Big Gulp: 7-Eleven Will Open 44 New Area Stores, 350 To Come!

Yay, New York's getting more generic convenience stores like the rest of mini-mall America! Because the city has more retail vacancies and rents are down, the 7-Eleven chain is capitalizing on the changing market to aggressively expand in the metropolitan area, which had 431 stores at the end of 2008. Executives at the company, which was founded in Dallas in 1927 but is now a subsidiary of the Japan-based Seven & i Holdings Company, plan to open at least 44 more 7-Elevens around the area this year, more than twice the number that opened last year. And they promise 350 more to come in the next five to seven years! An article in the Times offers an interesting look at 7-Eleven’s business conversion program, in which the owner of an existing convenience store gets an average of $280,000 to convert his or her space into a 7-Eleven. Holy smokes, we'd open a 7-Eleven in our apartment for half that...but first we need to get rid of the Starbucks location that's still operating out of our kitchen.

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By John Del Signore in Food on July 15, 2009 4:38 PM

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oni

I want wa wa instead.

HOTCUP

BRING BACK THE SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH.

fixilator

To preserve the aesthetic of NY, 7-11's should be required to reek of cat urine.

Love their Big Beef Bite... Burger in hotdog form, why didn't I think of that??

JacqueMehoff

the 7-11 at church street is very spacious.

I see they have Moonpies at the counter.

now where do I find Slush Puppies?

longacre

I prefer the food at a good local deli or bodega to the offerings at 7-11. Unfortunately, there are more not-so-good than good. I won't feel bad if 7-11 puts some of those crummy ones under.

silver

7-11 is a chain, and it gots health standards. Bodegas give you rock hard bread and green deli meats that give you runs for the week.

angry_pickle

I can't imagine people buying bodega deli meat for their own consumption. Not sure if 7-11 is any better though; reminds me of Apu's Kwik-E-Mart.

NannyState

"I met her at the 7-11, now I'm in seventh heaven..."

Amanda Spurlock

Slurpee > Tim Hortons

Steven

I'm surprise they don't have many locations in the Hudson Valley. The rest of the NYC area is flooded with them especially in Queens and really Long Island.

John Del Signore

Stewarts and Cumberland Farms are the generic convenience store overlords up there.

snickerdoodle

This will greatly help out NYC's desis who were left broken and unemployed when several Dunkin Donuts recently closed.

Mookie Wilson

I want a Slurpee NOW!

EastRiver

I would welcome a few 7-11 stores and whole lot fewer Duane Reades.

inoyourider

It's all well and good to want to preserve the local economy.

The reason 7-11 will succeed is because there are many areas where the stores are terrible. Bad selection, service, sometimes price, and limited hours.

whitecastlerock

Do they have vegan food selections?

CR

http://failblog.org/2009/06/29/bulletin-board-win/

whitecastlerock

:) Thanks!

KiljoyWasHere

Looking at their store locator, unless the metropolitan area contains all of LI as well as Jersey City, I do not see how they could break 200.