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The new hot food program offers items such as whole or by-the-slice four-cheese and pepperoni pizza; chicken tenders; sausage, egg and cheese breakfast quesadillas; hash brown potatoes and three flavors of chicken wings.
The chain will be able to serve the pizzas using high-speed TurboChef ovens, which combine radiant heat, microwave and convection cooking methods to cook foods 12 times faster than the standard oven, the company says.
Margaret Chabris, a spokeswoman for 7-Eleven, told Slashfood Friday that each oven is equipped with a credit-card sized card that automatically programs the method and the cooking time for the various menu items. The ovens cook a 7-Eleven pizza in 90 seconds and the wings in 3 minutes.
The national expansion of the prepared foods menu comes as a direct response to the decreasing sale of tobacco.
"One of our biggest categories in sales in the 1990s was tobacco," Chabris explained. "We recognized it's a waning category with prices and taxes continuing to rise and the health concerns making an impression on people. It's a category that's decreasing."
After a successful hot foods small-scale pilot program in 2007, 7-Eleven decided the hot foods sector was their next niche.
"We know that when a lot of people get a sandwich, they like them fresh and they like them hot," Chabris said.
Prices will range from 79 cents for two hash browns to $2.99 for three chicken wings to $9.99 for a large pizza.
The name 7-Eleven originated in 1946 when the stores were open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Today, 7-Elevens are open 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the world's largest convenience retail chain -- operating close to 29,600 7-Eleven and other affiliated convenience stores around the world.
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10-16-2009 @9:47PM jess said... its pretty gross. they leave the food out there all day n night. My 7 eleven has really been slacking, they dont even refill the coffee machines anymore.
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10-16-2009 @10:59PM Gary said... 7-11 adding "hot new dishes" to their menu??? this outfit that doles out the crappiest food known to man? I can just imagine what their pizza & wings taste like after having sat in that heater since last nigh's shift!! And trucked in pre-made, frozen from New Jersey to California, God knows how old the stuff is? JEES, that junk is awful! The only things I buy from 7-11 are overpriced cigarettes and newspapers!
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10-16-2009 @11:14PM Mike said... Based on some of the 7-11's I've been into lately, I won't want to even try hot food--particularly chicken. 7-11 sure isn't what it once was. Seems they're all foreign owned or managed now and I'm wondering where they all get the money to get started.
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10-16-2009 @11:28PM hookmrl said... if that does not give you food poison nothing will got to grocery store and get a large bag for half the price here
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10-16-2009 @11:45PM Jim said... Now that you all have had your fun ... let's get serious....I have owned a 7-11 store in San Diego for over 13 yrs, and sell an extraordinarily large quantity of sandwiches, burritos, salads, hot dogs, etc. We were one of the first stores selected in our area to offer this new hot foods program referred to in this article and the customers love it!! Some of the foods have a 1 hr shelf life in the warmer, and some have a 2 hr shelf life in the warmer.
It is all quality product; rather than sitting at your computer "bashing" something that you haven't tried, please give it a try. You will be surprised. If your local 7-11 does something other than the recommended "shelf life," on these hot food items, then call the national customer service number at 1-800-255-0711. They want our quality to be consistent nationwide.
If you have had a bad experience at your local store, I can assure you that we don not all fall into that category you describe. Please give us a try again. You WILL be pleasantly surprised.
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10-17-2009 @12:23AM Cass said... Personally, I think that the hot dogs and free chili at 7-11 can't be beat! Big bite with chili, mustard and onions can't be beat!!
I remember eating 7-11 big bites and gulping down slurpee's when I was young and again when I was a teenager out late nights, it was just about the only place open, and still love them to this day! It has to be the rotating grill, I don't know?
The 7-11 near me allows, for a one dollar charge, for customers to put chili and/or cheese on a bag of doritos, which I LOVE! I only visit for these sins on a "gotta taste for" basis. It's my dirty lil secret, and I love it!!
And to all of you that may be wondering my stature to be able to indulge in this gluttony...5 ft, 110 pds....So, healthy or not I don't care!
Now, as an adult, I enjoy the coffee selection, I've NEVER gotten a "stale" or "burnt" tasting cup of coffee there. The owners, foreign or not, are always friendly to me and always greet me, and other customers, upon entering.
P. S. Thank you Jim for your post as an owner of a 7-11, and also for the customer service number!!
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10-17-2009 @12:37AM Cass said... oh....forgot to mention those spicy beef pockets they sell! Yum! Only complaint about those is not having some kind of sauce to put on them...like a picante or something like that.
Oh, sorry Jim, but the pizza's I've seen in the warmer case...not so uhh...appetizing....always seem like they are dried out and stale when I go in, so I will use the 800 number to make someone, whoever, aware...
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10-18-2009 @1:08AM Bud said... The answer is they are foreign Mike. They get get Bussiness loans alot easier than a True American.
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10-18-2009 @1:07AM Bud said... Jim you are absolutely right. I have been in 7-11 stores that I will never set foot in again. But I stop at one everyday on my way to work. It all depends on who is running the store. It is a shame that 7-11 does not patrol there Franchises or owners that carry there name. We have two stores here on the same street, one of them I buy lunch almost everyday, the other I think twice before I would even buy a bottled coke. Forget the Slurpee Machine.It's a shame but I guess 7-11 is making enough money where they don't give a damn about the bad apples.
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10-17-2009 @2:48AM christyna said... 7 11 sucks go to wawa
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10-17-2009 @3:30AM Edna said... i have eaten above mentioned chicken in BBQ & Dragon wings they are very good. So are the hot dogs and tea.
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10-17-2009 @4:12AM FABIAN said... IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT AREA YOUR 7-11 IS.I USE TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY FOR 2 YEARS AND SOME STORES GOT MORE ATTENTION THAN OTHERS.I HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY.I WAS TERMINATED FOR SPEAKING UP ABOUT THIS SUCH ISSUE.
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10-17-2009 @4:59AM michele said... The 7-11's around here are pretty good at not having food out all night. If it is after a certain amount of time they throw the food out. After a certain time frame if they ran out of the food item they would only cook it if a customer would ask for it. I know that when my daughter worked for them she was to empty the doughnut case at like 3 am for the new shipment due in at 5 am. They had to do the other foods the same way and fresh coffee was made on the hour unless they just didn't have time to get there because there were tons of customers but once it slowed down it was made and the pots were cleaned in the morning when they emptied the cases. They chose this time to do these things because business was slow.
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10-17-2009 @5:37AM Aine said... I still don't trust it. And unfortunatel, I'm not willing to risk my stomach. Of course I'm extremely sensitive to food quality, so if you're braver than me, go for it! =)
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10-17-2009 @5:59AM Burl said... They get the money to start a 7-11 where all the other imports get theres. From our own Government. They get free money, pay no interest on the "loan". If you can call it that as they do not ever have to repay the money. Then they pay NO taxes or INTEREST on this loan. They get the money for 5 years from Uncle Sam. What happens after the approach 5 years with the store? They go broke and turn the store over to a "relative" and they move on and take over another store from another relative!
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10-17-2009 @6:03AM Laura said... I agree! I manage a 711 and no it is not owned by foreigners and the food is just fine. I was scared at first to try the new food, but did and it was amazingly good. People need to stop with the stereotypes. I toss expired food the minute it goes, and go through every product in the store to make sure nothing is expired or about to like snacks and beef jerky. If it is about to go, I write it down so I pull it when it does.
Some stores suck, but a lot of us try and are very proud of our stores.
As for tobacco, the cigarette companies are behind that one. WalMart is more expensive than us in that department too. At least where I am from.
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10-17-2009 @6:25AM Burl said... I tried all there new hot food in the Baltimore and was surprised how fresh and good it is. I have been to some 7-11 and did not like it but it seems like now the places are clean. I am happy to say I supporty there new food. It was worth the try and it gives me time at lunch to relax.What there saying FAST AND FRESH I agree.
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10-17-2009 @7:36AM skiman324 said... $2.99 FOR 3 CHICKEN WINGS IS TOO EXPENSIVE!
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10-17-2009 @5:05PM Chuck said... Well the Coke is pretty good, newspapers too. But the Cigs are way to expensive. Much like Walmart the
other bastion of USA society. LOL
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10-22-2009 @4:53PM Raiders757 said... That's a trip. We have had this "hot food menu" for a couple of years now at almost all of my local 7-11's here in eastern Va. We've also had a bunch of remodeled stores opening up the past few years as well. Once WaWa came to town to compete with 7-11, Zooms, and Miller Mart, everyone started picking up their game.
The pizza is what you would expect it to be. Not terrible, but not all that great either. It's not worth the price they charge per slice as well. The chicken wings look more like bat wings. Epic fail. The spicy meat pockets aren't bad, but as someone else said, they need some sort of dipping option.
When it comes to food at these sort of places, WaWa has them all beat by leaps and bounds. Zooms isn't far behind. Miller Mart and 7-11 are lagging way behind.
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