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  • Seven hundred and eleven.
  • Super Big Gulps!....:-D...
  • It was my 'local' bus route between June 1936 and September 1977.
  • 7-Eleven is a worldwide chain of convenience stores. It is, since March 2007, the largest chain store in any category, beating McDonald's by 1,000 stores.[1] Its stores are located in eighteen countries, with its largest markets being Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Thailand. 7-Eleven is a subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan. Among 7-Eleven's offerings are private label products, including Slurpee, a partially frozen beverage introduced in 1967[2], and the Big Gulp introduced in 1980[2] that packaged soft drinks in large cups ranging in size from 20 to 64 fluid ounces. History The company has its origins in 1927 in Dallas, Texas, USA, when an employee of Southland Ice Company started selling milk, eggs and bread from an ice dock.[3] The original location was an improvised storefront at Southland Ice Company, an ice-manufacturing plant. Although small grocery stores and general merchandisers were present in the immediate area, the managers of the ice plant discovered that selling "convenience items" such as bread and milk was popular. Eventually, several locations would open up in the Dallas area. Initially, these stores were open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., hours unprecedented in their length, hence the name. The company began to use the 7-Eleven name in 1946. By 1952, 7-Eleven opened its 100th store. In 1962, 7-Eleven first experimented with a 24-hour schedule in Austin, Texas.[4] In 1963, 24-hour stores were established in Las Vegas, Fort Worth, and Dallas.[5] In 1987, John Thompson, the founder of 7-Eleven completed a $5.2 billion management buyout of the company he founded.[6] The buyout suffered from the 1987 stock market crash and after failing initially 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.[7][8] In the 1980s, the company ran into financial difficulties and was rescued from bankruptcy by Ito-Yokado, its largest franchisee. The Japanese company gained a controlling share of 7-Eleven. Ito-Yokado formed Seven & I Holdings Co. and 7-Eleven became its subsidiary. In 2007, Seven & I Holdings announced they would be greatly expanding their American operations, with an additional 1,000 7-Eleven stores in the U.S. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven
  • In the book of Revelations, Chapter 7, verse 11 says only one word. SLURPEE!
  • i BELIEVE IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK!:) tRY READING DOREEN VIRTUE'S ANGEL BOOKS AND THIER MEANINGS-SHE HAS A WEB SITE, TOO:) hOPE THIS HELPS!:)

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