A man tried to rob a convenience store in Massachusetts while a 75-year-old woman was at the counter buying something. This did not please her. Unfortunately I can’t embed the video directly, but click through to Fox 8 News to watch the woman go all ninja with the price scanner gun. Never anger an old lady with a babushka! [More]
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Adorable Japanese Mascot Invades U.S. Convenience Stores
By 10.22.09
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.
Duane Reade Says It's Christmas Time
By 10.5.09
Reader Emily snapped this photo at the Duane Reade at 58th and 8th in Manhattan.
WaPo Devotes Five Pages To Wawa/Sheetz Epic
By 8.27.09
We thought our love for Wawa was deep and true, then we read this lengthy column in the Washington Post about people getting married at a Wawa or flocking to the stores on 9/11 to regain a sense of community and normalcy.
By 7.10.09
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Tomorrow, 6,000 participating 7-Eleven stores will be giving away free tiny Slurpees. [7-Eleven] (Thanks to Henry!)
Crazy Pennsylvania Beer Law Bars Convenience Stores From Selling Beer Six-Packs
By 6.22.09
Poor Pennsylvanian beer-lovers — not only is there a bizarre, ancient law on the books that prevents convenience stores from selling six-packs, but the state supreme court has gone and upheld it.
