Party people young and old, it’s that time of the year again! 75 years ago today the very first 7-Eleven opened up in Oakcliff! What started out as an ice house storefront originally called “Tot’em”, turned into an operation with over 78,029 stores in 19 countries! On top of selling ice they also began providing […]
A 7-Eleven in downtown Portland is under fire for using a high pitch sound to prevent the sometimes dozen of homeless people outside the store. They used to play classical music to try and deter them but that wasn’t working anymore. As of yesterday, the noise was shut off after city officials say it violated […]
Make sure you stop at 7-Eleven today to get a free SLURPEE, did you know the Slurpee started in Dallas? A guy named Omar Knedlik had the idea for the ICEE, but needed help building the machine with Dallas-based John E. Mitchell, having completed design of the ICEE machine in 1965. Then a 7-Eleven manager […]
