July 11 was the official 85th birthday of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, and to celebrate they were giving out free 7.11-ounce Slurpees.
Today the United Dairy Farmers convenience store chain has approximately 200 locations throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana and United Dairy Farmers brand ice cream remains a regional favorite.
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In 1946, the Tote'm convenience-store chain extended its hours from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
So it recruited new customers like the 7-Eleven convenience-store chain and United Parcel Service.
Jere Thompson Jr. had the experience of watching his father and uncle drive the family's 7-Eleven empire -- a worldwide convenience-store chain that his grandfather started with a single Dallas icehouse in 1927 -- into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990.
New Yorkers most often purchase sugary beverages in the grocery store, at a corner bodega, or a chain convenience store.
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Beverage makers, restaurateurs, minority advocates and other critics told a judge the upcoming 16-ounce limit was a finger-wagging incursion on consumer choice, rife with inconsistencies that would cost a hot dog vendor business while still allowing New Yorkers to buy belly-buster sodas at the chain convenience store next to him.
For the study, the researchers used two data sets from chain stores and interviewed managers of nine convenience store chains.
So far, no large Indian supermarket chain has managed to replicate the convenience-store format successfully, because it's tough to offer goods on credit, personalize the service and stay profitable.
Supermarket chain Tesco is to take over a Suffolk pub and turn it into a convenience store.
Wawa, a regional chain of six hundred convenience stores known for its near cult-like customer following, screens potential store managers fiercely against two values: Delight Customers and Value People.
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