The $7.99 birds join pasta dishes, including rigatoni with Alfredo sauce and peas and four-cheese ravioli with marinara sauce, in the stores' refrigerated sections, said the report.
The trial follows 7-Eleven's recent introduction of chicken wings and pizza in hot food cases, [image-nocss] and similar items (self-rising crust pizza, mozzarella sticks, buffalo chicken wings and cream cheese jalapenos) within its 7 Select line in the frozen-food section, as well as grilled chicken with cheese and tortellini and sun-dried tomatoes in refrigerated sections.
Stores also recently began offering packaged fresh fruits such as sliced mango and watermelon, and boutique-style red velvet- and chocolate-flavored cupcakes, the newspaper added.
Many 7-Eleven franchisees in the Chicago area got their first look at the Dallas-based company's new hot-foods offer in May. The 7-Eleven Franchise Owners Association of Chicagoland (FOAC) Trade Show highlighted the Dallas-based convenience chain's new foodservice offer.
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