7-Eleven Franchise News

DALLAS, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After shattering both its international and domestic store growth records last year, 7-Eleven, Inc. is in line to have an even bigger year in 2012. The world's largest retailer by units added more than 4,600 stores worldwide in 2011 and plans to continue the company's accelerated growth.
Some 600 additional stores were built, acquired or transitioned from another business to the 7-Eleven® brand in the United States and Canada alone during 2011. This year, 7-Eleven's goal is to exceed that number by adding at least 630 new stores to its U.S. and Canada roster by year end.
Since 2003, 7-Eleven has almost doubled its global store count, from 25,000 to more than 46,000. Today, a new 7-Eleven store opens somewhere in the world approximately every two hours...

Retailer Kicks Off Summer with Slurpee® Lite, Its First Branded Sugar-Free Frozen Drink
DALLAS, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slurpee® season 2012 is here. 7-Eleven, Inc., home of the iconic frozen drink, kicks off its "Flavors of Summer" campaign with Slurpee Lite™ Fanta Sugar-Free Mango, promising all of the flavor of a traditional Slurpee® drink with 50 percent fewer calories.* This marks the first Slurpee-branded, sugar-free drink and the first sugar-free frozen beverage to be available at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide.
This marks the first Slurpee-branded, sugar-free drink and the first sugar-free frozen beverage to be available at participating 7-Eleven stores nationwide.
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Convenience Retailer Expands Corporate Responsibility Through New Technology and Partnerships
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--7-Eleven, Inc. is taking a new and aggressive approach to enhance its social and corporate responsibility of illegal underage sales of age-restricted products. On April 16, the company will debut a new technology in each of its 1,600 7-Eleven® stores in California that will scan the 2-D code on the back of a customer’s driver license or identification card when age-restricted products are being purchased. This scan will verify the birth date stored on the card as well as the validity of the ID, but will not store any other information about the customer. “We believe that this new system takes compliance at 7-Eleven to the next level,” says Keith Jones, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs for 7-Eleven, Inc...

7-Eleven Names Cardtronics Exclusive ATM Service Provider in Canada
HOUSTON, April 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cardtronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CATM), the world's largest retail ATM owner, today announced its Canadian subsidiary, Cardtronics Canada, Ltd., has been named the exclusive provider of ATM services to all 7-Eleven(R) convenience stores in Canada. Expanding on an already extensive relationship, Cardtronics will soon serve the world's largest convenience store chain in both the United States and Canada.
Cardtronics' new portfolio of 7-Eleven Canada-located ATMs begins at a machine count of 472, includes expansion rights providing potential for growth and results in Cardtronics serving the world's largest convenience store chain on both sides of the U...

350Green and 7-Eleven Help Drivers Re-Charge Vehicles in Under 30 Minutes at Illinois Tollway Oases
SCHILLER PARK, IL--(Marketwire - Mar 29, 2012) - Governor Pat Quinn and representatives from the Illinois Tollway, 350Green LLC and 7-Eleven, Inc. today announced the availability of the nation's largest network of fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations. As part of Governor Quinn's commitment to increasing sustainability across Illinois, the initiative will support the use of electric vehicles and create jobs in sustainable transportation. Motorists can charge an electric vehicle in under 30 minutes using the current fast-chargers at 7-Eleven sites at four Tollway Oasis locations, and will soon be able to charge vehicles at all seven Tollway Oases...

Six Flags Parks Introduce Slurpee® Drinks Availability Just in Time for Spring Break
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the global leader in regional theme parks, today announced a new partnership with 7-Eleven, Inc., the largest chain in convenience retailing, for its Slurpee® drink to be the Official Frozen Carbonated Beverage of Six Flags.
Slurpee fans can now enjoy their favorite frozen beverage at all 11 Six Flags U.S. theme parks, marking the first time in history the beverage has been widely distributed outside 7-Eleven retail stores. To celebrate, 7-Eleven and Six Flags will offer guests exclusive ride-time events at 7:11 p.m. during special nights at the parks, giveaways, games and other activities...

Power Up for Miracle Match-ups™
ATLANTA, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --POWERADE®, the official Sports Drink of the NCAA®, takes to the court with 7-Eleven® stores in March to celebrate March Madness® and memorable moments in finals history. With a Mountain Berry Blast® flavored by POWERADE®  on both Slurpee® frozen carbonated beverage and Big Gulp® fountain machines, POWERADE® brings "miracle moments" from the NCAA® Tournament to collectible Big Gulp cups. This is the first time a POWERADE® flavor has been developed for a 7-Eleven frozen carbonated beverage, but it is not a sports drink.
Each of the four collectible Miracle Match-up Big Gulp cups features a stand-out former NCAA basketball student-athlete during a game-changing play...

Company Begins Hiring to Fill 120 Additional Store Positions.
DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 7-Eleven, Inc. today announced that it has commenced closing on the acquisition of 55 Sam's Mart stores from Sam's Mart LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
But Slurpee® drinks and Big Bite® hot dogs aren't the only good news 7-Eleven® stores' return to the Greater Charlotte area brings. The company has begun hiring to fill an additional 120 store positions. 7-Eleven has made job offers to personnel working at the stores the company is acquiring. Pay and benefits will be comparable with what they had at Sam's Mart.
"We want to provide continuity for the 350 store employees coming to us from Sam's Mart," said Doug Doyle, North Carolina native and the new market manager for 7-Eleven's operation in the greater Charlotte area...

Don't Eat Your Words
DALLAS, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- If at first you don't succeed ... well, there's always next year.  New Year's resolutions are the perennial letdowns.  High hopes one day that this year will be different, dashed at the first sign of temptation.  Health clubs, diet-book publishers and weight-loss centers depend on good intentions and short memories for a large portion of their revenues every year.  After all it's their bread and butter ... or at least their whole-grain bread and low-fat spread.
So why is eating healthy and losing weight so hard?  7-Eleven, Inc. Corporate Dietitian Patsy Ross said she thinks some resolution-makers try such drastic changes, completely giving up foods they love, that failure is inevitable...

Acquires 51 North Texas Locations, Continues Accelerated Store Growth
DALLAS, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 7-Eleven, Inc. announced today that it has completed the transaction with ExxonMobil to acquire retail interests in 51 North Texas sites. The transaction concluded Jan. 20; terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 51 sites, all of which are in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area, include two unused parcels of land. The majority of locations will be rebranded as 7-Eleven® stores. The stations will retain the Exxon gasoline brand, allowing consumers to continue to purchase the same high-quality Exxon fuels and use their ExxonMobil credit cards and Speedpass devices.
"This acquisition fits well with our aggressive growth strategy," said Robbie Radant, 7-Eleven's new vice president of mergers and acquisitions...

BURKE, Virginia, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mohan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of HPC POS Systems Corporation, (Sym: HPCS), a global manufacturer and distributor of high quality incense and oils, announces that it is negotiating the launch of a pilot program with approximately nine hundred 7-Eleven stores in southern California.
Jas Dhillon, 7-Eleven Franchisee, Franchise Owners Association of Greater L.A, states, "We like the Mohan natural charcoal incense products and look forward to working with Mohan on the rollout to 7- Eleven stores nationwide. I presented the program to my 7-Eleven team, and they are eager and excited to roll it out to the approximately 900 stores in the southern California area, and eventually to include a national program of7-Eleven stores throughout the United States...

New Breakfast Roller Marries Two A.M. Favorites in One Exclusive Item
DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Donuts in the bakery case,coffee brewing at the hot beverage bar, breakfast sandwiches ready to heat, orange juice in the vault – and now a new breakfast item rolls into 7-Eleven® stores this month. The Maple Pancake Sausage Roller is a maple-flavored pancake wrapped around a pork sausage link served hot off the roller grill. An easy-to-eat option for breakfast on the run, the new Breakfast Roller, available exclusively at participating 7-Eleven stores, is a value at an introductory price of just $1 each.
The Maple Pancake Sausage Roller combines two of the most popular breakfast foods – pancakes with syrup and sausage – into one unique product that was created exclusively for 7-Eleven by Kraft Foods...

7-Eleven® Stores Thank Active, Veteran and Retired Military with Free Slurpee® Drinks on Veteran's Day, Enlists Customers to Support USO Fund-Raising Campaign
DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --This Veteran's Day 7-Eleven, Inc. is saluting active, veteran and retired U.S. military personnel and their families with free, small Slurpee® drinks between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 11, qualifying customers will just need to present proof of current or former U.S. military service during those hours to receive a free Slurpee drink. Accompanying family members also will receive the free beverage.
The eight-hour Slurpee salute is the centerpiece of the month-long Operation: Thank You campaign, which enlists 7-Eleven customers to show their support for U...

Partnership Enhances The Coca-Cola Company’s “Arctic Home” Campaign, Supporting World Wildlife Fund to Conserve Polar Bear Habitat
Snowball Effect Mobile App Shares Conservation Efforts with Fans
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coca-Cola and 7-Eleven are joining forces this holiday season to give customers a chance to have some chilly fun for a great cause. The initiative is part of The Coca-Cola Company’s “Arctic Home” campaign, which supports World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) conservation efforts to protect the polar bear Arctic habitat.
“Users can share the Snowball Effect app with friends on Facebook or play each other. They can enhance their game-play by checking-into our stores, downloading codes on specially marked Coca-Cola products and earning points for prizes...

Partnership with 7-Eleven and PayNearMe allows customers to book online, pay in cash
DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Greyhound, the largest North American provider of intercity bus transportation, and 7-Eleven, Inc., the world's largest convenience retailer, today announced that customers nationwide can purchase bus tickets online or over the phone with cash, giving them access to special fares and offerings currently available only via the Internet with a credit or debit card.
Through an innovative program in conjunction with 7-Eleven® stores and PayNearMe™, Greyhound's cash customers can now purchase online and pay for their bus tickets at 7-Eleven® neighborhood stores, turning them into local "Greyhound ticketing offices...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH), a leading national retailer of innovative technology products, services and accessories, today announced a 100-percent increase in its dividend and the authorization of a $200 million share repurchase program as part of a new capital allocation strategy designed to balance business growth opportunities with continued strong cash flow and provide a more consistent return of excess cash to long-term shareholders.
The Board of Directors has declared an increase in the annual dividend on the Company's common stock to $0.50 per share in 2011, compared to $0.25 per share paid in 2010, and has changed the annual dividend payout to a quarterly payout. The annual cash dividend of $0...

Up To $250,000 to be Donated to Feeding America from Every Pepsi Purchase
Purchase, N.Y. – Oct. 24, 2011 – Pepsi has partnered with 7-Eleven, Inc.’s convenience stores nationwide to ask consumers to help relieve domestic hunger by purchasing a Pepsi trademark product at participating 7-Eleven locations nationwide, with proceeds of up to $250,000 going to Feeding America. Through Dec. 31, Pepsi will donate five cents from each 20-oz. Pepsi product purchased at 7-Eleven locations and customers can double their donations by checking-in to7-Elevenon Facebook.
“We believe it’s important to create unique, point-of-sales marketing programs that engage our customers and provide them with a convenient, immediate way to do good,” said Bryan Welsh, Pepsi shopper marketing vice president...

Dallas (Oct. 14, 2011) – Hundreds of convenience retail leaders, business partners, co-workers, friends and family turned out Oct. 2, 2011, to congratulate7-Eleven, Inc. President and CEO Joe DePinto, for winning CSP’s 2011 Retail Leader of the Year award. The recognition dinner was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in DePinto’s hometown of Chicago during the 50th annual NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) show.
CSP is the No. 1 business publication for convenience and petroleum retailers, offering print and online news and information, business consulting and industry research, and national networking events. DePinto will be featured on the cover of the December issue of CSP magazine.
In 2005, DePinto took the reigns as CEO of7-Eleven, Inc...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payments, and 7-Eleven, Inc., the world’s largest convenience retailer, have signed a prepaid agreement to offer consumers the ability to obtain The Western Union® MoneyWise™ General Purpose Reloadable prepaid card at 7-Eleven, Inc.’s store locations. The card will be available at select 7-Eleven U.S. retail locations early next year.
“The Western Union MoneyWise prepaid card incorporates all the benefits of a reloadable prepaid card, including convenience and ease of use, which is what our customers want.”
The 7-Eleven agreement builds upon Western Union's prepaid go-to-market strategy. The Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid Card will be a new service option for consumers who already purchase Western Union money orders at more than 6,000 U...

DALLAS, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Something's brewing at 7-Eleven, Inc. as its U.S. and Canada stores get ready to celebrate National Coffee Day on Thursday, Sept. 29, with its own caffeinated celebration – CofFREE Day.
From 7 to 11 a.m. on thisThursday, participating 7-Eleven® stores will give away free medium-size cups of fresh-brewed, hot coffee.
Leading up to the four-hour CofFREE break, 7-Eleven invited its Facebook fans to participate in Dip-a-Drip. This interactive game, hosted on 7-Eleven's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/7-Eleven, allows 7-Eleven fans to launch a ball that dips a ″drip″ (aka, obnoxious person) into a giant 7-Eleven coffee cup at a live event to be held Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Union Station in Washington, D...