7 - Eleven to shut hundreds of stores across the US

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7-Eleven is changing the way it operates in the United States, with plans to remove 645 locations from its company store count while investing in food, franchising, and redesigned retail formats. The move is part of a broader transformation announced by parent company Seven & i Holdings, which aims to modernize thousands of stores by 2030.

Rather than simply reducing its footprint, the company is adjusting how locations operate and shifting resources toward stores designed around prepared food and customer experience. The retailer plans to remodel more than 7,000 stores by 2030 as it attempts to expand beyond its traditional image as a quick stop for fuel, snacks, and convenience items.

Store Closures are Part of a Larger Network Transformation

According toThe Street, the announced reduction of 645 locations does not represent a single type of closure. According to 7-Eleven’s first-quarter earnings presentation, some locations will permanently close, while others will move into different operating models.

The company plans to close underperforming stores, convert some company-operated locations into franchise businesses, and transfer others into wholesale operations. Wholesale locations allow outside operators to run stores supplied by 7-Eleven, including fuel operations, while having more flexibility in merchandising and product selection.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/major-99-year-old-retail-chain-to-shut-hundreds-of-stores-across-the-us/ar-AA283BNd

[BannonsLiver]

1. As they move in a new direction

I hope they keep the tradition of having 3 people cleaning the hot dog rollers all at once while there’s a line of 8 people (3 of whom are buying money orders) and one very flustered clerk at the front.. It’s a 7-Eleven hallmark and a personal fave.

[MikeyDi]

4. They should also sell whatever that cleaning product is they use to the public

That 7-11 scent is.....mmm mmm good.

When I lived in Northern Virginia, I lived in one of those unique NoVa apartment complexes that felt isolated even though you could throw a baseball from the balcony and have it land on The Beltway.

The only store that was remotely walkable was a 7-11. Since I was in my 20s and a problem drinker at the time, I knew it well. And I usually took a big gasp of air before entering to limit the impact of the scent.

[FakeNoose]

5. Most of the employees are illiterate, so they aren't allowed near the cash register

[Skittles]

6. I have never seen four employees in a 7-11

and I mean EVER

[BannonsLiver]

7. I live in a large city with newer "jumbo" sized 7-Elevens.

4-6 during a shift is not at all uncommon here. The new LMB 7-Eleven near my house that opened last year has 14 gas pumps.

[Skittles]

9. OK

I do see that with the RaceTracs.

[MikeyDi]

15. I've honestly never seen one of those

Is this their attempt to Wa-wa-ify the joint?

[MikeyDi]

17. I will say, you go into a QT and it's like something out of the 70s with staffing

They will have four registers open, and two people cleaning inside, and two people cleaning outside and six people seemingly in the kitchen.

(And here is where someone shares the politics of QT's owners and I get sad).

I have never been in a 7-11 with more than two employees.

[Skittles]

20. QTs do seem very clean

[orthoclad]

22. What is a QT?

Dairy Queen with testosterone?

[Skittles]

23. QuikTrip

but that was funny

[orthoclad]

24. Glad you liked it

[LeftInTX]

37. I love their chocolate cookies. The Exxon near my house was a 7-11 and they alway had those fresh baked cookies

About four years ago the store became a Roadstar store. Bye-bye cookies and anything yummy.

[MikeyDi]

2. 7-Eleven is one of those places that has been lapped by competitors

I live in Kansas City now. There is a QT or Caseys every two miles. There is no universe where I would voluntarily walk into a 7-11 if I had the option of either of those places.

Same in Texas with Buc-cees. Same in Western PA with Scheetz. Same in Eastern PA with WaWa.

Their business model has not changed since 1978.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. I like the Hy-Vee gas stations

Breakfast food and coffee are both light-years better than either Caseys or QT. Almost as good as restaurant food.

I'd rather stop at a local place, but they've all been bought up or ran out of business by the big corporations.

I did stop at the Buc-cees on I-44 by Springfield last year. I actually liked it. We were there for an hour looking around and could have stayed longer. I think the one they're building out by the race track may kick Casey and QT ass. My pet peeve about all the other gas stations is the 2-for pricing. Buc-cees doesn't do that. You get the sale price even if you buy one. So I'll probably stop there on the way west when it opens.

[MikeyDi]

34. I lived in Houston for twelve years.

My family is all in on Buc-ees.

We’re the assholes who get new Buc-ees shirts each year.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. I hope not ours

Even though it seems to have changed hands from a nice younger Indian couple to some...well, I sorta gotta call 'em white-trashy foks, but they're nice all the same. And it also functions as an ad hoc truck stop because the town won't let one be built at the location, although there is a need.

[WestMichRad]

8. I definitely go to 7-Eleven for the customer experience!

[jmowreader]

10. They really need to add "reading" to their employment test

I have a friend who really likes to smoke Parliament cigarettes. 7-Eleven sells them at their store in Coeur d'Alene, ID, so she and I took off to the store to get her some.

Parliament cigarettes have PARLIAMENT written on the box in inch-high letters. This store keeps them on their rack just to the left of a Camel sign. The cigarettes in the rows above and below the Parliaments are Not Parliament Cigarettes.

So we go in there...

"I'd like a pack of Parliament 100s, please."

Dude's looking all over the rack.

"We don't sell those."
"Yes you do. Look again. I see them."

A few minutes later...

"I don't see them."
"Do you see the Camel sign?" Yes he did. It was like two feet long.
"Put your hand on the Camel sign." He does.
"Now move your hand to the left until it's on the cigarettes. Those are the Parliaments."

He moved his hand to the right, then up one level and picked up a pack of Not Parliament Cigarettes. "Is this what you want?"

After we got out to the car I had to ask...

"Why do you smoke Parliaments?"
"You get the joy of teaching two-year-olds to read with every pack."

[kentuck]

11. Didn't 7/11 get their gas from Venezuela?

Seems I read that someplace?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Citgo was owned by Venezuela

Don't know if it still is.

[mopinko]

13. funny i dont think of them as a place to get gas.

of the 1/2 doz anywhere near me, only 1 has gas.
harder to do in the big city, i guess.

[QED]

14. They've just opened two locations near me. nt

[MenloParque]

16. Love 711!

My 711 has the best Japanese egg salad sandwiches! It is one of the US locations to offer Japanese favorites

[Ilikepurple]

33. Yum. I love 711 in Japan. I've not seen anything comparable in mainland America.

They’re a little more interesting at Hawaii locations, but I’d love to have a 711 with even a small fraction of the Japanese to go items you can find in Japanese locations

[flvegan]

18. Nice! More folks parked at gas pumps for 30 minutes after

they fill up. Have to go in and get a 240oz "diet" soda, a 2' long sub, an Oreo the size of a manhole cover, 12 varieties of Dead Critter Jerky, a giant foam cowboy hat and 23 Powerball tickets.

[MikeyDi]

19. I tend to get my garbage breakfast before I pump my gas

I try to limit my gas station breakfast to once a week. But them brisket tacos is good, dawg.

[Jacson6]

21. 7-11 Sells Candy, Chips, Beer and gasoline.

Unless a person is starving they will not shop there for their groceries.

[MerryBlooms]

25. The last 7/11 I went to in my area a few years ago

No cash transactions and to use my debit card, had to also show my driver license! That poor guy. I just wanted a Gatorade
The other one is now called "Ace", big Ace of Spade for their logo. Never been there, but my guess, probably have to show ID for debit and No cash lol

There's a little market close to where I work. Big sign, No Tweakers Allowed!

Good luck!

[LeftInTX]

38. There are Sikhs who run a Food Mart near me. OMG...They have pictures of "gas thieves and shop lifters"

all over the place. They're plastered on the pumps and.in the store....LOL They're printed out on computer paper. Has the date of the crime etc.

[Jack Valentino]

26. 7-11 used to have a pretty large footprint over the metro Lansing Michigan area

and suburbs, I think with somewhere around 10 stores or more-- 20 years ago


NOW almost all of those store locations have been taken over by other concerns,
and the only 7-11 that I know remains was one of the originals,
in the heart of the M.S.U./East Lansing bar district,
located at the intersection of Grove and Albert streets...

where I spent many years using as a parking spot for my taxi,
picking up drunken MSU students and getting them home,
late on Friday and Saturday nights....
(and alumni from out of town...)

[MichMan]

28. Quality Dairy has a stranglehold in the Lansing area

I remember the 7-11 right where Michigan Ave and Grand River split.

[Jack Valentino]

30. YES INDEED! 'Quality Dairy' WON the local battle for 'convenience stores',

and still maintain a large number of stores over this region!


I even noticed back in the 80s that QD prices were usually lower
than at 7-11 for similar products....

[Jack Valentino]

32. I remember a fairly large group of male fraternity members

passing by that store headed towards downtown East Lansing---

wearing nothing but neck-ties and tennis shoes!! LMAO!


(an observation from my taxi-cab--- silly boys....)

[drray23]

27. That is unfortunate.

In rural areas like where I live, it is often the only store open 24/7. You need a snack, even some basics like Milk, you can get it there. You can also find an ATM, some ice, and a plethora of other things.

Granted, most of it is junk food but it is often all you got tens of miles around, especially at 2 am on a weekend.

[kimbutgar]

29. I just saw a show on the history channel how the 7-11 stores originated

It will be interesting to see the new evolution of the chain.

[MikeyDi]

35. I think it's too late for them

There’s been no evolution in 25 years while other convenient stores are slow roasting brisket.

[Deminpenn]

36. No 7-11s around my area now, but there is a very competitive market

for these new, larger "convenience" stores. We have Get-Go, formerly owned by Giant Eagle, then sold a couple years ago to the Canadian company that that owns Circle K; Sheetz and more recently Speedway. Sheetz broke the stranglehold of beer distributors on beer and the State Stores on wine and now you can get beer and wine in grocery stores and convenience stores as long as there's a dining area. All the these places now have seperate dining areas, but you never see anyone at the tables and chairs set up.

Sheetz had its "made to order" food for years. Heard their food was pretty good. Get-Go also seems to have pretty good prepared food.

[Lategame]

39. 7-Eleven's in Japan are legendary.

Lived there for several years and you just couldn't go wrong for a fast lunch or snacks from there.