7-Eleven
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Retail (convenience stores) |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, US |
| Number of locations | 50,254 |
| Key people | Joseph DePinto, CEO |
| Products | Slurpee beverage Big Gulp beverage Cup Other products include: coffee, sandwiches, prepared foods, gasoline, dairy products, various beverages |
| Revenue |  $16.681 billion (Estimated) US$ (2009)[1] |
| Employees | 45,000 (2010 NA) |
| Parent | Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. |
| Website | 7-eleven.com 7andi.com sej.co.jp |
7-Eleven Japan runs all 7-Eleven franchises worldwide and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
7-Eleven America has its headquarters in the One Arts Plaza building in Downtown Dallas, Texas.[6]
Contents
Etymology
The company's first convenience outlets were known as Tote'm Stores since customers "toted" away their purchases, and some even sported genuine Alaskan totem poles in front. In 1946, the name Tote'm was changed to 7-Eleven to reflect the stores' new, extended hours—7 a.m. until 11 p.m., seven days a week.[7] The company's corporate name was changed from "The Southland Corporation" to 7-Eleven, Inc. in 1999.History
By 1928, a manager of one of these locations brought back a totem pole from Alaska and placed it in front of his store. Due to the attention received by the totem pole, additional totem poles were placed at each of the locations and all the stores began operating under the name "Tot'em Stores" (a word play on the totem poles as well as the idea that customers toted away their purchases).[7][8] In that same year many of the locations also began selling gasoline. Although the Great Depression caused the company to go bankrupt in 1931, it still managed to continue operations.
In 1946, in an effort to continue the company's post war recovery, the name of the stores was changed to 7-Eleven to reflect their hours of operation—7 am to 11 pm, which at the time was unprecedented. By 1952, 7-Eleven opened its 100th store. It was incorporated as Southland Corporation in 1961.[8] In 1962, 7-Eleven first experimented with a 24-hour schedule in Austin, Texas after an Austin store was forced to remain open all night due to customer demand following a University of Texas football game.[7] By 1963, 24-hour stores were established in Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas as well as Las Vegas, Nevada.[9]
The Southland Corporation in the late 1980s was threatened by a corporate takeover, prompting the Thompson family to take steps to take the company private by buying out public shareholders in a tender offer. In 1987, John Philp Thompson, the Chairman and CEO of 7-Eleven, completed a $5.2 billion management buyout of the company his father had founded.[10] The buyout suffered from the 1987 stock market crash, and after failing initially to raise high yield debt financing, the company was required to offer a portion of the company's stock as an inducement to invest in the company's bonds.[11][12]
Operating in this period with exceptionally high interest costs, the Company, now private, encountered financial difficulties with the high debt load, and as part of the re-structuring, sold various divisions, such as ice division and Chief Auto Parts - an auto parts franchise, which was acquired by Southland in 1979 to provide the convenience of a 7-Eleven store, was divested in 1990 to General Electric and later purchased by AutoZone. In 1998, the company was rescued in bankruptcy by the Japanese corporation Ito-Yokado, its largest franchisee. This downsizing also resulted in numerous metropolitan areas losing 7-Eleven stores to rival convenience store operators.
The Japanese company gained a controlling share of 7-Eleven in 1991,[7] during the Japanese asset bubble of the early 1990s. Ito-Yokado formed Seven & I Holdings Co., and 7-Eleven became its subsidiary in 2005. In 2007, Seven & I Holdings announced it would be expanding their American operations, with an additional 1,000 7-Eleven stores in the United States.
Products and services
Other products
In addition to Slurpee and the Big Gulp, 7-Eleven would come to own or operate several brands of food and concepts, including Movie Quik, an in-store video-rental service; Citgo, the gas brand sold at many locations up until 2006; as well as Chief Auto Parts (1979–1990, later sold to AutoZone), which had locations adjacent to or near several 7-Eleven locations. They bought White Hen Inc. on August 10, 2006, mostly in or around the Chicago, Illinois area, and plan to convert all of the remaining White Hens to 7-Eleven stores.Since 2005, the company has offered 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless, a prepaid phone service where a cellphone can be purchased directly from a 7-Eleven store in the United States or Canada and activated on the spot.
On November 3, 2009 7-Eleven announced that it was releasing two low-priced proprietary wines in the United States and Japan (under the "Yosemite Road" brand).[14]
Around the world
Asia-Pacific
Australia
The first 7-Eleven in Australia opened on August 24, 1977 in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh. There are currently 589 stores in the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland; the majority of stores are in metropolitan areas, particularly in central business district areas. Stores in suburban areas often operate as petrol stations. Stores are owned and operated as franchises, with a central administration.7-Eleven stores sell gift cards including three types of prepaid VISA cards. There are daily newspapers, drinks, confectionery, and snack foods. They sell pre-prepared food such as sandwiches, wraps, pies, sausage rolls under their proprietary brand 'munch' delivered fresh into stores daily.
7-Eleven stores have partnered with BankWest and have BankWest ATMs in all of their stores.[15]
Every year on 7 November, one small cup of free Slurpee is given to each customer in honor to Seven Eleven Day. (November is the 11th month which makes it 7/11)[16]
In March 2010, the company ran a promotion where every customer purchasing fuel received a free small Slurpee.
7-Eleven has acquired 295 Mobil service stations in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria that were originally planned for sale to Caltex. Twenty-nine sites in South Australia were subsequently on sold to Peregrine Corporation, to be badged as On the Run convenience stores.[17][18]
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
In April 2009, 7-Eleven announced plans to expand its business in Indonesia through a master franchise agreement with Modern Putra Indonesia (a subsidiary of Modern Group, FujiFilm distributor in Indonesia) of Jakarta. Modern Putra Indonesia's initial plans are to focus on opening stores in Jakarta, targeting densely populated commercial and office areas, to offer working Indonesians a convenient place to shop for lunch, snacks and emergency items. Other major cities, such as Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya, offer future expansion opportunities.[20] There are 83 7-Eleven stores in Indonesia as of January 2012. Now, 7-Eleven stores in Indonesia release "Ice Radio Mix" in cooperation with MNC Radio Networks (Global ARH Radio, Sindo Trijaya FM, V Radio, and Radio Dangdut Indonesia), which owned by Hary Tanoesoedibjo. Hary Tanoesoedibjo announced that PT Global Mediacom Tbk will acquired 75% stakes of 7-Eleven Indonesia after launching "Ice Radio Mix" on 2013 with MNC Radio Networks.Indonesian government stated in May 2010 that they will monitor 7-Eleven expansion since it is licensed as convenience stores not as mini markets. Indonesian law limits mini market ownership to local companies.[21]
Japan
Japan has more 7-Eleven locations than anywhere else in the world, where they often bear the title of its current holding company "Seven & I Holdings". Of the 48,097 stores around the globe, 14,579 (30% of global stores) are located in Japan[22] with 1,956 in Tokyo alone.[23] Despite having the most number of 7-Eleven stores in the world, not all 47 prefectures of Japan have a 7-Eleven presence; the island of Shikoku for example has no 7-Eleven stores at all, instead its competitors Lawson, FamilyMart and independent competitors fill the gap.[24][25]
The feel and look of the store is somewhat different from that of 7-Elevens in the United States. In Japan, they offer a wider selection of products and services. Japanese 7-Elevens offer not only food, drinks, and magazines, but also video games and consoles, music CDs, DVDs, digital cardreaders as well as seasonal items like Christmas cakes, Valentine's Day chocolates, and fireworks. Slurpees and Big Gulp super size soft drinks were introduced in the early 1980s but discontinued some years later. Slurpees, however, returned to Japan at some 7-Eleven locations in 2011, although the Japanese Slurpee machines are meant to be operated differently from other Slurpee machines.[citation needed]
On September 1, 2005, Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd., a new holding company, became the parent company of 7-Eleven, Ito Yokado, and Denny's Japan.
Like some other convenience stories in Japan, Seven-Eleven has solar panels and LEDs installed on about 1,400 of its stores, making it the chain with the most, as of mid-2012.[26]
Malaysia
Malaysian 7-Elevens are owned by 7-Eleven Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. which now operates 1,367 stores nationwide (as of August 2012). 7-Eleven in Malaysia was incorporated on June 4, 1984 by the Berjaya Group Berhad. The first 7-Eleven store in Malaysia was opened in October 1984, in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.[27] In October 2008, 7-Eleven achieved a milestone opening of its 1,000th store in Bandar Sunway, Selangor. It is today the market leader in convenience store chain landscape in Malaysia.[28]Philippines
On May 19, 1988, PSC's sister company, Philippine Seven Properties Corporation (PSPC) was registered with SEC. PSPC undermined the difficulties posed by the Constitution, and made it easier for PSC to raise money through acceptance of foreign and corporate investments. PSPC was able to successfully generate additional funds which were used by PSC in the construction of six stores in 1988, and five stores in 1989. Now there are more than 900 7-Eleven stores in the Philippines.
Singapore
The first 7-Eleven stores were opened in 1983 with a franchise license under the Jardine Matheson Group. The license was then acquired by Cold Storage Singapore, a subsidiary of the Dairy Farm Group, in 1989. At present, 7-Eleven plans to expand its base to include 300 stores, within the next few years. In 2006, 7-Eleven (Singapore) signed an agreement with Shell Singapore to operate its "Shell Select" convenience stores in all its petrol stations island-wide.[29] In September 2007, the change-over of Shell Select stores to 7-Eleven were fully completed.[30]
7-Eleven stores in Singapore operate around the clock, except for stores in Biopolis, hospitals, MRT Stations, some shopping centres, Raffles Institution (Junior College), ITE College West, Singapore Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic and Nanyang Technological University, which have shorter operating hours. Slurpees and Big Gulp super size soft drinks are available at most 7-Eleven stores in Singapore, although a small minority of stores do not sell Slurpees and Big Gulp due to space constraints.
South Korea
Taiwan
Main article: 7-Eleven in Taiwan
Thailand
The franchise in Thailand is the CP ALL Public Company Limited, which in turn grants franchises to operators. There were 6,773 stores 7-Elevens in Thailand in 2012, half of which are in Bangkok, making Thailand have the 3rd largest number of stores after Japan and the United States.[31] CP All plans to increase the number of stores to more than 7,000 by 2013. Mr Piyawat[who?] said the company plans spending of 5 billion baht to expand business. Of the total, 2 billion will be used to open 500 new outlets, one billion to renovate existing stores and the rest to develop a new distribution centre in the East.[32]Europe
The owner of the master franchise for 7-Eleven in Scandinavia is Reitan Servicehandel, a part of the Norwegian retail group Reitan Group. All stores are franchised, and 7-Eleven often tries to place the stores on corners in city centers. After Reitangruppen bought the filling station chain HydroTexaco (now YX Energy) in Norway and Sweden in 2006 it has announced that several of the stores at the filling stations will be rebranded 7-Eleven and the petrol will be supplied by Shell, others will remain under the YX-concept.
Norway
In Norway, the first 7-Eleven was opened at Grünerløkka in Oslo on September 13, 1986. As of January 2012, there are 162 7-Eleven stores in Norway, more than half of these are in Oslo. Norway has the northernmost 7-Eleven in the world, situated in Tromsø. On a per-capita basis, Norway has one 7–Eleven store for every 47,000 Norwegians, compared to Canada, which has one for every 74,000 Canadians.
Sweden
The first European location of 7-Eleven was Swedish; the first 7-Eleven in Sweden was opened on Tomtebogatan in Stockholm in 1978. Reitan Servicehandel Sverige has had the license in Sweden since December 1997. In the mid-1990s, 7-Eleven in Sweden received adverse publicity due to the unfavourable labour contracts offered by its then-licensee Small Shops, an American-based company, resulting in many stores being sold and closed down. For a time there were only 7-Elevens in Stockholm and Gothenburg. 7-Eleven returned to the south of Sweden in 2001 when a convenience store opened in Lund. Later in the 2000s the Swedish 7-Eleven chain was embroiled in controversy when the Swedish TV channel TV3 exposed widespread fraud on the part of Reitan Servicehandel in its management of the 7-Eleven franchise, which Reitan Servicehandel eventually admitted to on its website. As of the end of 2008, there are 77 7-Elevens in Sweden: most of them in Stockholm, 16 in Gothenburg, 8 in southern Sweden (including two in Lund, two in Helsingborg, three in Malmö and one located at Malmö-Sturup Airport). After an agreement with Shell on August 27, 2007, 112 Shell Select-outlets will be remade into 7-Eleven as of April 2009.
For a time in the early-1980s Slurpees were in 7-Eleven stores in Sweden, but nowadays Slush Puppies in Denmark.
North America
Canada
The first 7-Eleven store to open in Canada was in Calgary, Alberta on June 29, 1969. There are 476 7-Eleven stores as of January 1, 2012.[33] Winnipeg, Manitoba has the world's largest number of Slurpee consumers, with an estimated 1,500,000 slurpees sold since the first 7-Eleven opened on March 21, 1970. All 7-Eleven locations in Canada are corporately operated.[34]
A limited number of 7-Eleven locations feature gas stations from Shell Canada, Petro-Canada, or Esso. In November 2005, 7-Eleven started offering the Speak Out Wireless cellphone service in Canada. 7-Eleven locations also featured CIBC ATMs—in June 2012, these machines were replaced with ATMs operated by Scotiabank. 7-Eleven abandoned the Ottawa, Ontario market in December 2009 after selling all its six outlets to Quickie Convenience Stores, a regional chain. Following concerns over the fate of Speak Out Wireless customers, Quickie offered to assume existing SpeakOut customers and phones into its Good2Go cellphone program.[35][36]
Mexico
In Mexico the first 7-Eleven store opened in 1971 in Monterrey, N.L. in association with Grupo Chapa (now Iconn) and 7-Eleven, Inc. under the name Super 7. In 1995, Super 7 was renamed to 7-Eleven, which currently has more than 1,400 stores in several areas of the Republic. When stores are located within classic buildings (such as in Historic Center) or important buildings, the logo at the entrance shows no colors; instead, letters are golden or silver. Main competitors in Mexico are OXXO (Femsa), Super City (Soriana), Farmacias Guadalajara and other local competitors. Slurpees are available at some but not all Mexican 7-Eleven stores.United States
Once ubiquitous, 7-Eleven stores are no longer found in some Midwestern and Southeastern states. In May 1998, it was announced that 113 7-Eleven stores would be sold and converted into Kum & Go stores. In this same time frame, 7-Eleven exited the Minnesota market and sold all its Minnesota stores to SuperAmerica. This led to situations, especially in larger cities like Minneapolis and Saint Paul, where multiple SuperAmerica locations could be found on the same intersection. In states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, other convenience stores like Holiday Station Stores, SuperAmerica, QuikTrip, Kwik Trip, Casey's, and Speedway occupy the same market.
In the Pennsylvania market -- a market noted for innovation within the convenience store industry -- 7-Eleven competes with Turkey Hill from Lancaster, Wawa from the Philadelphia area, and Sheetz from Altoona. 7-Eleven has no presence in the Altoona–State College–Johnstown area because of Sheetz,[40] but is predominant in the Pittsburgh region where Sheetz also dominates, as well as South Central Pennsylvania around the state capital of Harrisburg. 7-Eleven is also absent in several cities in Texas (Houston (1988–2013), Galveston, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, San Antonio (1989–2012) - 7-Elevens in these cities after 1988 (1989 for its San Antonio locations) were sold to National Convenience Stores, which owns the Stop & Go franchise,[41] later acquired by Diamond Shamrock in November 1995,[42] now part of Valero since 2006), even though the United States headquarters is based there.[43] Prior to December 31, 2012, 7-Eleven had no plans to re-enter Southeast Texas although Houston-based Landmark Industries is dominant with their Timewise convenience stores which has over 200 locations, usually co-branded with a McDonald's and a major name-brand oil company. 7-Elevens are prevalent in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, Temple, Killeen, Fort Hood, and Austin, in West Texas (Midland, Lubbock, El Paso - the West Texas locations west of Interstate 35 are co-branded with Alon gas stations, part of Alon USA's retail business interests which includes Southwest Convenience Stores; 7-Elevens with Alon (formerly Fina) gas stations are licensed franchises), and two individual franchises in Smithville and San Marcos, Texas. The current Texas locations are located north of Interstate 10 and west of the Interstate 35 corridor including the Smithville location east of Bastrop. In North Carolina, 7-Elevens were only seen in the northeastern part of the state, as part of the Hampton Roads market, between 1988 and 2012. In the rest of the state, there are several equivalents. 7-Eleven has little to no presence in the Albany, New York market due to the prominence there of Stewart's Shops, a local chain.
In 1987, Southland acquired High's Dairy Stores of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. many of which were converted to 7-Elevens.
In March 2007, it was announced that 7-Eleven would sell its corporately owned stores in northern Texas and in Florida to franchisees;[44] the chain has been franchising stores since 1964. The sale will make 7-Eleven virtually a franchise-only operation in six years.
7-Eleven is moving toward franchising most of its remaining corporate locations inside the United States. The 7-Eleven franchise system splits the gross profits 50/50 or close to it, between the company and the individual franchisee. The initial 7-Eleven franchise term is 15 years. The franchise fee and other upfront fees collected by 7-Eleven from a newly approved franchisee, in addition to ongoing 50:50 sharing of profits, is not transferable to another incoming franchisee in the same store, for the unexpired portion, if any, of the current 15 year contract. For example if one pays full franchise fee for 15 years and has to leave the store after one year due to any reason, they stand to lose the franchise fee for the remaining 14 years of their term.
Supermarket News ranked 7-Eleven's North American operations No. 11 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2006 fiscal year estimated sales of $15.0 billion.[45] Based on 2005 revenue, 7-Eleven is the twenty-fourth largest retailer in the United States.[46]
On September 27, 2006, 7-Eleven announced its 20-year contract with Citgo was coming to an end and would not be renewed. 7-Eleven Spokeswoman Margaret Chabris said "Regardless of politics, we sympathize with many Americans' concern over derogatory comments about our country and its leadership recently made by Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez. Certainly Chávez's position and statements over the past year or so didn't tempt us to stay with Citgo." Later she said that "People are making it out to be more than it is."[47] Citgo's Chief Executive Felix Rodriguez responded with a correction the following day, accusing 7-Eleven of exploiting the situation to score political points against Chavez, and pointing out that Citgo's decision to terminate the contract with 7-Eleven had been made in July, for practical and economic reasons: "[The reports are] a manipulation because ever since the month of July have we announced that we did not intend to renew a contract with 7-Eleven, which was 20 years old and that was part of a bad business deal for Venezuela."[48] A statement found on Citgo's homepage stated, "The 7-Eleven contract did not fit within CITGO's strategy to balance sales with refinery production after the sale of its interest in a Houston area refinery."
At locations that have already phased out Citgo fuel, 7-Eleven is no longer accepting Citgo's credit cards. 7-Eleven stores that have removed the Citgo sign usually replace it with an "Oh Thank Heaven!" or "Fast and Fresh" sign on the main sign display, and simply place the 7-Eleven logo on the canopy over the pumps.
In more recent years, however, many gas station locations being built have a 7-Eleven, including the acquisition of BP's "Shop" brand on several locations in the New York metropolitan area. 7-Eleven major competitor is Royal Farms. 7-Eleven signed an agreement with ExxonMobil's retail interests in December 2010 by acquiring 183 sites in Florida[49] and in August 2011 by acquiring 51 of their On The Run stores to the existing 239 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.[50] 7-Eleven expanded their business interests with a partnership with Dallas-Fort Worth–based Cinemark Theatres after July 2011 where the Slurpee beverage is sold at Cinemark locations in Dallas and Houston, Texas and Portland, Oregon (which is deemed as a re-entry into the Houston, Texas metro area since 1988). In past years, 7-Eleven had their marketing tie-in with blockbuster summer film releases on their Big Gulp and Slurpee cups and partnering with Cinemark officially marks the first time that a 7-Eleven branded product is sold outside its parent franchise since this was demonstrated at a Dallas, Texas sports arena. Some locations where Cinemark Theaters are located e.g. State of Utah or Houston, Tex. (a former metropolitan area which 7-Eleven once served) do not have 7-Eleven locations where marketing a 7-Eleven branded product would attract future customers.[51] Citibank ATMs can be found in locations across the United States.
On April 27, 2011 7-Eleven signed an agreement to purchase Wilson Farms, a Buffalo, New York-based convenience store chain with 188 outlets in New York state. The addition of Wilson Farms significantly increased 7-Eleven’s presence in the western New York area.
In 2012, 7-Eleven entered into an agreement with Sam's Mart convenience stores to purchase 55 stores in the Charlotte, North Carolina market and convert them to the 7-Eleven brand. This marked 7-Eleven's re-entry into the Charlotte market after a 24-year absence.
In June 2012, 7-Eleven entered into an agreement with Open Pantry convenience stores to purchase around 2 dozen stores in Wisconsin and convert them to the 7-Eleven brand. This marked 7-Eleven's first presence in Wisconsin since the late 1990s.
In August 2012, 7-Eleven entered into an agreement with Tetco, Inc. to purchase all Tetco's stores that are company-operated in Utah and the Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio areas. TETCO stores will be remodeled and rebranded as 7-Eleven outlets once the transaction closes in November. This will also mark the first time 7-Eleven has been back in San Antonio, Tex. since 1989.[52]
As of December 31, 2012, 7-Eleven officially announced that they acquired 143 convenience stores in Texas where a bulk are located in the South Texas region which includes Speedy Stop and Tigermarket stores including two Speedy Stop stores in northwest Harris County adjacent to the Cypress-Fairbanks area. This will mark a return of 7-Eleven to the Houston Metro area since the October 1987 sale of their stores to National Convenience Stores after 25 years. The company purchased the assets of Victoria (Tex.)-based C.L. Thomas which has brought the grand total of operated or franchised 7-Eleven stores to 700. With the Thomas acquisition, 7-Eleven will expand their stores east of Interstate 35 and south of Interstate 10.[53][54][55] As a result, former Exxon Tigermarket locations in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area once part of the C.L. Thomas business portfolio were rebranded as 7-Elevens.
7-Eleven celebrates its birthday in the United States and Canada every year on July 11. Free samples are given out in 7.11-ounce cups and patrons can choose any flavor Slurpee that they wish.[56]
In June 2013, after 15 stores were raided, mostly in the Suffolk County, Long Island area where undocumented Pakistani immigrants were smuggled in, given fake Social Security numbers stolen from children or the deceased, and made to work up to 100 hours at lower than minimum wage, 7-Eleven issued the following statement: "7-Eleven, Inc. will take aggressive actions to audit the employment status of all its franchisees’ employees."[57]
Rankings
7-Eleven has been consistently ranked in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500,[58] most recently being selected as the No.1 overall franchise. In addition, they were also ranked No.38 in Fastest-Growing Franchises[59] and No.2 in Low Cost Franchises.[60] In 2008, 7-Eleven was named the number one franchise by Entrepreneur, beating out Subway, which had held the number one spot for 15 years.[61]In popular culture
- 7-Eleven is parodied in The Simpsons television series, as a convenience store called Kwik-E-Mart.[62]
- 7-Eleven is parodied in the Futurama television series, as a convenience store called 711.[63]
- 7-Eleven is also parodied in the Grand Theft Auto series of video games as a chain of convenience stores called 24/7.
- 7-Eleven is parodied in Beavis and Butt-head as a convenience store called the Maxi Mart.
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in the 2005 song "Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day, referring to the practice of loitering in front of convenience stores by unaffected youth.
- 7-Eleven is used in the 2013 movie Escape from Planet Earth
- 7-Eleven is also mentioned in Lana Del Rey's song "Diet Mountain Dew".
- A "7-Eleven store" is mentioned in Bruce Springsteen's song "Racing in the Street" published in 1978 on the album Darkness on the Edge of Town.
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in Billy Idol's 1983 song "Rebel Yell".
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in U2's song "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" from the album Zooropa.
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in Bonnie McKee's song "American Girl".
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in David Lee Roth's song "Big Trouble" from the album Eat 'Em and Smile.
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in Swedish singer Mauro Scocco's song "Sarah" from the album with the same name.
- 7-Eleven is mentioned in the Eels' second single "Susan's house".
- In the Back To The Future trilogy, a child asks character Marty McFly, "Where he learned to shoot like that?" Marty tells the child that he learned to shoot whilst playing a Wild Gunman shooting game at 7-Eleven."
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