A. 7-Eleven opened their first store in Israel in January of 2023 at Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv. The Israeli franchisee, Electra Consumer Products, announced plans to invest more than 60 million New Israeli Shekels to open dozens of additional stores in the coming years.

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B. The Star-K kosher certification organization publishes a list of more than 300 kosher flavors of 7-Eleven Slurpees available in the United States, including Dad’s Hawaiian Shirt, Tiger’s Blood, and Monster Mutant Red Dawn.

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C. In April of 2024, Electra Consumer Products, the Israeli franchisee of 7-Eleven stores, announced that it would be closing all ten of their stores after having lost more than 60 million New Israeli Shekels over the last year.

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D. The 7-Eleven store in Monsey, New York, sells certified kosher Big Bite hot dogs, chulent and kishke, to accommodate the needs of the huge Orthodox and Chassidic community in that town. The store’s advertising features the slogan Kosher Heaven at 7-Eleven.

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