Iconic convenience store closing all locations
The company has a deep history but its new owner plans to rebrand locations to its less famous name.
While convenience stores seem very much like a form of retail designed for a singular purpose — quickness — there's been a bit of a surprising fan base presence built up around some of them over the years.
Take 7-Eleven, for instance, known in America to many frozen drink enthusiasts as the home of the Slurpee. Starting in 2002, the chain decided to declare its birthday a holiday, forever deeming July 11 Free Slurpee Day. It might have been this move that endeared so many Americans to the chain, as now the term trends on social media every year as folks flock to get their free Slurpees.
