7-eleven

McDonald's Exec: Swipe Fee Reform May End Up Hurting Our Bottom Line
A number of the new or increased banking fees, including Bank of America's scrapped attempt to charge debit card users $5/month, that have popped up recently have been financial institutions' reactions to recently enacted regulations that cap swipe fees — the amount banks charge retailers each time a debit card is used to make a purchase. While the goal is to put billions back into retailers' coffers, some of the nation's biggest chains say it may end up hurting them. More »

Dual-Chambered Slurpee Cup Keeps The Mountain Dew Apart From The Fanta Orange Until Just The Right Time
If, like me, you grew up playing Mad Scientist by creating various frozen-drink Frankensteins with the Slurpee machine at 7-Eleven, then this news might be of interest. More »

7-Eleven Clerk Saves Customer's Life With CPR
Correct change for a Slurpee is all you'd expect from a 7-Eleven clerk, so you could say a Pittsburgh employee of the convenience store went beyond the call of duty when he administered CPR when a customer fell into cardiac arrest. More »

Does "Slurpee Summit" Hype Make You Crave Frozen Sugar Water?
Thanks to President Obama's off-the-cuff comment that he'd like to hold a "Slurpee Summit" with Republican leaders, the 7-Eleven drink is suddenly up there with the McRib and Double Down as a cool guilty pleasure for discerning fast-foodies. What about you? Are you craving Wicked Apple, Kratos Fury, Invincible Orange, or one of 7-Eleven's other mashups of sugar, water and slushed ice? Slide on in and tell the world. More »

What's The Right Way To Argue I Was Shortchanged?
Bobby is positive a 7-Eleven clerk mistook his $20 bill for a $10 and shafted him on change. He brought the issue up to the clerk, who shut him down and sent him on his way. Since Bobby is a regular at the convenience store, it made the situation more awkward and rendered him more inclined to accept defeat. More »

7-Eleven Will Now Sell You Used Games Along With Slurpees
Likely looking at GameStop's profit margins and deciding there's more ways to squeeze money out of customers than by selling questionable hot dogs and Slurpees, 7-Eleven is entering the used games fray. More »

Gas Station Credit Card Skimmers Were Siphoning $20k Per Day
Police have made arrests connected to a gas station credit card skimming ring that was bilking Northern California drivers for $20,000 a day, reports the Sacramento Bee. 11 credit card skimmers, loaded up with hundreds of credit card numbers from unwary consumers, were found in a car driven by the two men arrested in connected with the scheme, says the Martinez, California Police Department. More »

Card Skimmer Shows Up On 7-Eleven Gas Pump
Just when you thought it was safe to fill up your car while filling yourself with a Big Gulp, a credit-card skimmer has turned up on a gas pump at a 7-Eleven in Vancouver, WA. The skimmer didn't affect transactions, so customers were able to pump gas while the skimmer quietly collected their credit-card numbers. More »

Adorable Japanese Mascot Invades U.S. Convenience Stores

—>Would you like your morning coffee with a side of Domo-kun? In one of those odd twists of globalization and marketing synergy, the mascot of Japanese public television network NHK has found his way onto 99 cent cups of coffee and special Slurpee cups at 7-Eleven stores in the United States.   More »

Hackers Indicted For Stealing 130 Million Credit Card Numbers

—>130 million is a large number, but that's how many credit card numbers a group of three hackers are alleged to have stolen from five different companies including 7 Eleven, Hannaford, and Heartland Payment Systems says the Department of Justice.  More »

7-Eleven Asks Consumers To Help Fight Credit Card Companies

—>7-Eleven plans to serve up your next Slurpee with a petition to Congress protesting unfair credit card fees. No, the fees aren't unfair to you, they're unfair to 7-Eleven. The vendor of last resort is mad about interchange fees, the fees banks charge merchants for accepting a credit card payment. The recent credit card legislation signed into law protected consumers from rate increases, but stayed silent with regards to interchange fees.  More »

Tomorrow, 6,000 participating 7-Eleven stores will be giving away free tiny Slurpees. [7-Eleven] (Thanks to Henry!)  More »

13 Companies That Are Hiring This Year

—>You know the economy is bad when 7-Eleven's hiring plans are national news.  More »

It's 7/11! Free Slurpees At 7-Eleven!

—>We know how you guys love free stuff, so we'd just like to let you know that you can get a free slurpee at participating 7-Elevens today.   More »

Morning News Roundup
7-Eleven is set to implement a new, testosterone-boosted ATM this year, providing even more banking solutions to the great unwashed The all-embracing milk of corporate hegemony continues to... More »