7 Elevens facts
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A disgruntled former 7-Eleven owner opened a new convenience store across the street from his old location. He named it 6-Twelve.
Since 1995, 7-Eleven has provided more than 6 million coupons to police departments across the country to "ticket" young people "caught in random acts of kindness" dubbed Operation Chill.
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In July 2007, convenience store chain 7-Eleven converted 11 of its stores in the United States and one in Canada (Coquitlam) into Kwik-E-Marts to promote The Simpsons Movie.
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7-Eleven convenience stores were once called "Totem Stores" and featured an authentic inuit totem pole in front of each location.
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7-Eleven owns the trademark to the word 'Brainfreeze'. The medical term is a cold-stimulus headache.
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7-Eleven changed it's name from Tote'm in 1946 to reflect the company's new extended hours, from 7 am to 11 pm seven days a week.
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That, although originally from the US, 7/11 has technically been a Japanese company since 1991 after Southland’s bankruptcy. 7-Eleven Japan now runs more than 50,000 stores worldwide in 15 countries.
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Thailand has more 7-Elevens than the United States
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In 2007, eleven 7-Eleven locations were changed into Kwik-E Marts to promote the Simpsons movie. They sold products from the show such as Buzz Cola, Krusty-O's, pink frosted Sprinklicious doughnuts, and Squishees. Duff Bear, however, was not sold.
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All the 7-elevens in Oklahoma are independently owned by one family and do not have the same promotions as nationwide 7-elevens
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7‑Eleven adds another store to its worldwide operations every three and a half hours
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Tokyo has over 2,600 7-Eleven convenience stores and nearly 1/3 of all 7-Eleven stores worldwide can be found only in Japan.
In 1991, a 7-Eleven store in Thousand Oaks, CA experimented with use of Classical Music to Keep Youths Away - source
Pregnancy lasts 35 to 58 days and ends with one to eleven babies known as hoglets. Babies are blind and covered with soft quills at birth. They stay with their mother until the age of 4 to 7 weeks.
7-Eleven released a promotional single about Slurpees
7-Eleven has more locations in Japan than anywhere else. - source
7‑Eleven stores sell almost 45 million gallons of fountain drinks a year – enough to fill approximately 68 Olympic-size swimming pools.
7-Eleven makes its Slurpees using machines licensed from ICEE.
Japan has over 16,600 7-Eleven stores - One for every 7,700 residents and more than twice as many as the US
Clorox (parent of Kingsford Charcoal) and 7-Eleven provided the primary funding for the Daylight Saving Time Coalition behind the 1987 extension to US DST, and both Idaho senators voted for it based on the premise that during DST restaurants sell more French fries, made from Idaho potatoes.
Lawson's Convenience Store originated in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. But today exists as a Japanese company and is the second largest convenience store chain in the country behind 7-Eleven.
7-11's in Oklahoma are the only independently owned stores that carry the 7-Eleven brand, thanks to a special arrangement made in 1953 between owner William "Bill" Brown and 7-Eleven Inc.
