7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its stores in North America this year

> "the Japan-based parent of the convenience chain ... did not immediately explain the closures or specify which locations could be impacted" 645 of 13,000 US & Canada stores to close or be converted to wholesale fuel only

No one wants to buy $4 Gatorade?

If they’d pivot to the Asian model of having affordable, good food options, they’d make money. When I’m in Japan it’s almost guaranteed I hit the convenience store every morning. In the US you’re stuck with $4 canned drinks and shitty roller dogs.

why most international 7-11 so good and North American so shitty???

They priced me out. Sorry but I’ll happily save the $4 on a candy bar and soda. My body didn’t need that anyway

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I guess I’ll have to find that weird mildew-ish smell somewhere else.

Why does everything in the US seem worse off than other developed nations? Even something as simple as a convience store as so much worse than the average corner store in developed Asian or European countries.

The Japanese corporate employees must have visited a few stores in the US and decided it would be better to put it out of its misery.

Hopefully they shut every single one in Oklahoma down. They were under a different umbrella until a few years back, when the main 7-Eleven parent finally reacquired them. Unfortunate, they are all still dogshit, needed to be renovated 30+ years ago, are typically full of aggressive vagrants, and are just generally dirty.

I used to go every day to grab something. Usually the difference between a grocery store and 7 Eleven was like $0.30 for an item I wanted. Now items are double even triple. The only reason I stop in now is to say hi to the cashiers I know and don't buy anything. I would have gladly worn a 7 Eleven tee shirt back in the day.

Why don’t they just pivot to AI like that shoe brand?

Nothing of value will be lost. 7 Eleven in America is f****** terrible. If they don't want to spend money to make them better, might as well close them down.

They recently built a brand new 7-11 here in Raleigh. Opened about 2 months ago and it’s already a complete shit hole.

No c***, 7-11 bought Speedway, a chain of gas stations AND convenience stores. Some of those are extremely close (like next door) to each other here in Michigan. It makes sense to close the less profitable stores.

It was cool to get a 7-11 near me but it quickly became a poorly run shithole I avoid. It may be cool in Japan, but it’s just a low tier gas station in the US that has less convenience or food items than brands like Sheetz or QT.

I’m going to need 7-11 to start offering Slurpee machines to other places… i don’t drink, smoke or do drugs, but I Coke Slurpees are my vice!

Are they pivoting to AI?!

Shouldn't have gotten rid of the nachos for awful pizza and disgusting boneless wings.

7-11 here in the states are some of the worst convenience store chains in the country. No QC so every place is a run down dump, too much competition in both price and service. (I’d rather drive extra miles to just go to QT or Bigz) It’s a miracle these closings haven’t happened sooner.

I want them to fail for those annoying as hell adds with people screaming. I really really don't know who thought that was a good idea, and now my brain associates 7/11 with being annoyed by a loud obnoxious sound. It's the last place I'd buy anything anyways because its so expensive, but now I avoid it on principle.

Ever since i quit smoking i have had zero need to enter a 7-11

I have two within 5 minute drive, one always has a line they are so busy. The other usually has a few people inside but usually no wait. There’s also another next to where I work, (in a different city than I live cause ‘murica) and it’s the only place where we can get lunch and get back in less than 30 minutes. It’s always slammed. All three have extremely nice people working there and have never had an issue in years of service. I hope they all make it.

My slurpees! Noooooooooooo!

You know we are in deep shit when 7-11 cant make it. We are in a depression with Arizona Ice tea increases by anything.

The last time I went into a 7 eleven I got sticker shock. I bought what I was sent for begrudgingly but I didn't buy anything else. When you up-price 7 eleven, you have gone too far.

They bought the speedway gas chains and shoved all there merch in them while keeping them speedway. Also coincidentally after they did that the already mediocre shopping expired got worse. And now wawa is moving in and taking a big chunk of the market quickly.

They overexpanded like crazy and then wondered why half the stores are empty at 2 a.m. Honestly, not shocking. Might be a good time to check out local corner shops instead.

It was about 6 years ago when I realized I have been to my last 7-11.

There are three 7-Elevens that are a couple of minutes apart from each other in my town, all on the same road technically.

A real sign of recession.

Damn, where will landscapers get their three-Monster breakfasts? And where will bad kids get goo-candies named Toxic Sludge and Ratt Poizon? They're really leaving communities in the lurch here.

I recently visited Seoul and it seems like there are 3x 7-elevens on every street.

One thing I’ve not seen anyone mention is gas stations like Wawa, buccees, Sheetz, etc. the food is prepared there, and much better than what’d you get at 7-11. Most people I know prefer the former to the latter

Where else will you go to get your credit card skimmed?!?!?

If they could make them have japan level quality business would be better

Man I heard they got acquired by a Japanese company a few years ago and how they planned to make the stores more like the ones in Japan I never been but I’ve seen how dope Japanese and Korean convenience stores are from YouTube and was wishing we’d get close to that here My local 7/11 is one of the flagship ones. That shit still look like a boring ass American 7/11 Where are the cups of ice ? Where are the ramen stations that allow you to make your ramen in store ? Where are the individually wrapped soft boiled eggs ? I basically just want a one stop do it yourself ramen shop but I can’t even have that 🫩

Have they tried not being gross? Personally I would try that first.

Gas stations like wawa, sheets, royal farms, etc have filled the niche and done a much better job by offering actual groceries, made to order take away food, bathrooms, etc. 711s are cramped, over-priced, no bathrooms, heat-lamp food, and zero quality options. They also seem to attract weirdos hanging around the premises in a way its competitors do not.

At least 7 - 11 of them

Thats what you get for having no public bathrooms, even to paying customers. You sell giant drinks. Think I was 20 something when I said this was the last time I will ever go into a 7-11 and that was the last time

From valero 7 eleven in less then 5 years.

711 prices have gotten insane. Almost $5 for a 2L of pop. Good riddance

Seems the great experiment has seemingly failed. They really should’ve gone the route of what they do in Asian countries and just go convenience store only in these sprawling suburbs in the middle of food deserts.

Aren't most 7-Elevens franchised?

In Thailand, they have 7-Eleven almost every 100 meter.

Damn they are building tons of new stores around my area

There's a street near where I live where if you stand outside one of the 7-Elevens, you can see another one across the street and a few buildings down.

Where I live, all the 7Es are closing because the company insists all 7Es be open 24 hours and the franchisees can't make that happen because no one wants to work a night shift in a dodgy store

A lot of them in my area have downsizing their product offerings since the new year, but even before that, their primary business seem to be beer sales and junk snacks to school kids.

They just started opening them in my area.

What? You're telling me junk-food-only-7Elevens are closing down? But where can I find twinkees that I don't buy?

Got to admit. When times are tough Convient Stores go right out the window in terms of shopping for me, way too expensive. And unfortunately times are very rough right now.

In other news they opened 3 within the last 6ish years on the same stretch in town here. This all seems misleading management hype.