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In the old days, 7-Eleven would hold University of 7-Eleven (USE) events in local market areas and would repeat these in more than a dozen or two areas around the country. It was exceptionally gratifying to go to a USE, meet with the market manager, shake hands with the Division vice president, and float […]
With SEI pursuing an aggressive expansion plan, the number of 7-Eleven stores available for franchising is increasing. Many of these new stores inevitably will be sold to existing franchisees who have proven they can run stores profitably. The others will be sold to newcomers, which is great news, because the more franchisees we have […]
The National Coalition has begun its 39th year as an association, and we have just completed our 37th annual convention and trade show. What began with six franchisees in 1973 has continued to grow into a membership of almost 4,000 stores and 40 Franchise Owners’ Associations around the country in the 30 states in […]
We all know that the convenience store industry is constantly evolving. Changes and innovations are introduced almost daily in the form of new products, higher-tech equipment, more effective store layouts, etc. C-stores that do not adapt to these changes quickly fall to the wayside and are soon forgotten. 7-Eleven has always been at the […]
In the late 90s, as many franchisees will recall, a class action was commenced by several franchisees against the Southland Corporation (the predecessor company of 7-Eleven, Inc.) which alleged many wrongdoings by the franchisor, chief among them being that Southland breached the store agreement by failing to give franchisees credit for the value of […]
Just over one year ago, SEI introduced its reorganization program, called Project E, to their employees and the franchise community. With the announcement came promises of streamlined communication to handle payroll, merchandise accounting, and other financial accounting issues; faster response to issues and cases submitted via the CHD process; and access to merchandising personnel […]
It seems these days the frustrations are mounting for franchisees. From accounting to deliveries and everything in between, the problems appear to be growing and franchisees are having a harder time operating their stores to their full moneymaking potential. I have been hearing from franchisees across the country that they are spending more time […]
During the last eight or nine years, most of the presentations in high level or quarterly sales meetings have in some way focused on how to increase fresh foods sales by keeping the right product mix according to store needs. Also during these meetings attention is drawn to the drop in cigarette sales, even […]
As small businessmen, 7-Eleven franchisees are constantly at risk of new legislation and government rule-making that affects our businesses. For the National Coalition, the big value of getting involved in legislative activities is the opportunity to help our FOAs influence legislation not only at the national level, but more importantly at the local level […]
Once upon a time a 7-Eleven franchisee could make a very decent living from one store. These days, however, certain policy changes—like sharing the credit card fees, the change in the gasoline commission, a 20 percent franchise fee to renew our contract—have chipped away at our income. When SEI became determined to grow, they […]
