As rumors swirl of 7-Eleven shorting customers on rice ball fillings, we check on their sujiko

As rumors swirl of 7-Eleven shorting customers on rice ball fillings, we check on their sujiko

Viral tweet claims have shoppers wondering if they’re paying premium-filling prices for almost-plain onigiri. Consumers in Japan have gotten a lot more cautious with their convenience store rice ball purchases these days. Once a go-to impulse buy for when you’re feeling too hungry to wait for your next full meal but not ready to have that meal just yet, convenience store rice balls, or onigiri, as they’re called in Japanese, have rapidly risen i…