Fan-Voted 'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026' Results Announced

On May 11, 'Local Supermarket Day', the National Local Supermarket Association (Location: Ginza, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yoshimi Sugawara) announced the results of the 'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026'. The results were determined by a prior vote from general fans on Instagram.

The results of the 'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026' can be viewed on the National Local Supermarket Association's official Instagram and website.

'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026' Local Supermarket Food (Gochi-shoku) Category

Original bento boxes, side dishes, or bread from local supermarkets that can be eaten on the spot. Similar to 'Ekiben' (station bento) for travel gourmet, we named the food from local supermarkets 'Gochi-shoku'.

*From this time, all original sweets are placed in the 'Gochi-miya' category.

<<Grand Prix>>

Hokkaido [Kita no Hashi Bread] 378 yen - Aizawa Food Department Store

Manufactured by 'Kita no Hashi Bakery' of a supermarket with a 104-year history in Wakkanai, the northernmost city in Japan. It is a healthy local bread baked using the special 'Yudane' method with Hokkaido wheat, Soya salt, and yeast as ingredients. When toasted, it is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. They wanted to create a bread with a deep flavor that could replace a bowl of rice. This signature product, filled with such dedication, is a meal bread that goes well with any side dish.

<Semi-Grand Prix>

Shimane Prefecture [Matsue Steamed Sushi with 8 Kinds of Ingredients] 862 yen - Supermarket Hello

A Matsue culture where, traditionally during family gatherings, 'steamed sushi' was ordered from a long-established sushi restaurant and eaten together. Unfortunately, the number of craftsmen making 'steamed sushi' has decreased recently, and the custom is fading. Therefore, Supermarket Hello in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, known for its side dishes, upgraded the local dish, steamed sushi, to be more reasonable and luxurious. Please warm it up a little in the microwave.

<Semi-Grand Prix>

Kyoto Prefecture [Chilled Soy Milk Noodles] 800 yen - Friend Foods

A noodle dish released by Friend Foods, a discerning supermarket supported by the people of Kyoto with refined palates. The homemade broth drawn every morning is paired with soy milk from the Kyoto tofu shop 'Kyuza-ya'. The cold soup is smooth to drink, yet provides substantial nutritional support with soy milk protein. You can drink up all the soup. The gentle spiciness and fermented food added as a topping is kimchi from 'Hoshiyama'. With these noodles, you feel like you can survive the Kyoto summer.

'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026' Local Supermarket Souvenir (Gochi-miya) Category

Local supermarket original products and local manufacturer products recommended as souvenirs. We named the souvenir items you can buy at a local supermarket while traveling 'Gochi-miya'.

*Homemade sweets and items requiring cooking are also considered souvenirs and are included here.

<<Grand Prix>>

Shimane Prefecture [Shinjiko Shijimi Soy Sauce Caramel Milk Pudding] 195 yen - Supermarket Hello

We made 'Milk Pudding' using local Shimane 'Kisuki Pasteurized Milk', which has the gentle sweetness and flavor of raw milk through low-temperature pasteurization, and poured a special caramel sauce over it. Actually, this caramel sauce adds the umami and richness of 'Shijimi Soy Sauce', made with dashi from Shinjiko's Yamato freshwater clams and long-aged whole soybean soy sauce. The sweet and salty taste enhances the milk pudding.

<Semi-Grand Prix>

Shimane Prefecture [Matsue Pudding] 430 yen - Supermarket Hello

Matcha pudding using broad-leaved matcha from 'Nakamura Chaho' in Matsue marries with mango pudding. White chocolate sauce is hidden inside the pudding. The two-layer color, reproducing the sunset over beautiful Lake Shinji in Matsue with mango pudding and the green of 'Yomegasima' with matcha pudding, also expresses the contrast between sweet and astringent tastes. It seems likely to become a new specialty of Matsue, one of Japan's three major tea regions.

<Semi-Grand Prix>

Hokkaido [Kita no Hashi Sable Can] 1,620 yen - Aizawa Food Department Store

A moderately sweet sable set made by Aizawa Food Department Store's in-house bakery 'Kita no Hashi Bakery'. The popular butter sable (plain and cocoa flavors) has a crispy texture and flavor utilizing local ingredients such as Hokkaido wheat and rye, Toyotomi town butter, and Soya salt. It contains 6 types, including almond balls (plain and chocolate), coffee sable, and cinnamon cranberry sable. It comes in a tin that makes a great souvenir.

<Local Supermarket Food (Gochi-shoku) Category: Association Special Award Winners and Placements>

'Local Supermarket Grand Prix 2026' Local Supermarket Food (Gochi-shoku) Category <Association Special Award> (in no particular order)

Shimane Prefecture [Shinjiko Shijimi Matsue Odon] 430 yen - Supermarket Hello

Generously topped with Shimane's finest products, including the famous Shinjiko freshwater clams, Ago Noyaki (grilled flying fish), Akaten (fried fish paste), and Nodoguro (rosy seabass) meatballs.