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Sushi boy marukai gardena discount9/14/2023 The Torrance location has ample parking, but Los Angeles and Costa Mesa are short on it during peak hours. If that isn’t enough for you to check the place out, some stores also have a book, stationery, toy, video stores, and a hair salon. The popularity is partially due to restaurants like Santouka Ramen, which have upwards of 2k reviews and a 4.5-star rating on Yelp. “Food court” doesn’t necessarily conjure up positive thoughts for most (my first thoughts are Sbarro, Hot Dog on a Stick, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High), but Mitsuwa has a good one. The pricing for the market isn’t the most competitive, but the food court is the big draw to the marketplace. This is a huge draw to Mitsuwa Market which is the “food court” (Torrance location pictured). Online store: CLOSED AS OF OCT 13TH, 2020.So, if they’re both the same company, why the price increase? Or would this product be cheaper at Marukai? EDIT : tried to look up the pricing on their online store, but it’s not listed (because it’s a freezer item). It’s also the reason why I’ve noticed that Keoki’s lau lau went from roughly $11 for a 3-pack to the Tokyo Central price of $16+ ( $13.49 at other online stores). Notes: I’ve long relied on Marukai to come through with Hawaiian food products like lau lau (pork, chicken, etc), and I’m sure I account for one of the bigger buyers of that product. Locations (link to Google Places/Maps): Gardena, Cupertino, Little Tokyo LA, Gardena (pictured), San Diego, West LA.So why not make it clear with what the differences are between the two? Otherwise, long-time shoppers of Marukai are left to wonder why their beloved store was converted into a Tokyo Central whereas other regions got to hang on to theirs (they never do things that seem to make sense). That is a branding issue because they have some Marukai stores converted to Tokyo Central stores, yet they do not rebrand them all. With all the recent changes, what the management here fails to do, is to differentiate Marukai from their Tokyo Central stores (the Japanese know nothing about branding). market for quite some time, so they have a well-established name and reputation, which is for having a large variety of items at competitive pricing. Marukai “Forum” which was opened in 1996.
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