Talk:7-Eleven

Capitalization

So, capitalization counts in the second word in a Proper name, but not in the f/First. Brilliant. When are you going to wake up and change the software and convention? It's inevitable. Give up please. You're wasting our time.

Give me the user interface source, and database source, and I'll fix this myself.

• Wikipedia:PHP script source
• http://www.wikipedia.com/tarballs/ database dump
• Wikipedia:Mailing lists developer mailing list

Enjoy!

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Err, thanks. Damn I hate that.  ;-p Now, do I have to deal with LDC's claim that "this has been settled, shut up and love it", or can I really just do this?

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Well, what exactly do you want? For page titles to be completely case-sensitive and case-preserving (ie, you could have separate Foo, foo, FOO, fOO articles)? The annoying thing about that is that you'll break a zillion links -- non-proper nouns are usually linked to in lowercase... except at the beginning of a sentence, of course. And who wants to write something like "[[asteroids|Asteroids]] are known in this area."?

Or, you might want page titles to be case-insensitive, but case-preserving. ie, the actual article might be "foo" or "asteroids", but a link [[Foo]] or [[Asteroids]] will also match the lowercase title. Doable, but again problematic; if the page is first created from an uppercase link, you're stuck with the uppercase title (time to make more redirects!). And if you want to have distinct Foo vs foo pages, how do you distinguish them in links without making the more frequent case of non-proper noun at the beginning of a sentence problematic?

I'm not aware of any prior discussion of this subject on wikipedia (though it probably exists somewhere), but if someone else does I'd be curious to see just how it was settled previously... Personally, I like the status quo just fine with first-letter capitalization, but if something else can be made to work cleanly and keep everyone happy, I'm open to suggestions. --Brion VIBBER

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The discussion took place under "Wiki Canonization", or something like that. and what we actually agreed to do is to be even less case-senstive than we are now, by uppercasing the first letter of every word in titles, and matching them with links in either case. That's actually the way I'd like to see it, but before that software change came into effect we switched to the new software.

Please realize that the single most important thing that makes Wikis work is easy linking; that is, one can merrily type along and suddenly decide to put brackets around chess because you think it would be nice to link, and behold, it magically links to an article about chess. Now, since the English language requires using the same word with different capitalization in different contexts (like the beginning of a sentence, inside a title, etc.), the sanity of the system demands some basic case-insentive matching. That also makes searching reasonable. That makes it a little trickier to distinguish between one-word generic terms and proper nouns, but that's a minority case and has reasonable workarounds, and anyway that's already the way real encyclopedia's work (Britannica, for instance, has titles in ALL CAPS). Now it could still be case-preserving, but then titles would look really ugly. Better to have titles be in standard English case, so that they are what educated people expect--or at least people who have read our naming conventions.

Being totally case-sensitive is simply not an option. It would make 90% of the pages redirects, make links point to the wrong place, make searches a major pain in the ass, and many other things. Being totally case-insensitive actually is a good option, and I'd be all for it, and put all the titles in ALL CAPS; that would work well, but it would be ugly. Of course we could also have total separation of page title and link address, but that defeats the whole purpose of a Wiki. So we compromised on the system as it is--it's not as easy to use as all caps, it's not as pretty or as flexible as total sensitivity. But it's a good compromise, and you're the only one whining about it. -- Lee Daniel Crocker

Thanks for the link, Lee. For what it's worth, Capitaliztion Of The First Letter Of Every Word In The Title is what the old software that's still running on most of the Non-English Wikipedias does. It's hideously ugly; I much prefer the first-letter capitalization we have here, and would generally prefer to keep it that way and convert the others to the first-letter scheme. However I see no pressing need for lowercase first letters in titles, which is also ugly. Brion VIBBER

Except, of course, for articles like pH -- but things like that are a rare exceptions to the general rule. Perhaps we should have initial uppercasing as the default when creating article, but allow articles to be moved to lowercase-initial titles, by simply not forcing the issue in the move code.

Language

"7-Eleven is the world's largest chain of small convenience stores". Now isn't that a nice statement. WHAT IS "SMALL"? 10 square inch? 10 acres? - Jerryseinfeld 03:07, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Fixt. Adraeus 03:44, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Which states have gasoline-selling 7-11s? Which do not?

Melbourne has numerous 7-11 service stations.

"Trivia"

I removed this from the trivia section:

That is an urban legend about it, it says the logo is designed considering the numerology or Feng Shui. Most 7-Eleven stores locate at the corner of the street (author: which is ideal for business according to Feng Shui). The small n acts as the magnet (shape) to draw in luck or money. Moreover, small "n" looks smoother and more comfortable than the big "N".

I found this rather confusing and it's probably not verifiable, considering it is an "urban myth". And that last part is purely opinion. Thought I would show some courtesy with a note here. If there are any problems, Mrtea 04:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Page name

Shouldnt this article be at 7-Eleven rather than where it is now? The company literature uses this name, and it's used throughout the aticle as well. Is there any particular reason it's at Seven-Eleven? GeeJo _{(t) (c)} • 14:26, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, done it myself. If it's reverted, would the mover kindly give a reason? GeeJo _{(t) (c)} • 14:28, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Pennsylvania

Why does this article labour over PA so much? Are there really more stores there; is it actually notable? It mentions a town of 60,000 with four, but that doesn't strike me as particularly extreme. Salt Lake County, UT with about 900,000 residents has 70, which is a better ratio. What source says the store is particularly prolific in Pennsylvania? 65.100.218.191 12:34, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Anyone? Anyone? Should be removed if not cited. 24.10.196.167 19:34, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Gulps

Does 711 even sell the bigger gulps anymore? I think the largest they offer is 44. Check the product page here. PrettyMuchBryce 20:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

7-Eleven has these sizes of Gulps. I know this because I go there a lot:

• Gulp (20 oz.)
• Big Gulp (32 oz.)
• Super Big Gulp (44 oz.)
• Double Gulp (64 oz.) 68.205.128.200 16:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Super Big Gulp is the size favored by a taxicab dispatcher who worked for an Arlington, Virginia company called Transportation General in the 1970s and 1980s, resigning in 1988. Then he switched companies to Blue Top (also headquartered in Arlington). His name was Richard Lukshaw. Should we add him to the article? Here is a URL for his existence.

a frequent 7-11 customer in the 1970s and 1980s

Despite the fact that Mr. Lukshaw attended George Mason University and his brother (omitted from the obituary) became a dentist, Mr. Lukshaw learned to become content as a low achiever who regularly patronized 7-11 late at night. By the 1980s he was morbidly obese. As the obituary says, he died at age 63 of complications from more than one stroke. Go figure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.101.236.250 (talk) 20:46, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I got an idea for a Gulp The Ultra-Gulp (128 oz)

The WikiSpector (talk) 23:24, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

That's for 7-Eleven to know. Bulldog73 (talk) 00:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Mysterious linking problem

Don't know the exact reason, but why my photo cannot be displayed correctly here while it's totally okay in Chinese Wikipedia?--SElefant 19:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Hawaii

It may be worth noting that Hawaii's 7-Elevens are treated as part of the Japanese operation and, like those in Japan the article describes, carry personal hygeine products, condoms, etc. (And alongside the hot dogs, they have Musubi and such.) This shouldn't really be a surprise given the ethnic diversity of Hawaii.

Oh, and here in Hilo (pop. around 50,000) there are 4 7-Eleven stores within an area of 3x2 miles, or 6 square miles. :) Take that, Pennsylvania.

Dan 12:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

• Heh, I hadn't been to Japan in a couple of years, went to Hawaii on a military training assignment and walked into a 7-11. I was honestly surprised to find my beloved onigiri in America. Bless her heart, the lady at the counter probably thought I went mad when I bought 10 different flavors. :) Shadowrun 08:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you must have been mad :-), as there aren't that many good flavors. --C S (talk) 00:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Maryland

I work at 7-Eleven in Maryland, (Southern Maryland might I add) and I have never once heard it called "S'leven." And I happen to have anouther 7-Eleven practically across the street from my store.

Critical mass

The "United States" section currently includes this statement: "7-Eleven attempts to have critical mass in the regions in which they are located." I'm deleting it because it's meaningless. (How would you even define what "critical mass" means for a chain of convenience stores?) Pat Berry 18:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Trivia pruning

In response to the cleanup request, I'm removing all items that note nothing more interesting than that 7-Eleven was referred to or portrayed in some movie or some song. The chain is an institution; it isn't noteworthy that it comes up pop culture contexts. I'm leaving items that are quirky, though, such as the one about 7 to the 11th power in Futurama.

I'm also removing the item about one of their promotions and its movie tie-in. They have promotions all the time. There's nothing remarkable about this one. And Jay Leno often jokes about their new promotions? So what? Jay Leno jokes about anything topical.

Finally, I'm integrating the tiny orphan Trivia section near the top into the United States section.

31,000?

Is that in the U.S. or worldwide employees? I am guessing just U.S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.206.165.13 (talk) 09:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

Canada

Under the Canada section, it states that there are "several locations in Toronto, Ontario". Is there any particular reason why these locations are deemed more important than locations in other Canadian cities or does this simply reflect their centre of the universe mentality?

Hyphen?

Well, I noticed something today. Throughout the entire article, hyphens are used in 7-Eleven. Shouldn't an en dash be used, since it's a closed range (because the stores were originally opened from 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM)? I wasn't sure, and it's not my place to radically change an article without first consulting the Talk page, so I'll throw this out into the open. EctoplasmOnToast 04:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Media section

I added a little something in the Media Section, a quote from Rush Hour 2. I'm pretty sure that this is what they said, but could someone confirm? Thanks Duhman0009 16:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Taiwan

I've changed Taiwan from labeling it as Southeast Asia to East Asia.

UK

There used to be (and maybe still are) 7-Elevens in the UK - shouldn't this article mention this fact? EAi 11:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

There's a recently-opened one in Liverpool. The first one I've ever seen in the UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsenäisyyspäivä (talk • contribs) 16:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

There were 50 or so operating at one point, late 80s early 90s, a couple in the midlands, birmingham i think, but most were in London. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.140.27 (talk) 22:46, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Sox Games

the article said that games started at 7:10 before the partnership. but it was 7:05, so i changed it

Source? Deiz talk 00:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

well the linked sourve (wich seeem reliable sais it was 19:07 so it would be 4 Minutes... --80.219.0.8 (talk) 21:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering about this as well and I changed the text to match what is said in the linked source. However, somebody changed it back to saying 1 minite... perhaps they should explain why they are doing that? Granted, nowadays many MLB games start at 10 minutes after the hour, but back in 2007 (when the ChiSox promotion started) many MLB games started at 7 minutes after the hour as the linked source states.

Wsucfred (talk) 18:52, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Kwik-E-Mart

I have no evidence here, but it seems to me that the statement under "Marketing" that 7-Elevens will be changing their name to Kwik-E-Mart this summer in a tie-in to the Simpsons movie is extremely suspect.

Independently owned 7-Eleven

I live in Florida, and there is a 7-Eleven without a gas station in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and four in Daytona Beach, Florida. 68.205.128.200 17:10, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Only certain areas of the US

The only actual 7-11s in North Carolina are located on the outer banks, close to the Norfolk area. The rest of the state has Han-Dee Hugo's. Anyone know why? --Jnelson09 04:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Link/footnote #7

Hey guys, I have no idea how to fix it, but the link for footnote #7 about the simpsons makeovers just leads to the "Top Stories" page on the NY post, it's not a permanent link to the article. Can someone fix this for me? Thanks. Shinku Hisaki 07:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Marketing

This section:

 ==Marketing==
 [[July 11]] is known as "7-11 Day", during which participating 7-Eleven stores offer up to 1,000 customers a free 7.11-oz. Slurpee
 of  their choice. <ref>[http://www.7-eleven.com/newsroom/articles.asp?p=2246 5 Million Free Slurpees At 7-Eleven], 7-Eleven,
 July 7, 2003.</ref>

Is there any better reference for this than a press release saying that this happened four years ago? Is there any direct evidence that the company as a whole still pushes this promotion? I looked at their website and didn't see anything... Blueguy76 20:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Lock question

Can somebody put in the famous question about why 7/11 stores have locks if they're always open? I heard it was because of hold-ups. rabmny 16:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I would guess that while they generally open 24-7, there very well could be times that they would want to close up: emergencies and the like.Wschart (talk) 13:07, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Removed extra text from reference 4

Munroe, Tony (1992-11-10). "Bumps in the night; Kinko's tries to copy success of area's other 24-hour stores". Washington Times. p. C1..

"In the summer of 1963, a Las Vegas 7-Eleven became the first store in the Southland Corp.'s chain to stay open around the clock, according to Karla Leavelle of the Dallas-based company's Capitol Division."

7-Eleven purchased a chain of stores in 1964 called "Speedee-Mart", which initiated the company's entry into franchising.

Supermarket chain Ito-Yokado, which operates 7-Eleven stores in Japan, purchased the majority interest of Southland Corporation in 1991. In 1999, The Southland Corporation changed its name to 7-Eleven, Inc.

In the wake of 7-Eleven's bankruptcy in the late 1980s, many stores were sold off, as well as many of the assets previously mentioned; Reddy Ice was reluctantly spun off (and now operates as an independent company) despite ice manufacture being Southland's original business; Citgo was sold in two phases; the Movie Quik service disappeared from stores. Chief Auto Parts stores were eventually sold to Auto Zone. Even Southland's headquarters complex, CityPlace, would not be fully developed as originally planned due to the company's financial condition. A twin second tower would have stood directly across U.S. Highway 75 from the original (and surviving) office tower, connected far above ground (and the freeway) with an enclosed pedestrian walkway. The land for the failed second tower (which would have been dubbed 'CityPlace West') is now occupied by a golf driving range, which will depart in 2007 for a mixed-use project for the growing Uptown area.

Ito-Yokado, 7-Eleven's then-largest franchisee, would be the saving grace of the company; this would prove to aid Southland in its exit from bankruptcy. As a result, Ito-Yokado would own a controlling stake of the firm.

In November 2005, Seven & I Holdings Co. completed the purchase of 7-Eleven, Inc., turning the publicly-traded American conglomerate into a publicly-traded Japanese conglomerate. Seven-Eleven Japan is itself a subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings, which also owns the Japanese Denny's chain of restaurants and Ito-Yokado.

In May 2007, the company moved to a new headquarters (dubbed 'One Arts Plaza') in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Since 1988, the headquarters had been at Cityplace Center in the Cityplace area just north of the city core, near Uptown. A new 7-Eleven location opened, also in May 2007, on the first floor of One Arts Plaza; this opening marks the first placement of a 7-Eleven location in downtown Dallas.

--71.119.180.188 (talk) 04:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)== Not the biggest? ==

The article claims that 7-Eleven is the biggest chain store in the world, without giving a specific number of stores (somewhat suspect). Later in the body of the article, it refers to 28,000 stores.

McDonalds claims 31,000 stores [1], so this would suggest that the claim that 7-Eleven is the biggest is false (or obsolete).

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Joelwest (talk • contribs) 03:56, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, the reference in the first paragraph says over 32,000. So the text further down the article is outdated. The ref is from 2007, but if you look at the company website, they claim 34, 942 stores. [2] --C S (talk) 00:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Oak Cliff v. Dallas, TX

So, the article says that the company was founded in Oak Cliff, Texas in 1927. The Oak Cliff article says Dallas, Texas annexed Oak Cliff in 1903. Wouldn't this make 7-Eleven have been founded in Dallas, and not Oak Cliff? -- Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Wanna know my story?}/ _{Share yours with me!} 22:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes and no. That would be like saying that Grauman's Chinese Theater is in Los Angeles but not Hollywood. The fact is that the theater is in Hollywood which is in the city of Los Angeles. So 7-Eleven was founded in Oak Cliff, which is in Dallas. Large cities typically will have areas that are typically referred to by a separate name as they have their own cultural identities. I don't know about Oak Cliff, but something similar like that appears to be going on. If further clarification is needed, I would put "Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas". --C S (talk) 00:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction

The lead of this article says that the largest Gulp drink is 1.8 litres, but it is later described as 2 litres. Which is it? Stifle (talk) 13:16, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

China

What about China? It must be a huge market now! In some areas here 7-Eleven is very prominent, right now they are moving into Shanghai. It's at least worth mentioning! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.6.201.232 (talk) 05:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC) I just did. It's going to be a footnote under the Taiwan operations for now since they're the management. They don't merit their own listing until the stores actually open. On the other hand, the Guangzhou and Beijing operations are pretty mature already; why hasn't anyone listed those yet?58.37.204.189 (talk) 13:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Someone cited information about the Chinese store count to a Wikipedia article. I've removed the nonsense site and added a tag. 75.95.47.110 (talk) 19:32, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Slurpee availability & unmentioned location

According to what I've researched on the net, 7-11's in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark don't have Slurpees. Can anyone confirm this and possibly put it into the article?

I've read that Turkey also has 7-11 stores. Can someone please confirm this? 7-11Scandinavia (talk) 00:44, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

According to Seven Eleven's website in Japan ([3]), they do not have 7-11 stores in Turkey... Stevenmitchell (talk) 15:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about facade

What is the technical marketing term for the design of the front or facade of a 7-11? You know, with the striped sign...? Thanks! 118.165.204.207 (talk) 12:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Tulsa

I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I'll swear there were 7-11 stores when I was a kid. So I'm pretty sure it's incorrect to say that 7-11 has "never" operated in Tulsa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.250.245.111 (talk) 00:28, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

"Thank Heaven" credit incorrect

Bob Stanford got credit for creating the phrase "Thank Heaven for Seven-Eleven," but his agency didn't do it. I came up with it when I was a copywriter for Ackerman Associates in Oklahoma City. We did the advertising for the Oklahoma City franchise. One Christmas day in the mid-sixties some friends dropped over and I went looking for ice. I pulled into a 7-11 around Wilshire and May Avenues, and despaired when I saw it was dark inside. Then I saw someone inside move, realized it was open, and sighed "Thank Heaven!" I turned it into a campaign and Al Fiegel, our Creative Director, took it to Bill Brown, who owned the OKC franchise, and sold it to him. I left the agency in 1973, and am gratified that the phrase is still in use. However, I've been miffed for lo these 45 years or so that I didn't get the credit, while Bob had a yacht and owned an island somewhere. Oh, well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wadco (talk • contribs) 05:38, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Grand opening and new stores

"7-Eleven targeted the grand opening and announced that will open 30 new stores in 2011."

-- Explanation, please, whoever wrote this! "Targeted the grand opening"... ? 76.113.105.186 (talk) 09:17, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

7:11 to 7:11

I got an idea for a 7-11 promo

they could give free Slup-N-Gulps from the hours of 7:11am to 7:11pm — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiSpector (talk • contribs) 23:19, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

That shouldn't be in Wikipedia; Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Bulldog73 (talk) 00:52, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Bucket Gulp?

I saw this picture on the internet that was a large bucket (you know, the kind they carry pickles in at fast food resteraunts) of soda called the "Bucket Gulp". Is this real or is it just a joke? If i am wrong sorry, it's just that I live in North Carolina, where there are not any 7-11 stores nearby. The first time I even went to a 7-11 was in Washington D.C. on my last summer vacation.--Souvalou (talk) 12:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, no, there's no such thing, but there once was one the size of a bucket of chicken from KFC. It came out in 1986, I think, and only lasted a year or less. It was called the Family Gulp, and was a hard plastic cup the size of a bucket of chicken with a hard plastic lid that had two carrying handles and a hole for a straw. The name didn't make a lot of sense, it was just a drink with a straw, was a family supposed to pass it around the table? It was the all night size and I really appreciated it, I'd take it to the recording studio with me, and I still have two photos of that Family Gulp, taken around January of 1987.--99.184.205.160 (talk) 12:18, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Date of founding

The source recently provided for the chain's date of founding is at best ambiguous. It calls July 11 the chain's "unofficial" birthday, implying that it was not actually founded on that day. Can anyone find a better (i.e. clear) source? Oreo Priest ^talk 18:07, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm deleting the claim in absence of a proper source. Oreo Priest ^talk 17:15, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Slurpees in Scandinavia

I tried Yahoo Answers and just about every other search engine, and nowhere on the internet could I find any info on whether or not they have Slurpees at 7-11's in Norway, Sweden, or Denmark. Once again, I need to know whether or not they have Slurpees at 7-11's in Norway, Sweden, and/or Denmark and if so what flavors they have over there. Please do not, I repeat, do not delete this message; my family can't afford to go on a trip to Scandinavia because of how expensive it is, hence I must know. Could anyone from Scandinavia please, please tell me? Bawitdaba1999 (talk) 10:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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US section and parodies section

The US section is a bit randomly composed, with facts that are fairly unrelated sharing paragraphs. Not a huge deal, but could be improved, I would hope. Oh, and there is a statement about the store being 100% franchised "in six years". That should say when. Six years from me reading it or six years from 2007 when they started selling company-owned stores to franchisees?

The "parodies" section might need to be split, or just renamed. While 7¹¹ is definitely a parody, the Ramones song quoted is not. Huw Powell (talk) 23:57, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Shikoku

"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." This is now incorrect. There are dozens of 7-Elevens on Shikoku as of 2013. I don't know the correct way to edit this information, so please feel free to correct this for me.

Number of Outlets vs. Number of Employees

I find it strange that the introduction specifies the number of outlets worldwide (50,000 as of now), where as the statistics bar specifies the number of employees in North America only (45,000 as of now). At a glace, it's an obvious contradiction (less than one person per store!), until noting that part about only the NA employees. Can someone get the worldwide employees? DAID (talk) 15:14, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Headquarters

The infobox says Dallas, Texas, US but the lead says "7-Eleven Japan runs all 7-Eleven franchises worldwide and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan". If 7-11 Japan owns and runs all franchises worldwide, doesn't that make Tokyo, Japan the headquarters over 7-11 America's Dallas, Texas?207.237.208.153 (talk) 04:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

This struck me too, so I just changed the headquarters in the infobox to Tokyo. Citobun (talk) 18:18, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Fast food chain?

Is 7-Eleven even considered a fast food chain? Based on article and the sources it provides, it's a convenience store chain and gas station at best. User:142.197.84.109 keeps adding adding Category:Fast food chains to the article without providing any reliable source as well as lacking any article support and third party source exemplifying that 7-Eleven is a fast food chain. Backendgaming (talk) 03:41, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

And also on that line, the opening paragraph states that 7-11 is the largest chain of "conveniece stores" and then procedes to state that McDonal's was the previous largest. While indeed, MIcky's might well have been the largest chain of fast food restaurants, or largest of something, it is not a chain of convenience stores. This should be re-worded in some way, but since I am not sure what the actual comparison here is meant to be, I'll leave it for someone else. Wschart (talk) 12:11, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

India's Tata acquired 7-Eleven?

7-11 Brand Sold to Indian Conglomerate Tata Group. How accurate is this? Komitsuki (talk) 07:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

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Oklahoma Product Discrepancy and Pop Culture.

I read in the main article that OKC stores are independently owned and thus carry a differing variety of products from the main company. The "Icy Drink" I can verify at my local stores(Norman, OK) however unlike the article states, they do in fact now sell Hot Dogs, Tornadoes, and Nachos. 7-11 stores in OKC metro all use Coremark as it's vendor to receive stock and as such carry the same brand Nachos/Hot Dogs/Tornadoes as Circle K stores(I worked in a Circle K for 2 years). I don't know how recent this addition is to carrying these items in 7-11 now.

As for the Pop Culture there is a band called Mindless Self Indulgence that has a song called "Seven-Eleven" that I'm pretty sure is directly referencing 7-11 stores based upon the lyrics. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Girls_Will_Seem_Strangely_Sexy Suoiciv (talk) 15:53, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

refs Jan 2015

• [4] (not found)
• [5] (found) .. need to check that they both cover(ed) the same material.

— Ched :  ?  22:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

• nm .. found the webarchive link. — Ched :  ?  02:23, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Edit by User:Thomasgoold1 on 21 January 2015

User:Thomasgoold1 made an edit which removed -27,365 bytes of content on 21 January 2015. This may have been a good faith edit, but it generally worsened the quality of the writing, blanked a lot of content seemingly arbitrarily, and made bizarre stylistic changes (in contradiction of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style) such as adding "CE" after every year. It should have been reverted immediately. Unfortunately, due to intervening edits, I can't revert it. Citobun (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

sigh. If you want to use the "restore this version" function, I won't fuss about my edits getting zapped. — Ched :  ?  13:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

FWIW - I'm not able to do it from my administrative end, although someone else may have that knowledge. I've never worked on any "history merge" issues, so I don't know if it's possible (or worth it). — Ched :  ?  13:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

New user. I left them a note as well. Thanks for catching this Citobun — Ched :  ?  13:16, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Other Products

Other products

Changed operates to offers

Changed whereby to where

Ajose26 (talk) 15:14, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

History section seems factually incorrect

The section of History of the company indicates financial difficulty during the Great Depression but states the year as 1977 so that's obviously incorrect, as the Great Depression was in the 1930s. So perhaps somebody with a reference could clear up this mistake? Is it supposed to say a different date, or is it supposed to mention a different economic "depression"? Thanks, just wondering if it could be corrected. ~Teledildonix314~Talk~411~ 19:50, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Monitor Australia, fast evolving issue.

A number of investigations have discovered fraud within the 7-eleven network in Australia. E.g. only half of the hours worked were documented, so that it appeared the workers were paid the correct wage when they were not. CCTV footage did not tally with the rosters. The former head of the Australian Consumer Commission, Allan Fels, came out with the statement that the business model does not allow the franchisees to make a living unless they engaged in what now appears to be a fraudulent system, where workers were even blackmailed not to go to the unions or authorities.

This is an evolving issue - search the news sites how it develops. 58.174.193.2 (talk) 01:10, 31 August 2015 (UTC)