It's about twice the size of the old store. Now, it has 12 gas pumps, a large clean bright store with a self serve grill, fresh donuts, lots of choices for drinks, coffees, shakes, snacks and a large checkout counter. They just replaced the one on 10th and Air Depot it was little ratty store. I noticed around the city they are cleaning up and remodeling the stores or replacing them. Most their locations are shameful.7-11 is getting better. I hope they drive 7/11 completely out of business. OnCue saw a great opportunity and is obviously thriving. The 7/11's in the Metro are generally horrible places while QuickTrips are at the extreme opposite end of the spectrum. Wow, did OKC get the rawest of deals in that "gentlemen's agreement". The 7-Eleven North American page even has on their contact page at the very bottom:įor comments, inquiries or complaints pertaining to 7-Eleven stores in Oklahoma City, please note that this company is not affiliated with 7-Eleven, Inc. The Oklahoma City stores is a fascinating story really. They go far out of the way to make people think 7-Eleven is still an American company. 7-Eleven is now actually headquarted in Tokyo, with the American division operating out of the old 7-Eleven headquarters in Dallas. The Brown family still owns the 7-Eleven stores in Oklahoma City as a completely autonomous entity from corporate 7-Eleven due to a clause Brown insisted on in his franchisee contract back in the early 50's. The agreement was between Bill Brown, who bought the 7-Eleven franchise in OKC and QuickTrip founder John Thompson. I was always told that the gentlemen's agreement was between quiktrip and Love'sNo.
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