“I like going to the 7-Eleven. When you have a question or your looking for something they will help you find it. They have good discounts on the cigarettes my friend gets plus we can use the ones on an app to. One time I was in there and I was dancing around looking for something and one of the gentlemen that worked there started dancing too. It made me laugh. Also they tell you when you are purchasing something and you didn't see they had a special on it. They let you know it would be cheaper if you would buy two of them. Back in the 60's my sister and I spent about an hour in the storage room because my mom was working as a manager there.Tgey dint have very many female managers back then. I remember there was a big big box of lollipops in the storage room like you use to get at the bank back in the day. Also my mom won a contest 7-Eleven had going. Whoever sold the most Slurpees won a trip to Jamaica with a guest and $200. And guess who won. My mom. I guess maybe her three kids helped her out. THAT'S WHEN A SLURPEE WAS A SLURPEE!!!”
The Iowa retailer, the third-largest convenience store operator in the country, built its new three-year plan around three priorities: store growth, food and beverage expansion, and kitchen technology upgrades. The company plans to add 120 stores during the current fiscal year. Its previous plan, launched in 2023, delivered more than 500 new stores and earned the company a spot in the S&P 500.
Love's Travel Stops is starting 2025 with ambitious growth plans, adding 20 new stores and updating 50 current locations across the country. The truck stop company will upgrade its stores through its Strategic Remodel Initiative, which started in 2022. This includes the modernization of its recently acquired turnpike location in Stroud, Oklahoma. By 2035, over half of Love's 655 stores will be either new or updated.
Food service giant Sodexo plans to open nearly 100 "Food Hive" locations on campuses nationwide by 2026. The company has already started the process, aiming to launch about 30 new college convenience stores during the current 2024-25 academic year.
7-Eleven is going big on food and "frictionless shopping." The convenience store giant plans to open 500 new "food-forward" locations across the U.S. from 2025 to 2027. The expansion builds on 7-Eleven's "Evolution" store concept, first launched in Dallas in 2019. These larger-format stores feature in-store restaurants, premium products like craft beer and cigars, and an emphasis on fresh, grab-and-go meals.
Amazon has quietly opened a new type of grocery store in downtown Chicago. Called Amazon Grocery, the 3,800-square-foot store is a testing ground for Amazon's latest experiment in brick-and-mortar retail. The first Amazon Grocery location shares a building with a Whole Foods Market, which Amazon purchased in 2017.