly state the reasons for tampering.
Ministop Customers
Ministop
Customer Impact
Ministop Customers
Affected customers express concern over the food safety issue.
Ministop
The company has issued a public apology for the inconvenience caused.
- Company
- Ministop
- Location
- Japan
- Stores Affected
- 23 stores discovered so far
- Parent Company
- Aeon Co.
- Sales Suspensions
- Onigiri, bento lunches, and other deli foods
- Total Stores
- 1,818 (as of July 2025)