MAEBASHI - A pig farming company in this East Japan city is now offering its popular local pork products around the clock after installing a meat vending machine in front of its store.
The vending machine was installed outside Kondo Swine Pork's main branch in the Gunma Prefecture capital of Maebashi on Nov. 29, a date otherwise known as good meat day because in Japanese 11 and 29 can be pronounced as ii niku good meat in English.
The company sells eight types of products ranging from $6.20 to 1,950 yen some $17.20 including sausages, bacon, and barbecue ingredients sets, which are provided in anticipation of demand from campers on nearby Mount Akagi.
Since 2014, the company keeps 3,000 pigs and has been offering products including additive-free sausages made from its pork through mail order and at events. It may only open on Tuesdays and Fridays because staff are busy feeding and shipping pigs every day, despite the fact that it began selling items at the storefront in 2016.
Inquiries about storefront sales outside Tuesday and Fridays and the rise of vending machines across Japan selling various food items prompted the company to introduce a machine that can freeze items at minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Customers can buy our products at any time, according to President Takayuki Kondo, 43. We hope they enjoy our delicious local pork.