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{{Short description|American multinational convenience store chain}} {{Other uses}} {{Redirect|7-11|the calendar dates|July 11|and|November 7}} {{Use American English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = 7-Eleven, Inc. | logo = 7-Eleven_logo_2021.svg | logo_caption = Logo since 2021 | logo_size = 100px | image_caption = | type = [[Division (business)|Division]] | founder = Joe C. Thompson | foundation = {{Start date and age|1927}} (as Southland Ice Company) | former_names = {{ubl|Southland Ice Company (1927)|Tote'm Stores (1928–1946)|Southland Corporation (1961–1999)}} | hq_location = 3200 Hackberry Road | location_city = [[Irving, Texas]] | website = {{URL|www.7-eleven.com/}} | location_country = United States | locations = 85,000 stores (2024) | area_served = {{plainlist| * See [[#Global operations|section]]}} | key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|Joseph DePinto ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Stan Reynolds ([[President (corporate title)|president]])}} | industry = [[Retail]] ([[convenience store]]s) [[Franchising]] | products = Convenience foods and beverages, gasoline | subsid = {{plainlist| *[[Speedway (store)|Speedway LLC]] *7-Eleven International LLC *[[Stripes Convenience Stores]] }} | num_employees = 135,332<ref name="7ni mgmt rprt">{{cite web|url=https://www.7andi.com/en/ir/file/library/mr/pdf/202103_all_a.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130164128/https://www.7andi.com/en/ir/file/library/mr/pdf/202103_all_a.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-30 |url-status=live |title=Seven & i Management Report as of January 12, 2022}}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2021 | owner = | parent = [[Seven-Eleven Japan]] }} '''7-Eleven, Inc.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=7-Eleven, Inc.|url=https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/overseas/us-sei.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Seven & I Holdings |archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164101/https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/overseas/us-sei.html|url-status=live}}</ref> is an American [[convenience store]] chain, headquartered in [[Irving, Texas]]. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Seven-Eleven Japan]], which in turn is owned by the retail holdings company [[Seven & I Holdings]]. The chain was founded in 1927 as the '''Southland Ice Company''', operating an [[ice house (building)|ice house]] storefront in [[Dallas]]. Then-owned by Southland Corporation, the number of convenience stores expanded and were named '''Tote'm Stores''' between 1928 and 1946. Southland Corporation changed the stores' name to 7-Eleven in 1946, reflecting expanded hours of operation (7 am to 11 pm). Southland Corporation started franchising its stores in 1961; in 1973 [[Ito-Yokado]], a Japanese supermarket chain, signed a franchisee agreement with Southland Corporation to develop 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan. Operating the Japanese stores under Seven-Eleven Japan, Ito-Yokado acquired a 70% stake in Southland Corporation in 1991; as majority owner, it changed Southland Corporation's name to 7-Eleven, Inc. that same year, then expanded to 100% ownership in November 2005, making 7-Eleven, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan.<ref name="Moyer">{{Cite news |last=Moyer |first=Justin Wm |title=In honor of 7/11: How Japan slurped up 7-Eleven |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/11/in-honor-of-711-how-japan-slurped-up-7-eleven/ |access-date=2020-10-06 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/11/in-honor-of-711-how-japan-slurped-up-7-eleven/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="andi2005">{{cite web |title=Seven-Eleven Japan completes cash tender offer for 7-Eleven, Inc. |url=https://www.7andi.com/library/dbps_data/_template_/_res/en/company/news/pdf/2005/1109_01_e.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=[[Seven & i Holdings]] |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704090940/https://www.7andi.com/library/dbps_data/_template_/_res/en/company/news/pdf/2005/1109_01_e.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2019}}</ref> Ito-Yokado reorganized its collective businesses as a [[holding company]] in 2005, Seven & I Holdings, with 7-Eleven, Inc. wholly held by Seven-Eleven Japan.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.7andi.com/en/ir/file/library/pdf/23_7andi_int04_en.pdf |title=Annual Securities Report |date=February 28, 2023 |publisher=[[Seven & I Holdings|Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd]] |access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> 7-Eleven operates, [[Franchising|franchises]] and licenses roughly 85,000 stores in 20 countries and territories as of August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Oi |first1=Mariko |last2=Liang |first2=Annabelle |date=2024-08-20 |title=Why retail giant 7-Eleven is on a rival's shopping list |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72829pl8z4o |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Its stores operate under its namesake brand globally, including the United States, where it also operates as [[Speedway (store)|Speedway]] nationally but mostly in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] and [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], and as [[Stripes Convenience Stores]] within the [[West South Central states|West South Central United States]]. Both Speedway and Stripes operate alongside 7-Eleven's namesake stores in several American markets. 7-Eleven also operates [[A-Plus (store)|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.
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