
物価高が続く中、ベイシアはポイントサービスを廃止し段ボール陳列のディスカウント業態「劇安ワンダーランド ココトク!」を埼玉県深谷市の「ベイシアふかや花園店」に2026年6月に開業。生鮮食品やイートインスペースを併設し、既存店より1~2割安い商品を豊富にそろえる。マーケティング本部広報部部長の松田詩織氏に狙いを聞いた。
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物価高が続く中、小売各社が価格競争力を高めている。ベイシアは「いつでも安い」を掲げ、低価格を強みにしてきた。
物価高が続く中、小売各社が価格競争力を高めている。特に注目されているのが、スーパー大手のベイシア(前橋市)が新たに打ち出したディスカウント業態の「劇安ワンダーランド ココトク!」(以下、ココトク)だ。
ペットボトル飲料や加工食品などの商品を段ボールやパレットに載せたまま陳列し、ベイシアのポイントサービスも扱わない。しかし、売り場から受ける印象は、いわゆる倉庫型のディスカウントストアとは少し異なる。生鮮食品や総菜、寿司などがずらりと並び、注文を受けてから調理するタコスや、イートインスペースまで設けられている。
商品数も、同規模のベイシアと比べて半分以下にし、既存店より1~2割程度安い商品も豊富にそろえている。
もともとベイシアは「いつでも安い」を掲げ、低価格を強みにしてきた。そんな中、なぜ埼玉県深谷市の「ベイシアふかや花園店」を業態転換し、別ブランドの「劇安ワンダーランド ココトク!ふかや花園店」を2026年6月に開業してさらなる低価格を追求することにしたのか。その狙いを、ベイシアのマーケティング本部広報部部長である松田詩織氏に聞いた。

This month, Shinki Bus hired Mr. Xu Kai (42), a male driver of Chinese nationality with a specified skill residence status, and began operating the Himeji Castle Loop Bus departing from Himeji Station. With the aim of resolving the shortage of drivers and maintaining the local transportation network, Mr. Xu drove along the route while making announcements fluently in Japanese. Mr. Xu, a native of Hubei Province, China, joined the company in September last year after completing technical training and commented on Japan's road conditions, saying, ``It's difficult to drive because it's narrow and there are many utility poles.''

Duskin's donut chain ``Mister Donut'' opened a new store in a shopping mall in Shanghai, China on the 28th. This will be the company's first re-entry into the Chinese mainland market in about seven years since it withdrew from the Chinese mainland market in 2019.

On the 28th, the Fair Trade Commission found two design consulting companies and 40 construction companies in violation of the Antimonopoly Act in bid-rigging over large-scale condominium repair work in the Kanto region, and issued orders to 37 companies to pay a total of approximately 1.6 billion yen in fines and cease and desist orders.

On the 27th, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a list of products eligible for mutual tariff reductions with China. The United States and China each agreed to launch a trade commission to reduce tariffs on $30 billion of non-sensitive items and extend the cease-fire until January 10 next year. The list includes toys and home appliances from the United States, agricultural products, frozen beef, coal, and medical equipment from China, and may expand in the future.

JR Tokai President Shunsuke Niwa announced at a regular press conference that the company is exploring the possibility of using transportation IC cards across other companies' routes. While JR East is progressing with Suica area integration, issues remain with the systems and fare settlement between different railway companies.

The White House announced on the 25th that the United States and China have established a working group to improve market access in the agricultural sector. The new Trade Commission, which the two countries agreed to establish at the summit meeting in May, will start working, and the two countries will mutually reduce tariffs of $30 billion (approximately 4.7 trillion yen) on agricultural products and other items. The Trump administration will use this as an opportunity to appeal to farmers, who are its support base, ahead of the midterm elections. The Chinese side also agreed to ``equal tariff reductions'' on the same scale as the Trade Commission's promotion.