7-Eleven
American multinational convenience store chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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7-Eleven, Inc.[2] is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas and owned by Japanese company Seven & I Holdings through Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.[3] The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. After Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain and the parent company of Seven-Eleven Japan, acquired a 70% stake in the company in 1991, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November, 2005.[4][5]
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Retail (convenience stores) |
Founded | 1927; 97 years ago (1927) (as Southland Ice Company) |
Founder | Joe C. Thompson |
Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 84,500 (2024) |
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Products | Convenience foods and beverages, gasoline |
Owner | Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. (Seven & I Holdings) |
Number of employees | 135,332[1] (2021) |
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Website | www |
7-Eleven operates, franchises and licenses 84,500 stores in 19 countries and territories as of January 2024.[citation needed] While operating under its namesake brand globally, within the United States it operates as 7-Eleven nationally, as Speedway nationally but mostly in the Midwest & East Coast, and as Stripes Convenience Stores within the West South Central United States. Both Speedway and Stripes operate alongside 7-Eleven's namesake stores in several markets. 7-Eleven also operates A-Plus locations with the name licensed from owner and fellow Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex-based Energy Transfer Partners, though most of these stores have since been rebranded as standard 7-Eleven stores.
7-Eleven settled class action lawsuits in Australia relating to wage theft and misleading franchisees, paying around A$270 million in settlements since 2020.[6]