{"id":144226,"date":"2022-01-17T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=144226&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T07:31:09","slug":"fukuoka-based-gas-station-company-pivots-to-pizza","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-based-gas-station-company-pivots-to-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka-based Gas Station Company Pivots To Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka-based gasoline retailer, Shin-Idemitsu Co., Ltd., announced its entrance into the pizza-delivery business. The operator of IDEX gas stations recently purchased 100% of Pizza Pockets\u2019 shares. Pizza Pockets runs 61 shops in Kyushu and some other areas, while Shin-Idemitsu is eager to consider opening new shops inside its gas stations. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=8157700&amp;ymd=2022-01-13\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC073LB0X00C22A1000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_pizza_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_pizza_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_pizza_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_pizza_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_pizza_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@alanaktion?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alan Hardman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/delivery-pizza?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; For image purpose only<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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