The Dallas-based c-store chain provided the newspaper with some additional economic indicators in the beverage and foodservice categories:
People are buying cheaper beer during the week. Premium picks up on the weekends. [image-nocss] Customers are trading expensive energy drinks and waters for Mountain Dew. The soft drink apparently provides the biggest buzz for a buck. It's moved up a couple of notches to the No. 3 soft drink at 7-Eleven. Customers are using refill mugs more to save on that daily cup of coffee. And in the tobacco and other categories:
Cigarettes are elastic after all. Since the 62-cent federal excise tax went into effect April 1, many pack-a-day customers have become pack-every-three-days customers. Customers are moving to $10 prepaid phone cards from $20 ones. More people are using their backyard grills. Propane demand is up at 7-Eleven. It plans to expand the number of stores that sell tanks and refills this summer. 7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses approximately 7,800 7-Eleven stores in North America. Globally, it operates, franchises or licenses more than 35,600 stores in 17 countries. During 2008, 7-Eleven stores worldwide generated total sales of more than $53.7 billion
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