It looks like the Co-op Mini in Otani-cho, Nishinomiya, just next to Ashiya, may be closing.
Quoted from Co-op Kobe selects 7 stores as “candidates for closure,” including Higashi-Kakogawa and Tsukashin; stores will be notified in advance and may close within FY2023 if performance does not improve | General | Kobe Shimbun NEXT
According to the Kobe Shimbun, the information source, seven stores selected as candidates for closure may close in 2023 if their business performance does not improve.
One of those seven stores is the one in Otani-cho, Nishinomiya.
- Co-op Mini Arata（Arata-cho, Hyogo Ward, Kobe）
- Co-op Mini Yamada（Yamada Higashi, Suita）
- Co-op Mini Otani（Otani-cho, Nishinomiya）
- Co-op Higashi-Kakogawa（Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa）
- Co-op Mini Inagawa Minami（Inagawa-cho, Kawabe-gun）
- Co-op Tsukashin（Tsukaguchi Honmachi, Amagasaki）
- Co-op Mini Tsukigaoka（Tsukigaoka, Nishi Ward, Kobe）
Here’s the Co-op Mini in Otani-cho↓
It’s located right near the city border between Ashiya and Nishinomiya. At first glance, you might think it’s about the size of a convenience store, but it’s actually larger.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 6-4 Otani-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
About Co-op Mini
It feels like a compact version of a supermarket, with a nicely curated selection of items including fresh foods, prepared dishes, tissues, and other daily necessities.
The Future Process for Stores Selected as Closure Candidates
The process for Co-op Mini Otani becoming a candidate store for closure was posted on the website.
1. About the revised process
Regarding the Selection of Candidate Stores for Closure in FY2023（Co-op Kobe）
① Stores will be selected as “candidates for closure”
② Members who use the applicable stores will be notified（around April）
・Postcards* will be mailed to members who used the applicable stores in ① within the past six months, and posters will be displayed at the stores to provide notice.
*If you spend 500 yen or more including tax at the applicable store and present the coupon printed on the postcard at the register, you will receive 5 Coopy Points（through the end of August）.
③ A decision will be made on whether to continue or end operations（around autumn）
・Based on the improvement status after the notice in ②, a decision will be made on whether to continue or end operations, and the decision will be announced through store postings and other means.
When Co-op refers to “members,” it basically means something like regular members or account holders.
To summarize the above, members who spend 500 yen or more will receive 5 points. Based on the results, a decision will be made in autumn on whether the store will continue operating or close.
↑At Co-op Mini, in addition to milk cartons and plastic bottles, they also collect foam trays and clear trays used for prepared foods, which many other supermarkets don’t usually collect.
↑The nearby “Shukugawa Green Place,” which opened the year before last, may also be having an impact.
