Piles of purple plonk in plastic plops from the plane
Since 2008, Japan’s largest supermarket, Aeon, Co. has been offering its “special” Beaujolais Nouveau in 750-ml plastic bottles instead of glass.
Do to such cost-cutting measures and the strong yen, Beaujolais Nouveau has been discounted to 1,600 yen ($20 USD) a plastic bottle, well below average price in Japan of 2,500 yen ($31 USD).
Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan
NHK WORLD English | Oct. 27, 2012
The first batch of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau from France arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Saturday morning…About 7.2 million bottles are expected to arrive in airports across Japan in the next few weeks. The wine will be released for sale worldwide on November 15th…more…
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October 30th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
The custom screenshot is from which movie ? I can’t recognize the actress with clothes on, but she’s not bad at all…
October 30th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
“Hello Kitty’s French Vacation”