7-Eleven

Besides being today’s date and the address of a favorite person of mine, today is the day to get a free Slurpee from one of the oldest franchise companies around, 7-Eleven. There are more than 50,000 7-Eleven convenience stores worldwide (in 16 different countries) and that’s a lot of Slurpees. 7-Eleven in the USA is headquartered in Dallas, Texas where the company originated in 1927 when an employee of Southland Ice Company, John Jefferson Green, started selling milk, eggs, and bread from an improvised storefront in one of the company's ice houses. Apparently the ice kept the milk fresh and they were closer to customers than the nearest small grocery and soon figured they were in to something. The infamous and often imitated, Slurpee, a partially frozen soft drink was introduced in 1967 and today is the day to get a free one from your local 7-Eleven. I love everything about them except the brain freeze!