7-Eleven - Switching Industries

Most of us have had the 7-Eleven experience, there's nothing quite like it. But when they started over 90 years ago, everything was much different. This video takes a look at how they started and how they've transformed into the business we all know today.
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[@user-zv8yt2oc4q]

Other than groceries, you can pay tax, traffic tickets, facility fees, send or receive courier parcels, get railway or entertainment tickets, print documents from your devices, buy insurances ... It is an integral part of life here in Taiwan.

[@LoveKeepsGiving]

Traffic Tickets...wow...Just imagine not having to goto fucking court...

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

@@LoveKeepsGiving court for a trafic ticket? Here you just get a letter in the mail and you do a banktransfer. It's 1 minute.

[@skullcrushers1000]

Gotta agree with Baron, where I am you only have to go to court to dispute the ticket, not if you want to pay it.

[@annacolbert6713]

@@skullcrushers1000 In Utah not only do you have to go to court, you have to go to the court building in the city it was issued in on a specified court date. Even if you just want to pay the damn thing. Dont get tickets in Utah. 😫

[@JYYP-jz7qq]

Get freshly made coffee or bubble tea...clean sitting area for you to chill with your friends... snacks from all around the world.... it’s crazy there. Buzzfeed have a video about it you can check it out.

[@anselmoverissimo7512]

In Japan, the quality of the food at 7/11 is great and they have the best coffee.

[@digital_gadget]

We relied heavily on the konbini in Japan during our visit, as they have free ATMs and food we westerners recognized as we eased into their food.

[@boingobrungis5216]

In Canada we still have a crappy 7- 11 food but the coffee is pretty good

[@ramgupta6280]

In Asia is really great like in Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

[@anselmoverissimo7512]

@Stellvia Hoenheim :-P

[@PliskinHK]

They have to compete with the other high quality convenience stores in Japan. Lawson and Family Mart are their main competitors

[@zackstines]

lmao, my grandparents still call the refrigerator an "icebox"😂

[@Brydude87]

Ok boomers

[@josaiahmartinez4709]

Zack Stines so do i

[@BADVlBES]

Desecration how is photoshopped a colloquial term exactly?

[@Sluggii]

I've called it that too, mostly just cuz I heard my great grandma call it that and it stuck

[@suzannemacmillan9135]

​@@Brydude87 I think the generation that called a refrigerator an "icebox" would be the greatest generation. My grandmother was from that generation and I remember her saying that. My parents are boomers so i hear them say "refrigerator"

[@surreal_tiger5394]

How the hell is the map gonna say there aren’t any 7-11’s in Oklahoma they are everywhere here

[@jimjones3516]

The 7 elevens in Oklahoma are a different company.

[@sujimtangerines]

@@jimjones3516 Maybe that's the case for Georgia too? Cause I KNOW we had them there when I grew up.

[@pickawallbootz-]

They are literally all over the place here in OKC.

[@AlanMartinez-bj7kw]

Visit Tulsa twice a year...never seen a 7-11 there. Just qt Kum and go and the green dino lol

[@TylerHulan]

That's also why they were called icys instead of slurpees until very recently as well.

[@junejunejuniejune]

I'm from Thailand and you cannot walk down the street without running into a 7/eleven. On the main road by my house there are TWO 7/eleven within a 8 min walk of eachother. And the food there is really good! People there treat it like a grocery store. Since most people only buy produce from fresh markets, and not grocery stores, they use 7/eleven for everyother need. It is a little haven during trips, good quality food, and cheap prices for everything. The standards there for 7/eleven is surprisingly high, it's not at all like the ones in America.

[@thespaceofades2734]

I don't think I've ever even seen a 7/11 in real life

[@shenanitims4006]

South Korea has a similar convenience store culture. You can have photos printed in 7-11s here, pick up your mail, etc.

[@hmoobmeeka]

The best bar in Thailand is 7/11

[@mwbgaming28]

Can confirm, went there a few months ago and even in the bumpkin town of Ranot (a town no small you could walk from one end to the other in about 20-30 minutes) there were at least 2 7/11s (probably more) In Bangkok there was a 7/11 on just about every street corner

[@digitalutopia1]

In the town I live near in Illinois, there's a 7-Eleven a block away from another 7-Eleven. One also sells gasoline.

[@louyCIA]

Well you know, in the rest of the world 7-11 is November 7, so for me you picked the right date

[@ethanjohnson2849]

Only America matters so no you all are incorrect. Remember there are only 2 real nations in the world: America and potential America.

[@MarksTournaments]

@@ethanjohnson2849 inbred

[@elithedabber875]

@@MarksTournaments r/whoosh

[@mattyboi7491]

@@mattjw16 r/stoplinkingtosubbreddits

[@woutertb891]

Eli English r/itswooooshwith4os

[@moncorp1]

When I was a young pup in the 70s me and my friends would disobey our parents wishes, ride our bikes across a busy street, and go to 7-11 (barefoot, wearing out cutoff shorts, no shirt) and play the pinball machine that was right next to the sales counter. When the cashier got busy we'd try to steal a look at the porn mags(which 7-11 sold until the mid 80s). Then on our way home we'd circle around the gas station next door running over the line that rang a bell letting the gas station attendant that someone had pulled up. We'd just circle around running it over and over again ringing the bell until the attendant chased us off. Those were the days.

[@dbergerac9632]

BTDT. Later on I would go there to use the tube tester to check my TV tubes and they sold replacement tubes.

[@nfullenwider]

So YOU'RE one of the reasons "No shirt, no shoes, no service" exist? Take a bow! When they make up a rule, that's when you know you've left your mark!

[@Benji10109]

My address is 711, so when I was a kid every time someone said 711 I thought they were talking about me

[@Jun.Suzuki]

mine is 712 :(

[@kawaiielephant7772]

@@Jun.Suzuki do you guys live next door 😭

[@thisbihjen7980]

my friend had 911

[@wildandwonderful7069]

There was a robbery at 711 "Oh no!" There is a slurpee machine and donuts at 711 "YES"

[@Donderu]

It actually is 7-11 in most countries, since they use the day/month/year way of reading dates

[@autobotzapof0002]

Well that makes sense.

[@WoWplayer527]

yeah but this isn't most countries. this is one country.

[@liranpiade4499]

Yep. I used to think the Twin Towers were destroyed on November 9th, until one of my teachers who was an immigrant from the US explained that it was on September 11th. What a stupid system. We use Day Month Year for a reason, there's a clear progression!

[@GlobstersMessenger]

@@liranpiade4499 month/day/year has a genuine use in documentation to ensure that the month is listed before individual dates odd that it became standard for other uses in the us

[@LucarioBoricua]

@@GlobstersMessenger And yet the most useful way to sort dates for document organization is year, month, day--computers order it automatically in lists not specifically programmed to handle dates.

[@dashtesla]

It's 7/11/2018 in europe/uk so there you go

[@hotaruasakura9120]

Mexico too!

[@HedgehogStudios1]

*basically everywhere except the US.

[@1317547]

@@HedgehogStudios1 no its nov 7 here too

[@grangermontag1824]

You guys are wrong tho It's 11/7/18 #AmericaFirst They hate us cuz dey ain't us

[@jholotanbest2688]

Dash Tesla I find it funny that US wants to be SPECIAL at every chance they get.

[@homespon]

Ha! Very interesting. I was amazed when I went to Japan a year or so ago. 7-Elevens are EVERYWHERE. It was like Starbucks in downtown Seattle. A really interesting video could be made just with how much they vary their supply according to demand. For example, when we were in Tokyo, it is impossible to ignore how 99% of the people there wear the same outfit: black pants/skirt, white shirt/blouse, black tie. So every 7-Eleven there had a rack of white shirts packaged with black ties. Spill coffee on your shirt? Soy sauce on your tie? Run across the street and get a new one, S, M, or L. In the US, 7-Eleven could no more sell bags of white shirts with a black tie than it could sell bags of rocks. But in Japan, those racks were front and center.

[@niccomccormick651]

This guy makes some of the most dope content I’ve ever watched and I smoke a lot of gas. Super fucking informative and easy to follow also has the voice of an angel. Love the videos don’t eva stop.

[@bhipsahoy5168]

real

[@avlisk]

In most of the world, today is 7-11, so you did OK after all.

[@mpad4497]

Is the us the only country that uses month day format?

[@Omar-em7rl]

@@mpad4497 well, what i've noticed in the US is when something is trying to be fancy, it'll say it like this, The 7th of November, 2018. for short formats like the one's in the corner of your computer screen, they will all be like this in the United States, 11/7/2018.

[@nylesandrews]

On My (" Canadian") Computer the Format in the corner of the Screen is ("2018-11-7") so in a way still 7-11 and as a sidenote I was just thinking about The "Back To The Future " Part III where Marty has a Gun and is using it in a Shooting Range at the Fair in Hill Valley and someone asked him where he learned to shoot a Gun Like that and he said ("7 Eleven").I found that so Amusing.

[@nylesandrews]

I'm Also Impressed and very informative as usual to get to understand the Long Backgrounf History of 7 Eleven So when I see it mentioned in BTTF Part III it has more Historical meaning than before.

[@MrGEORGETHOMPS]

He knows

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

7 Eleven, please come to Best Korea

[@rustedtooth3015]

China numba juan

[@thenumberfour2432]

please come to brasil

[@KLK01]

Open the dmz bruh

[@ChainsGoldMask]

Kim Jong-un burnin out my fuse up here alone

[@watershed44]

Kim Jong-un "Oh Thank Heaven for Seven Eleven" ..... Godless don't qualify for a franchise.

[@ClawBoss]

7/11 has the best quality pizza for the price in my opinion.

[@youngsol309]

Little Caesars has entered the chat.

[@richzytko]

Oh boy. Better come to NJ to find real pizza.

[@challengerjj9760]

@@richzytko Is new jersey pizza still new york style pizza Just curious

[@willissudweeks1050]

Really? I actually really hate it for some reason.

[@youngsol309]

@@willissudweeks1050 its gross thats why

[@fredrickbaker7686]

I'm from Houston. My mother managed a few of their stores in the late 70's. Found it strange they sold their stores here and moved out. Like other cities...they were all over the place.

[@rafaeltorre1643]

All of them here are being bought out by ugly cheap DK stores. I don't understand it.

[@bigezbarry]

They were bought out by Circle K in Louisiana.

[@rafaeltorre1643]

@@bigezbarry I'd take Circle k over these cheap looking DK stores anyday. In Albuquerque they are being bought out everywhere too. I'm wondering why its happening nationwide. Do you have any info?

[@simplyridiculous]

In my neighborhood in Los Angeles, you can stand on the corner at one 7 Eleven and see the signage for another 7 Eleven, catacorner away.

[@LoveKeepsGiving]

CataCorner...Such an LA thing to say...

[@joeysixtysix]

Haha, I just made a similar comment about where I grew up in Colorado Springs.

[@dove3387]

Liked so it can get to 69 likes

[@SuperDevolution]

Same in San Jose.

[@seanmcdonald5859]

Catacorner; diagonally opposite . . . .new term unlocked 😊

[@Larry]

They used to operate in the UK too, had a massive one down the road from me, but they pulled out on the late '80s. No idea why.

[@jetfan925]

Welp, seems legit to me. And I was the mastermind behind this video. Bwahahahahaha

[@chansaltiranch]

@Larry Bundy Jr nice to see you here mate XD been a fan science Guru Larry days,

[@judevenalian5008]

might have something to do with that bankruptcy that took place in 1990.

[@Kresh42]

I swear. I see Larry EVERYWHERE on KZbin.

[@chansaltiranch]

@@Kresh42 thats cool he have time to do his videos work and watch youtube as any mortal XD

[@cmndrkool321]

When I was in 5th grade, I wrote to 7-Eleven as an assignment to write to a company to see if we get a response or incentive for writing to them, and I think my teacher stupidly sent it to a franchise store instead of to their HQ. Now I feel compelled to write a proper letter to corporate and see what happens this time for fun. Maybe I will get some vouchers for free Slurpies!

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Sounds like your teacher was pretty dense. I’m quite sure had she sent the letter to HQ they would’ve sent a nice letter back with the companies history and so forth. My third grade teacher sent a letter to Proctor & Gamble, to ask why their soap floats instead of sinks like everyone else’s. They replied by with the company history along with the story about the floating soap was an accident. The mixer was left on too long with a batch of soap and instead of throwing out that batch, they made bars of soap instead. They later found out that batch of soap floated due to the longer mixing added enough air to the mixture allowed it to float.

[@taylord8198]

You touched on how the ones in Thailand offer completely different services briefly, but I think that’s a really important note. Every country identifies 7/11 with something different than the other. They brand their products to appeal to their regional target audience and sell different products at each location, such as the westernized slurped. I’ve read that in Japan it’s like, a one stop super store that has a ton of high quality varieties of snacks and food even including sushi. It’s a very smart business tactic and one of the reasons why they appeal to so many places around the globe.

[@saber2802]

I wish the Japanese one was what we had here in U.S: high quality varieties of snacks and food.

[@Deadeye313]

When I went to Japan back in 2016, the tour guides told us the best ATM to use, as foreigners, were 7-11 ATMs. And they were 7-11 ATMs, not some other bank. So 7-11 is, apparently, also a bank in Japan. It's called "7 bank" from what I could find.

[@danonolan]

I was just in Japan a few weeks ago. Not only is 7-11 in Japan the best place to use the ATM for foreigners, but if you don't feel like eating out, the food they sell there is actually pretty good quality., and they'll heat it for you if it comes from the refrigerator.

[@bbmikej]

When I landed in Japan, the first ATM i saw in the airport was for 7Bank. They seemed to be the most common ATM by far.

[@TheCrazierz]

@@bbmikej which is why a Japanese company bought them

[@TheCrazierz]

@@danonolan you can do that here too. Lol

[@dmoneyswagg64]

Terry Wilson the fuck is a shot of ice?

[@beaviswealth]

7/11 24/7

[@PeterGriffin11]

This comment belongs in heaven

[@VictorCardena3]

You think you’re real clever huh

[@BogdanAndreiRO]

someone explain

[@ansh3126]

LunarAtom their slogan is good heavens or SMTH, it’s pretty bad tbh didn’t really make sense to me

[@gabbar51ngh]

Nice

[@realazduffman]

You forgot about how one day, Mr Seven said to his partner, Hey, Mr. Eleven, we need to get more business so lets open early. But Mr. Eleven said no, we need to stay open late.......

[@pillarnexustheancientgladiator]

7-Eleven was my first job ever and I'm proud of that. However, where I live, Loaf 'n' Jug is closer for convenience. Interesting to see how they started.

[@Mr500sheetsofpaper]

As an international traveler, the 7 Elevens in Japan are a lifesaver. Every single one has an ATM that can draw internationally. With Japan being a cash carrying society, it was nice to be able to walk right down the street if I needed money. The onigiri was pretty good too for only being Y100

[@Brownie.-]

@Xx Yy I get charged a dollar

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Onigiri is one of the best parts of Japan

[@zpecialist]

hello mr international traveller, how are you MR Business man.

[@IraessRanza]

Damn I don't know if the price stayed the same but 100 yen for an onigiri is a bargain

[@MrMoasn]

You mean the jelly donuts?

[@dragoncatzombie]

I saw a 7-11 for the first time when I went to New York a few months ago and I audibly said “Woah, 7-11!” I just hear about it so much and I wondered where they all are.

[@Ilove_drpepper]

I live in Tennessee so when I travel up to New York every few years I like to get a slurpee from 7-11

[@combedscroll3226]

I live in Australia and there is barely any 7-11s around, so for me it’s also special to see one!

[@melindawallin3713]

I was so surprised and happy to see 7 11s when I was in Thailand . They seemed very much like the US stores and there was something comforting about being in familiar surroundings in that foreign land …I had a wonderful time there, the 7 11 was like a bonus.

[@tuffasgong]

When I visited Thailand years ago I never had an idea they had so many 7-11s. They looked much the same as the ones here in the U.S.

[@kornsuwin]

yeah we have so many 7-11s here we have slang for it

[@tuffasgong]

@@kornsuwin Ya, I was really suprised they were everywhere! I want to go visit again, i loved visisting your country.

[@HedaFalcon]

The "n" in 7-Eleven is the *only* letter that's not capitalized.

[@efraincaballero7482]

Holy shit, I can't unsee it now

[@novastar3990]

No, _No, _*_NO!!!_*

[@Orinslayer]

7-ELEVEn

[@12dollarsand78cents]

Holy FUCKIn SHIT! GREAT I *I will never forget that in my life now.*

[@jimjacobfreeman9692]

You tryna start some shit?

[@MagicalBread]

The 7-11s in Japan are the BEST!!

[@joman66]

I was just about to say 7-11 is a huge deal in the land of the rising sun.

[@After4th]

And convenience store business in general too.

[@YayAkiba]

The food is great there. Train cards, snacks, even gifts for loved ones in last minute emergencies.

[@cosmicfool3334]

I just wish we could get decent ones here at home

[@wooshc]

Because 7-11 is a Japanese company!

[@dennisaravonces6390]

seven eleven literally sounds perfect, imagine saying TWELVE EIGHT, TWENTY SEVENTEN

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Because it rhymes. I'd argue Six Nine also sounds good, but people will make a meme out of that. Actually not a bad idea, if you're going for free marketing. Unfortunately, this comes with the risk of ruining the reputation of the brand once the hype subsides

[@dresixx92102]

611 is a thing

[@knecht6974]

@@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 I mean, is there a mart literally called kum & go in the US? You guys have a bunch of very weird company names over there.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

@@knecht6974 I don't live in the US so I've never heard of that name before, but damn. What were they thinking?

[@caluhhhb]

@@knecht6974 I’ve never heard of it, but I know the Tumblr post that joked about it that you probably misinterpreted as being a real place.

[@martychannel6508]

My grandma still has a icebox in her basement when I saw it I thought it was a old looking wine fridge that my grandpa had

[@jericojopio8363]

I was really impressed by the way 7-Eleven made its humble beginning as an ice store. By the way, many branches of 7-Eleven in our country, Philippines, even have charging ports for cellphones, as well as magazines, batteries, and stationery items. Despite the many problems and challenges, 7-Eleven continues to improve itself and provide more convenient customer services to many people around the world--in fact, even the security guard checks around the store to make sure the clients are okay, or answer the basic questions of customers about the items on display, or assist clients.

[@domentora]

Oklahoma actually does have 7/11s, but only in the OKC metro-area and all 100+ are owned by the Brown family. Completely separate from corporate, and not in the franchise way. They have “icee-drinks,” not “slurpees.” They pay really well too, more than in Texas by four, five dollars an hour, but have very strict rules and a lot of religious stuff behind the scenes (Mr. Brown, a Catholic, wouldn’t sell condoms, and it wasn’t until after his passing a couple years ago when his son’s took over that they began to change that). I worked there back in the early-mid 2010’s, $15-ish and hour overnight. Worth digging into a bit.

[@domentora]

Really high store standards too. Uniformly laid out and organised, clean, tight oversight from the home office, uniforms, regular training and drug testing, the works.

[@AtomicBoo]

domentora wow 15 an hr in 2010? That was good

[@mclaine33]

Wow $15/hr especially for 2010! That’s very good money.

[@TheLocalLt]

domentora drug testing is evil

[@ft9kop]

$15 an hour in OKC in 2010 is like making $25 an hour in the Northeast Corridor in 2019. Just wow

[@2-Way_Intersection]

yall ever find a channel thats completely different than the stuff you usually watch, but you end up watching one video and for some reason you're really invested in the content? yeah thats this channel.

[@adrianaarcomone]

When I visited Japan, all the 7-11’s were so convenient and had such good convenience store food. However, no slurpees at any of the Shops I was in. It was definitely odd lol

Bring Your Own Cup Day is the day that all stores fear.

[@alaeriia01]

The one near me has a 1-gallon limit for some reason.

[@A3Geovanni]

@@alaeriia01 cheap Indians, that don't like to give anything to anyone

[@CheezyDee]

I vaguely remember an argument between the 7-11 staff and some douchenozzle that quite blatantly screwed a handle onto a pretty large cooler. It was like twice the size of those holiday Heineken kegs.

[@xXSexyEmoSkittlesXx]

One of the many reasons why I don't miss working for 7 Eleven. Free Slurpee day is worse. People would think that any size is free & when told that it had to be the small, they would pour entire Double Gulp size Slurpees into the drip tray (which doesn't have a drain) or just throw them out in the little garbages around the store or abandon them at the counter.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

SuperPlayz Gaming - Roblox & More Fucking wheelbarrow or an oil drum.

[@jollyrogerdragon9660]

I once purchased a couple of snacks at 7-Eleven for $7.11. No lie. That'll never happen again.

[@MiracleWinchester]

Jolly Roger Dragon they should have made it free lol

[@jollyrogerdragon9660]

Tyler Winchester LOL Agreed

[@bradypostma3708]

I work at a 7-Eleven. I rang up a customer for $7.11 last month. It's rare, but not unheard of.

[@homefront3162]

Jolly Roger Dragon Bullshit, the prices are great there

[@User31129]

*Twilight Zone Theme*

[@jFriedman591]

I lived in Taiwan for 5 years and 7-11 is LIFE there. Everything and anything you need. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee shop, meeting room, ice cream, liquor store, pay bills, order taxi, pay rent, atm, buy tickets for concerts, trains, movies, it provides shelter for people that need it... it’s the best

[@andrewmagdaleno5417]

I would like an indepth look into 7 Elevens history! Thanks for all your hard work on these.

[@TheFourthWinchester]

For most of the world, 7-11 means 7th November. So, you're doing it right.

[@mkratos17]

TheFourthWinchester I was thinking the same lmfao

[@cpufreak101]

yeah, not 100% sure why it's the other way around in the U.S., but I believe it's a carryover of how it's often when speaking, you say the month then the day first instead of day then month.

[@chromatron5230]

Exactly

[@dannypeck96]

@@cpufreak101 in america sure, but i'd say today is the 9th of november, not november the 9th. probably to do with the fact that because england is a small country, the day is more important than the month, especially in olden times.

[@cpufreak101]

@@dannypeck96 I guess that's true, yeah

[@jdinnen1]

Can you do a video on goodwill or another large charity retail chain? It's an interesting industry and very little info available on it generally.

[@clickbait3753]

I second this!

[@cpufreak101]

@Ultro yeah, Goodwill and Salvation army are the two most common. and while they can have smaller shops, some of them are quite large (not Walmart levels of massive, but it's definitely larger than a small ma and pop store) and have a large variety of items. I even managed to pick up a 24 port Ethernet switch and two functional routers at a goodwill for less than $10

[@beckoning-chasm]

@@cpufreak101 Yes, Goodwill is the best place to buy laptop bags.

[@jamesmoore5630]

I am from Dallas, and as a kid (12-13) I racked bottles, swept the floors, ect. In a 7-11. It was the first one with the "infamous" 7-11logo on building, and it provided car hop service!!! I did it For candy, slurpee's, and the privilege to sit and read magazines for free!!! I knew Jerry and Jeff Thompson, and had to stand and browse until they left. I later(18-22) worked for a store called "Handy Dandy", in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. It was the "first known conscience store", that had gas, oil, and groceries, booze, shotgun shells ect. in one small building. It was "not" a general store. It had the first sign that said "Last chance for liquor", and had pints, which were known as "bootlegs" The store is still standing, however it is now a used tire store...Brother James Kendall Moore OSB.

[@bd5av8r1]

"We're the 7-11 people, not the 9-11 people." -- Sikhs :D lol!!

[@chairmanwario]

"I am Sikh and tired of all the stereotypes!"

[@natedog69420]

XD

[@natedog69420]

@@chairmanwario then stop buying convenience stores and and packing 30 ppl into a 4 bedroom house, also try american food ONCE youve lived here for how many years

[@verdantmischief7092]

@@natedog69420 It was a joke idiot

[@esingh7933]

@@natedog69420 I own 4 connivence stores and make over 60k a month

[@nolanjames2992]

I was thinking about a new series where you compare extreamley similar companies such as Walgreens and CVS, maybe call the series versus. Just an idea. Edit: Hes actully done stuff like this just with sports not companies.

[@irumicu]

Coca cola vs pepsi rivalry would be cool

[@ceverett68]

Home Depot vs Lowes

[@GhastlessGibus]

Pornhub vs Xhamster

[@samoberst4968]

VERY GOOD IDEA

[@samoberst4968]

McDonalds vs Burger King would be cool

[@Ballacha]

in australian notation, nov 7 is 7/11. the only problem is this video is released on aussie time 8/11.

[@mrpw1402]

Discoloured Buttflaps Australia doesn’t exist tho

[@Ballacha]

Michael Walker neither does your originality

[@massiveretard176]

Same here with NZ time

[@Yousie6]

@@memberwhen22 ok

[@GhastlessGibus]

@@memberwhen22 Insensitive prick...

[@krzlcve]

funny coincidence I'm watching this on July Eleventh, hadn't even realized the date until you mentioned it!

[@Rogue849]

Binge watching your vids since yesterday! Can't stop, lol. Not all of them, I'm more interested on the ones about stores, than the ones about brands or companies, but that's just me. Thanks and keep coming

[@Rachara]

You should do a video on Quiznos. Literally nobody likes Subway more than Quiznos, but Subway is everywhere and Quiznos is nowhere. Why? Because of really bad business practices. I saw a video about it on Mashed, but their channel sucks and you can make it rock. Be the toasty champion you were born to be.

[@hamsterama]

I agree. Quiznos would make for a fascinating video.

[@ronque23]

Steven Warren he did one. Quiznos corporate fukd over the franchisees. The end.

[@ashleyshim2078]

@@qam2024 lmaooo really???🤔🤔🤔😅😅😅😂

[@jaredkrause3332]

@@qam2024 i just searched it on youtube and what the actual fuck quiznos

[@ThaBeatConductor]

@@qam2024 I remember when those ads first ran. People at school were losing their shit over it.

[@johnsundsethvik6918]

it is the 7.11 today, WORLDWIDE, besides in the US, It's perfect.

[@utinam]

john 119w nope. Not in Japan, where 7-11 reigns. This is because Japan (and likely other Asian countries) also writes their dates month-day; So today is 11月7日. We do have 7-11 day here too; it’s 7月11日. Can you guess when that is? ;P google 7-11の日 (7-11 day) and you’ll see it’s in July, not November.

[@Yossi99]

@@utinam Isn't it just you ? Officially Japan follows ISO standard.

[@user-mr6xf8xz2d]

@@utinam its just you, Oficially most asian countries follow the DD/MM/YYYY format

[@30parts35]

@@user-mr6xf8xz2d I personally always preferred YYYYMMDD

[@user-mr6xf8xz2d]

Although, east asian countries excluding japan uses YYYY/MM/DD , the United States and some of it's colonies is the only country that uses only the MM/DD/YYYY format, while japan sometimes use MM/DD/YYYY , formally japan follows DD/MM/YYYY.

[@milanimacc3939]

I’m pregnant with my first found this channel all I can do is eat & binge watch

[@theschiznit8777]

Damn you Company Man, your videos are so good that now I'm addicted.

[@pmvaldez1]

Do Circle K since they just exploded in size by taking over Valero! Plus my girlfriend works for them as an auditor 😂.

[@drfalcon4102]

circle K started as Little General in Florida

[@mpad4497]

I have a love hate relation with retail auditors

[@Omar-em7rl]

this! +1 i've noticed not only has it engulfed all Valero's but it's also taking some Shell's, which is perfect for me.... i pump shell gas and get their 75cent polarpop drink.

[@eadlynjune]

Something strange is afoot at the Circle K...

[@Omar-em7rl]

@@eadlynjune only strange thing i've seen was them thinking about discontinuing their contract with CocaCola and their 40,000 dollar drink machine selector at every Circle K, but they decided to renew the contract and keep them in back in August of 2018.

[@ArtisticlyAlexis]

I lived in Taiwan almost 20 years ago and the amount of 7 Elevens was mind boggling! There was one on every corner, sometimes facing one another like Starbucks in the states. They were very stinky from selling local delicacies like pickled eggs. The craziest thing to me was that even the fanciest of Taiwanese, those with major money, would still happily eat a pickled egg from 7 Eleven. It's just so popular in their country that it's almost a part of their culture.

[@lilamontoya5609]

Same in Thailand Everyyyy corner

[@chrisfisher6700]

I'm 48 years old and I remember reading of Tote'm stores in children's books while growing up. Can't believe I'm just now learning these were just 7-11's! You really need to cover the international expansion much better. I live in Hong Kong and travel frequently throughout Asia.7-11 has interesting aspects in each country. For instance, in Hong Kong, many people call some of them "Club 7" due to the large number of under 18 year olds (and adults on a budget) who go to 7-11's in the nightlife areas and buy beer or wine to sit out on the street drinking.

[@elwoodziggurat]

Living in Tokyo myself, there's at least three 7-11's within a 5 mile radius of my apartment. I sometimes get my dinner there too because they have maybe the 2nd best conbini food next to Family Mart here! The 3rd runner up is Lawson, which also used to be a really obscure convenience store in America that became a giant here in Japan.

[@TacoTownUSA]

I'm in Kentucky, and I would have to drive three hours to another state to even get to a 7-11

[@scarlett5924]

you are full of shit dont take 3 hrs to hit ohio and you are surrounded by states full of them even 1 in your state

[@danielmclaughlin5573]

7-Eleven ditched my state. Used to have one around the corner; now have to go out of state to even get a Slurpee...

[@nunyabiznis817]

You're not missing much. they are pretty dull compared to the convenience stores of the era, like Rutters, Sheetz, and Wawa, Circle K, Getgo, etc. 7-11 are old school. Today's convenience stores have "fresh" fast food made to order on touch screens, gourmet coffee, a ton of specialty fountain drinks, beer and a fair amount of dining space and of course gas for your car. They are like rest stops more than convenience stores anymore. Most 7-11s are so small they don't even have public restrooms.

[@PACKERMAN2077]

@@nunyabiznis817 finally I was waiting for someone to mention that. maybe for the better part of a decade most 7-Eleven didn't even let customers use their one bathroom they had in the back behind the mop buckets. Lol Compared to Wawa and especially SheetZ what with their attached extended ceiling semi trailer gas pumps with a connected building awning in generally flamboyant colors and neon signs, make even the newest 7-Elevens dwarfed by comparison. some relatively new locations appear larger on the outside but are still quite small in general floor space. and even some have a weird "backwards-out" Direction where you can't see it from the road but you have to actually pull up into a shopping center or to the pump to see it the front door. those kind of 7-Elevens are usually at the corner of a major intersection and the building is pushed all the way to the sidewalk facing inside.

[@marvelgoh5648]

I'm from Indonesia, and you have to actually fly to Singapore or Malaysia to go to 7 Eleven because 7 Eleven ceased operations here last year

[@Lostmymind1]

I wanted more details about the birth of the Slurpee; Seems like you kind of just brushed through it. That would be like doing a video on McDonalds and neglecting the Big Mac.

[@flipicaneze]

After visiting the Philippines 7-Elevens, I can tell you that things are a little different. I don't remember Slurpees in the store. Along with the Hot Dogs, you can serve yourself up some Siopao (steamed buns with a meat filling). They also have traditional filipino rice meals which equate to a TV dinner that most people eat in the store after you pay and the clerk microwaves it for you. Also like other Asian stores, you can pay any of your utility bills and top off your prepaid cell phone (hardly anybody has a cellular plan account). As for the rest of the store, still the same familiar layout.

[@kaitie648]

I didn't know what 7-Eleven was until I was ten. Where I'm from, we had a convenience chain called Wilson Farms. In 2011, 7-Eleven bought out Wilson Farms and rebranded the stores in my area. For YEARS afterwards, we all still called them Wilson Farms.

[@Edward135i]

2:05 I'm more amazed by the fact that there are states without 7-11's. What do you do at 1am when you want a hotdog and a Coors Light!

[@aprilkolwey4779]

You go to some random other convenience store/gas station - those are all over Iowa here despite 7-Eleven being basically unheard of.

[@fightttttt]

who the hell gets beer and a hot dog at 1am are you patrik star? even the 1 time i had a beer that late it was pre baught not a trip out lol

[@dbergerac9632]

We had them in Georgia and then suddenly in the mid '70's, they all vanished.

[@JR-wt7yy]

@@aprilkolwey4779 Iowa has the Kum & Go

[@quentin9287]

In wisconsin, we go to kwik trip

[@dylanlee45alien]

7/11 is crazy in Taiwan you could step out of one 7/11 and see another 7/11 down the street. They also sell actual good food not just hot dogs you could pretty much live off of only stuff in 7/11 in Taiwan. The 7/11s in Taiwan are like 10 times better than the US

[@eidrag]

what I see in Japan is main branch competing with franchises, is it the same there?

[@joshualin5476]

I agree. My experience there is that they sell pretty good food and operate more like local delis/minimarts than just a convenience store

[@chinito77]

The 7-11 right next to my job did so well in business that they opened another just across the street. Japanese love 7-11.

[@benni9619]

chinito77 or family mart and Lawson(all owned by Japanese if I remember correctly)... japan is the land of convenience store lol

[@deregapreyahvattaffdiff]

Lol in Thailand we have two 7-11 side-by-side which are count as a different branch.

[@Mr._Mints]

As an Ohioan, 7-11 has never really been much of a presence for me. But Speedway... That’s where it’s at!! A Speedway video from this channel would be awesome!

[@tonys.155]

I never knew they bought chief auto parts. That explains why they were always next to each other. At least here in Vegas.

[@Chantalan]

Cant forget the Big Gulp

[@MoniqueFlemings]

But he did he didn’t even mention it I was so pissed

[@matkaplio5390]

“Totem” is genius

[@cameraman655]

Tote’em likely would be considered ”racist” today and canceled. 😒🙄

[@vizthex]

*tote'm

[@misschris325]

I remember folks joking about how you could find a Starbucks at every corner. When I was in Thailand, I couldn't believe that there were literally 7-11s on every corner. Sometimes I'd find two on a corner, or one directly across the street from the other!

[@lbb2043]

I love the 2 minute intro explaining the date

[@DistortYT]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Oklahoma 7-Elevens. Started by the Browns who were family friends of the Thompsons who started The Southland Corp, and still owned by the same family today. They share the name and trademarks but are completely separate companies and have slight differences. (e.g. Icy's vs Slurpees)

[@thehunterx5330]

I was about to say the Oklahoma has 7-11s

[@Bigraxcks]

Dude I live in Oklahoma cool that someone knows I thought I was the only one

[@jessepinkman8821]

Oklahoma City? That is the only place I would suspect one to remain, due to an old agreement made between Quiktrip (Which dominates Oklahoma) and 7-11.

[@theSato]

Nah, there are 7-11s dotted around Oklahoma. There's one in Talihina for example.

[@HL-xo7mc]

Rumor has it, the bar napkin agreement is locked up in a safe somewhere.

[@ghrayfahx]

Even though the map shows no location in OK, there are actually several there. They are owned by the guy who helped originally found it and they have different items for sale. It’s pretty interesting, really.

[@MasicoreLord]

Maybe because it's not owned by the same company and isn't a franchisee of their's either.

[@OspreyFlyer]

Apparently Quick Trip won out in Oklahoma?

[@norcalguaponorcalguapo6773]

7-11 is a huge part of my towns life. Every morning the working man goes there, gets coffee, fills up for gas and the paper. Could not imagine life without it

[@gale2673]

7-11-2000 is actually my birthday, and I was born and live in Austin, Texas. Small world...

[@luisgabrielcaetanodiniz3251]

Chill Dude, here in Brazil dates are inverted, so today is 7/11 for me

[@MrGregory777]

Dates aren't inverted. The Americans use the calendar the wrong way. Never think less of yourself.

[@TheWanderingLPer]

@@MrGregory777 Ah, so *Americans* should think less of themselves, got it, much better.

[@Tuoppios1]

@@TheWanderingLPer well lets be honest, America is the weirdo when it comes to measurement systems.

[@teamhex]

@@Tuoppios1 We use both here. We use metric for many different things. Our tools are mainly metric because most products come from other countries. There are tons of examples. The only difference is we have to teach it our self outside of the education system.

[@jamief415]

MM/DD/YYYY < DD/MM/YYYY

[@TheGreatDanish]

I grew up literally a block away from a 7-11. I'm not one to really go hard on the brand loyalty thing, but when I moved to a state without them, it definitely felt weird. Though in a way, I'd kinda long ago stopped going to 7-11s like I did when I was young. Back in the 80s, the ones near me still sold a lot of the every day necessities like eggs and milk, so it wasn't uncommon for me to run down to the 711 for my mom when she was getting ready to make dinner.

[@sreginkc]

As a bicyclist in the 70s and 80s, I remember the fantastic Team 7-11 that won Tour de France and Giro d'Italia sporting the green, white and red jerseys with the brand logo.

[@brianspain763]

My favorite 7-eleven in China plays Christmas instrumental music all year. It never gets old.

[@sirluke7]

7-11 use to be in Tulsa, Oklahoma all over the place when I was younger... but we have a QuikTrip ( QT ) and 7-11 simply wasn't any competition. Circle K tried to buy most of those 7-11's and U-Tote-Em's and be a market competitor... but simply couldn't make it either. Git-N-Go was a nice competitor for QT, but due to internal struggles and ownership... they folded too. So we have a new Kummer in town. Kum-N-Go.... They seem to be doing okay... I buy my fuel from them because of convenience... but the employees still not but half the speed of a QT employee.

[@GarrettWorcester]

The patriarch of the family that started franchising 7-11 in Oklahoma used to work for and was mentored by the gentleman who started QuickTrip. When Mr. Brown became successful with his 7-11 chain, he and the QuikTrip guy had a gentlemen's agreement that they would stay out of each other's territory, which is why you won't see any QuikTrip stores in Oklahoma City and vice-versa. It took an invasion of OnCue to make the current Brown family realize that their stores needed a major, major facelift and the stores are slowly becoming copies of OnCue stores. I could go on about the Oklahoma liquor law change of October 1, 2018, and how some liquor store owners got the royal shaft, but I'll leave it by mentioning that a lot of OKC 7-11 suddenly had room to remodel AND expand by 2018-10-01.

[@bigmac22ify]

Even though it’s spelled with a k the name still sucks

[@sirluke7]

www.tulsaworld.com/tulsaworldmagazine/is-a-gentlemen-s-agreement-the-reason-why-quiktrip-doesn/article_962babdc-73c5-5a44-8b15-cb03027f2b4b.html

[@FriendlyCleaningKC]

sirluke7 qt is the best!!

[@OspreyFlyer]

7-11 had their day in Tulsa, everyone went there. I forgot about Git-N-Go. Never liked Circle K much. QT definitely king of the mountain now.

[@MikeADHD]

*now* i want a *slurpee*

[@interwebtubes]

Mike ADHD go to Canada and several of there 7/11 stores have multiple flavors of SLURPIES ; Talk about a flavor bonanza !!; I’m talking slurpy heaven!! 👍

[@joelaber6979]

I grew up with a 7-Eleven around the corner from my house in Troy, Ohio. They eventually sold to United Dairy Farmers. United Dairy closed and a mom-and-pop reopened it in its current form. I miss 7-Eleven in my town. #thanks!! :)

[@Masupups]

7/11 is THE convenience store. Going to one today still shows the power of their business, even if people have mixed experiences.

[@XemnasKH]

Ahh, Japanese convenience stores. Truly the paradise of our times.

[@devanburke4808]

Tell us more about how a the Japanese company acquired them during a... bankruptcy?!

[@fajaradi1223]

And some other countries too

[@NextLevelCode]

Japanese 7 Eleven food is way better then USA 7 Eleven

[@MikeSparksMusic]

Did they file for Chapter 7 or Chapter Eleven bankruptcy? 😂

[@bradypostma3708]

7-Eleven went Chapter 7 in 1990, because too much competition and a couple marketing pushes failed. Ownership bounced around between Japanese companies for a while. Since 2005, it has been owned by "Seven & I Holding Co," who owns 7-Eleven, the Japanese supermarket chain Iko-Yokado, Seven Bank (the banking arm of 7-Eleven), all of the Denny's restaurants in Japan, and a bunch of other stuff mostly in Japan. 7&I is the fifth largest retailer in the world. My training materials when I was hired at 7-Eleven were on the same corporate training server as some Tim Hortons training materials, so maybe there's some corporate overlap there, too. You can see top shareholders and other corporate info about Seven & I Holdings here: www.marketscreener.com/SEVEN-I-HOLDINGS-CO-L-6497950/company/

[@JO-iv7tl]

I wish this video was longer. Brought up so many topics to unpack.

[@lagautmd]

Probably noted by someone else in the 4000+ comments: There is at least one 7-Eleven that is not 24 hours. Third Avenue Store in Salt Lake City. The agreement with the city to build the store in this quaint Victorian era neighborhood was that it operated 7 to 11 and have a smaller footprint, no street-side signage, no gasoline sales (There was already a small gas station a few blocks down the street). It's still there, check out the 7-Eleven locations site. It used to frequently get burglarized overnight for cases of beer... maybe not staying open all night was a bad idea. They added roller shutters to the front windows to prevent it.

[@sponkk6039]

Nice Mr.Company, very cool!

[@hstochla]

at least you tried

[@BitcoinJake09]

They should change the name to "24 SEVEn" 😂😂😂

[@FloofyTanker]

24 hours 7 days is what I think he means

[@bananya6020]

stupid

[@loditx7706]

Bitcoin: I always thought they should change to Seven 24, but I guess it doesn't matter. Maybe somewhere there are some that don't stay open 24 hrs.

[@loditx7706]

Jerk Jerkington Thanks, I never knew that.

[@BitcoinJake09]

@@loditx7706 yeah I was surprised once when I came across a 7/11 that closed at midnight :/ but most are 24/7

[@PetePuebla]

You know I've Begley remember the name totem on the stores as a kid in Phoenix Arizona. I remember passing the stores that said totem on them with the emblem of a totem. And some if I can recall actually had a totem out front. I was too young to remember but they had the colors of 7-Eleven which was green and red and orange. This video is bringing up some really big memories.

[@TitoTimTravels]

I always assumed their massive growth in Asia was due to being bought by the Japanese company. Southland had a 10 high rise building complex planned in Dallas, built one, then the company got sold. That was the end of the 10 building complex. Dallas gave us not only 7-11 but Frito-Lay. Gotta love Dallas! Here in the Philippines 7-11 is going through a massive growth right now. But I have never seen one with gas pumps, and rarely see one with slurpees - ice cream cones are quite popular, though. 😎

[@verdatum]

I think the whole story about how Japan got into 7-Eleven and eventually bought it out is much more interesting than this overview stuff.

[@allanau]

verdatum agree, just came back from Japan and it quite amazing how 711 and convenient store works there.

[@TitoTimTravels]

I agree. I hope there is a follow up vid. I emigrated to Asia and 7-11 is everywhere! 😎

[@lukamagicc]

When you're subbed to Company Man and The Company Man and you realize they're two COMPLETELY different channels

[@someguy8469]

The chance that I actually clicked on this video on July 11th is hilarious

[@juliusnepos6013]

My birthday is a day ahead of that so, maybe no free slurpee on my birth date

[@cabcabs]

My mom worked for a store called CLIFF'S in EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA. The hours that they had was 7AM until 11PM. 7-eleven Reps had come into the Store and talked to the Employees about how the store was being operated. When the store was bought out, my mom was given a choice of DATING the Rep for Edmonton or be fired. She quit right then and there.

[@nataliecwine]

Never forget 7/11

[@paulocuento9949]

7/11 was an inside job

[@alaeriia01]

7/11 was a part-time job

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

The fall of the Berlin Wall, right? No, that's two days after today...

[@mazder_2709]

911 Carrera was an inside job

[@bareit98]

@@ganaraminukshuk0 No. A terror attack in India

[@IamJay]

*7 Eleven* I thought it is: 7 - days a week 11 - hours a day. I'm wrong. Lol

[@rrrglynn]

I heard that originally it was called that because it was open from 7am- 11pm. Then they obviously changed it to 24 hours. But a lots of the stuff I hear is wrong so who knows.

[@IamJay]

@@rrrglynn okay thank-you

[@kevinfisher1345]

@@rrrglynn yea even back in the 70's they were either 24 hr stores or open 7am - 11pm. Only reason why I knew what the name referred too.

[@tomasbickel58]

rrrglynn, Company man said it. For me, it's close enough. Question though: whats its pricing compared to Walmart?

[@jimjacobfreeman9692]

7am till 11pm?

[@williammetcalf7239]

My favorite 7-11 store is in Kings Beach California, on the North Shore of the majestic Lake Tahoe. It is directly across the street from the beach with a great view of the lake. If your at the beach and want something to drink or eat, it is a short walk, and in winter when it is a snowy blizzard outside, you can go in get warm, get what you need and head on your way.

[@LordEdmund1973]

Here in Australia they release 7/11 day in November for two reasons. One: Australia, like most of the world, writes day before month Two: It's cold here in July, as that's midwinter. It's much warmer here in November.

[@avlisk]

I worked for a convenience store chain in Anaheim in the mid 1970's. It was called U-Totem. Any relation to all this? I think CircleK bought them, because that's who's there now.

[@gsxr7dsc]

I remember going to the local UTotem in Galveston in the early '80's to play video games and they also switched to Circle K around '83.

[@SoulClubCoffee]

@@gsxr7dsc I lived there in the 90s and there was a sketchy independent convenience store called Huggy Bear.

[@dakotanorth1640]

Switching industries - i thought you'd be announcing it was no longer a convenience store.

[@MMSB-dl2np]

Dakota North the one’s in Canada are more like a takeout restaurant. Have a grill, sub station, coffee, bakery etc.

[@DMacB42]

Re: the whole intro: discovering this channel 3 years later, I’m watching this in september so it doesn’t matter at all! Just make a note to re-release a 16k remake of this in july 2029 as a 10 year anniversary thing!

[@jefftalbert]

I remember, I think back in the 1980's, and not sure when 7-11 changed this. But if you were hungry, you could walk into a 7-11 and they had a big refrigerated section with more styles of burritos than you could imagine. You grab it, microwave it, buy it with a big gulp and you had a meal. The big burrito 7-11 was famous for, well at least where I live people would always talk about it, was the 7-11 pizza burrito. Now they have a few burritos, but don't think they do the pizza burrito anymore. Anyone else remember the hey days of 7-11 burritos?