To further celebrate 7-Eleven's milestone birthday, July 12 kicks off Slurpee Week, where participants who buy seven Slurpees through 7-Eleven's app will receive 11 coupons for free Slurpees.
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She's been drinking Slurpees ever since she was a kid.
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All I wanted to do was buy my siblings Slurpees.
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Blue Raspberry brings to mind Slurpees as much as anything.
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When we think of 7-Eleven one thing comes to mind: Slurpees.
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A start-up called Flirtey delivers pizzas, Slurpees and other sundries by drone.
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The manager told us that Slurpees are the most popular purchase in the store.
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Four girls escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt by fighting back and throwing coffee and Slurpees.
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During that 8-hour window today, 7-Eleven expects to give out 9 million refreshing Slurpees.
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To drink, of course, the party included 7-Eleven's most iconic offering of all, Slurpees. E!
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But apparently he had Slurpees on the brain because he ended up talking 7/11 instead.
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According to 7-Eleven, the initial delivery included a chicken sandwich, donuts, coffee, candy, and Slurpees.
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Does anyone feel safer knowing that your Slurpees are not being made by an undocumented immigrant?
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The chain estimates they will hand out approximately 9 million Slurpees by the end of the day.
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I have a weird nostalgic fondness for Coke Slurpees and once again appreciate his very simple thoughtfulness.
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When I was in college, I subsisted on a diet that was literally taquitos, jalapeño chips, and Slurpees.
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If all that isn't exciting enough, 7-Eleven is also launching NEW Sour Patch Kids Redberry-flavored Slurpees. WHAT?!
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You can now add mummifying creative types to a drone's list of accomplishments, alongside delivering Slurpees and airlifting snowboarders.
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The convenience store company is celebrating their namesake day on July 11 (7/11) with free Slurpees for all.
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He quickly became a beloved character thanks to his switchover too the good side (and his love for Slurpees!).
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The convenience station attached to the gas station next to the high school advertises its boba station, not Slurpees.
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This year, they estimate they will give away 9 million Slurpees during the giveaway period—11 am to 7 pm.
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The drone successfully delivered Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, candy, hot coffee, and donuts in a proprietary, drone-friendly shipping container.
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As someone who was 14 in the year 2000, Drake probably spent a good chunk of the decade drinking Slurpees.
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The chain began offering free Slurpees to celebrate its birthday in 2002, and has continued the tradition every year since.
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Trucks peddling free Slurpees and Sour Patch Kids sat in the parking lot, allowing attendees the opportunity to pregame with sugar.
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So, as it does on this day every year, the chain is celebrating these milestones by handing free Slurpees out to all.
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The strategy worked: the franchise quickly became known as a hot place to hang out, drink signature Slurpees and use free wifi.
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Oh, and perhaps most refreshing of all, participating 7-Eleven Slurpee machines will feature Pepsi Fire Slurpees through the end of June.
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They are a generation that has foregone napkins, cereal, and cooking, yet spends untold amounts on pizza, brunch, Slurpees, and nacho cheese.
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Also, 7-Eleven is celebrating today's date (7/11) with free Slurpees, but make sure you get there before 7 p.m. http://usat.
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Alexander Wang's carnival-like jamboree last Saturday had performances from the rappers Desiigner and Travis Scott, along with free McDonald's hamburgers and Slurpees.
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Online reports that Drake's guests enjoyed spiked Slurpees, which are a far cry from the rapper's usual drink of choice, Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.
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I grew up incredibly healthy and that was the stage where I was drinking Slurpees and eating candy… Going to the 7-Eleven…Yes!
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New York (CNN Business)America's convenience stores are trying to shake off their reputation as gas stations with hot dogs on rollers and Slurpees inside.
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As part of their "Two Cool for School" deal, the convenience store chain is offering Slurpees for buy one, get one free today through Sunday.
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And in the United States, 7-Eleven said in July that it had delivered Slurpees, doughnuts and other food to a customer in Reno, Nev.
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Last year, Flirtey generated a buzz in food and retail when its unmanned aerial vehicles began delivering Slurpees from 7/11 to thirsty denizens of Nevada.
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"Mr Trump confuses the worst terrorist attack on America with a corner shop known for its slurpees Inside out"I'm an outsider…Sanders is an outsider.
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Around the world, drones have been delivering life-saving drugs and blood to clinics, and contrarily tasty treats like burritos, pizza, and Slurpees to homes or campuses.
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The young St. Louis family has been in the spotlight since Langford gave birth on 7-Eleven Day, a company holiday marked each year with free Slurpees.
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Such is the case with 7-Eleven, which is celebrating 90 years of grab-and-go convenience in the most nostalgic way possible: with free Slurpees all day.
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Flirtey's drones were also used to fly medicine ship-to-shore in New Jersey and to deliver Slurpees and snacks to customers in Reno, Nevada for 7-Eleven, recently.
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As America rejoiced in the gift of free small-format Slurpees across the land on 7/11, one 7-Eleven ended up at the center of an unsolved crime.
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This past July, 85033-Eleven delivered Slurpees, doughnuts, and other food to a customer in Reno, and on the campus of Virginia Tech, Google delivered Chipotle burritos via drone.
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From spending untold amounts on brunch and takeout, to eating pizza and Slurpees with reckless abandon, the underlying approach of Millennials towards eating seems to be, in a word, YOLO.
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Teens made the Slurpee popular Slurpees broke big once Americans started taking road trips around the US via the newly constructed interstate highway system in the post-war era, Johnson said.
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It's also a great opportunity for people to take to Twitter with their brilliant "Slurpees can't melt steel beams" or "7/11 was a part-time job" jokes, so there's that.
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The night apparently also featured a Blockbuster video wall, 7-Eleven slurpees and snacks, cars from the MTV show "Pimp My Ride" and Chanel bags as party favors, according to E!
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It's known for its Slurpees and Big Gulps, but over the years, 7-Eleven has also put its logo on frozen pizza, foam cups, laundry detergent and hundreds of other products.
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The captain is saying 'It was a perfect iceberg; now we can all make Slurpees for everyone,' and he's asking you to handcuff yourself to the port-side rail and swallow the keys.
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For the first few decades of skateboarding's existence, skaters sought sustenance in the snack aisles of the 7-11s whose parking lots they tormented, making meals out of corn chips, sour candy, and Slurpees.
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On these nights, all the cliques would mingle: the skater boys, the pretty girls, the boys who threw up gang signs and wore baggy pants and poured their parents' rum into 7-Eleven slurpees.
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The date printed on my actually green "Permanent Resident" card is July 214, 2018: 7/11, a date that will always remind me of the bright blue 7-Eleven Slurpees I used to drink.
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This wasn't Flirtey and 7-Eleven's first drone delivery — the pair made history in July when one 7-Eleven customer's order of a chicken sandwich, donuts, candy, Slurpees and hot coffee was completed via drone.
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During the 7-Eleven delivery, which took place in Reno, Nevada on July 10th, Flirtey successfully transported: Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, donuts, hot coffee and candy to the home of the family who placed the order.
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Similar to 7-Eleven's special on Slurpees, people can bring any container they want to get their fix, but they made the smart move here to only allow up to the 12-oz limit at no cost.
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The chain plans to give away roughly 230 million free Slurpees across the US. 27-Eleven is launching a number of dollar deals on Thursday, including $1 hot dogs, pizza slices, Cherry Slurpee cookies, and Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders.
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In addition to your freebie, you can celebrate the big 5-0 with limited-time birthday-cake-flavored Slurpees — and other Slurpee products, like birthday-cake Slurpee donuts, Slurpee-flavored candy, Slurpee swirl candy straws, and even Slurpee-flavored ChapStick.
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If ICE hoped to make a bold statement, it could hardly pick a more iconic target than 7-Eleven, a chain known for ubiquitous stores that are open all the time and sell the much-loved Slurpees and Big Gulps.
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Knowing that a certain fugitive had a weakness for 7-Eleven's Slurpees, Mr Zook got access to security video recorded by the firm and used face-recognition software to learn when and at which outlet he was most likely to swing by.
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The event was more popular on social media on the day of the summit than 7-Eleven Day, a promoted and highly discussed annual occurrence in which the convenience store chain gives away free Slurpees, according to data from social media measurement companies Hootsuite and Crimson Hexagon.
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Outposts in Japan even stock sheet masks next to the Slurpees and taquitos, Stockholm stores carry gourmet sweets that rival those found at Dylan's Candy Bar, and Australian patrons have their pick of a full range of personal-care products, a luxury that Americans were not afforded.
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I&aposd hold my birthday money up to the light to see the watermark and try to picture my future self enjoying this money, but all I could see was my current self enjoying 259/43 Slurpees, top-ups for my pre-paid cell phone, and band tee shirts.
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Kylie Jenner, who is fresh off of a sold-out KyBrow launch, brought the rapper's Astroworld album to life in a gas station-themed party complete with Travis Scott paper towels (clever), Hennessy Slurpees, Cactus Jack burgers (named for the rapper's record label), and a huge Air Jordan sneaker cake.
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Alexander Wang, among other designers, has a long history of serving food like McDonald's and 7-11 Slurpees at his Fashion Week after parties, and celebrities like Gigi Hadid, Chrissy Teigen, and Blake Lively have extolled the virtues of pizza, burgers, and ice cream in interviews and on social media.
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So when the FDA announced new regulations last month, it took aim at flavored e-cigarettes, which come in a wide variety of sweet, kid-friendly flavors -- like blue raspberry or cotton candy -- that sound more like Slurpees than a delivery system for one of the world's most addictive drugs.
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If Slurpees aren't for you (the sweet drinks do pack a whopping 26g of sugar), you can still cash in on some freebies in honor of 7-Eleven's birthday all week long—but you have to become a member of their rewards program by downloading the app or registering online to qualify.
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Sky Canyon from the celebrated local chef Stephan Pyles does Texas cuisine including Freeto-Chile Pie, barbecued brisket in sandwiches or tacos, and some international options including a ceviche bar in Terminal D. If you're a fan of Slurpees, the first post-security 7-Eleven convenience store is in Terminal A. Connectivity: Wi-Fi is free throughout the airport.
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The New York designer is notorious for throwing over-the-top, post-fashion show celebrations (see: a rave at the food court of the South Street Seaport, an empty event space serving up McDonalds and 7/11 Slurpees), which is why it seemed a little...off that his fall 2017 invitation had the words "No After Party" scrawled across the bottom.
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We know, we know: Your state is the very best state — home to the world's only mule delivery service, the inventor of Slurpees, the reason everyone breaks out into "The Charleston Dance," the list goes on... Hometown pride can extend to a lot of things, which might be why you hold a strong attachment to the beauty pageant contestants representing your respective state in the 96-year-old Miss America Competition.
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Unlike their counterparts in America, Canadian Slurpees do not contain yucca extract which gives it the airy consistency American Slurpees are known for. 6.6 million Slurpee drinks are sold in Australia each year.
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The Slurpee machine has a separate spout, or spigot, for each flavor at the front of a tumbler or freezer, from which spigots they dispense their own Slurpees. When Slurpees were first introduced, the dispensing machine was located behind the counter, and the clerk dispensed the product. Common flavors are frozen Cherry, Coke, and Mountain Dew, but new flavors are introduced regularly.
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In 2007 as part of the Kwik-E-Mart promotion for The Simpsons Movie, Slurpees at 7-Elevens were renamed "Squishees" and sold in special collector cups.
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Two large Slurpees. A Coca-Cola "Brain Freeze" Slurpee. A Slurpee machine with 2 flavor barrels in a 7-Eleven store in Taiwan. Slurpee is the 7-Eleven- exclusive brand name for a frozen carbonated drink.
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Small-size Slurpees are free on "7-Eleven Day", on July 11. This holiday first became widely celebrated on July 11, 2008 when first discovered by J. Brabank and C. Johnson. One exception is 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused that year's cancellation. 7 Rewards members get a free medium Slurpee in their app to use in July that year.
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Like its U.S. counterparts every July 11 the stores offer free Slurpees on "7-Eleven Day". A limited number of 7-Eleven locations feature gas stations from Shell Canada, Petro-Canada, or Esso. In November 2005, 7-Eleven started offering the Speak Out Wireless cellphone service in Canada. 7-Eleven locations also featured CIBC ATMsin June 2012, these machines were replaced with ATMs operated by Scotiabank.
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A 7-Eleven store with petrol station in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada The first 7-Eleven store to open in Canada was in Calgary, Alberta, on June 29, 1969. There are 640 7-Eleven stores in Canada . Winnipeg, Manitoba, has the world's largest number of Slurpee consumers, with an estimated 1,500,000 Slurpees sold since the first 7-Eleven opened on March 21, 1970. All 7-Eleven locations in Canada are corporate operated.
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Drummer Rey Washam has played consistently with such groups as Jerryskids, Scratch Acid, Rapeman, and Ministry. Original drummer Steve Collier switched from drums to guitar and formed Doctors' Mob, whose first album was produced by Chris Gates, and later played in the Sidehackers and the Rite Flyers. Randy Turner performed with The Slurpees, Cargo Cult, and Swine King, the latter band contributing the song "All Broke Down" to Outpunk Records' compilation, Outpunk Dance Party. Randy Turner was found dead from Hepatitis C complications in his home on August 18, 2005.
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7-Eleven opened its first store in China in Shenzhen, Guangdong in 1992 and later expanded to Beijing in 2004, Tianjin and Shanghai in 2009, Chengdu in 2011, Qingdao in 2012, Chongqing in 2013, Hangzhou and Ningbo in 2017, Nanjing in 2018, and Wuhan, Xi'an, and Fuzhou in 2019. In China's 7-Eleven stores where Slurpees are offered, the Chinese name 思乐冰 (sīlèbīng) is used. They also offer a wide array of warm food, including traditional items like steamed buns, and stores in Chengdu offer a full variety of onigiri (饭团). Beverages, alcohol, candy, periodicals, and other convenience items are available as well.
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A cosplayer portraying Master Chief at the Atlanta Dragon Con parade in 2011 BusinessWeek listed the Master Chief among several video game characters who have been branded beyond their respective video games, "helping them transcend the very medium in the process". The Master Chief has been used in marketing on a variety of products, from 7-Eleven Slurpees to T-shirts, controllers to Mountain Dew, and costumes to motorcycle helmets. Several action figures of the character have been created to market of the Halo series, including lines by McFarlane,< Jazwares, 1000toys, and Mega Bloks. One2One collectibles produced 1:2 scale busts of the Master Chief.
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Louis Leterrier promoting the film in Paris in July 2008 Effort was made to promote the story as having a romance and a physical antagonist, and the title was used for promotional puns (such as 7-Eleven's "Incredible Gulp" slurpees, and "Incredible Dad" themed Father's Day gifts at Kmart). Burger King also promoted the film, and General Nutrition Centers used the title character as a role model for strength training. Hasbro created the toy line, which they released on May 3, 2008, while Sega released a video game on June 5, 2008. The film was promoted in an episode of American Gladiators on June 9, 2008, which was hosted by Hulk Hogan and featured Lou Ferrigno.
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In the next segment, set to the song "Bartender", Del Rey and her friends are roaming around in a truck through an abandoned parking lot, harassing two comedic cops. The only section in the film to feature non-music audio, the group laugh as they throw slurpees and donuts at the cops as they chase them around, all while fighter jets fly overhead and explosions are set off in the background. The usage of the war imagery is believed be indicative of the political tensions occurring internationally, with the clueless cops being representative of governments and their officials turning a blind eye to what's going on in the world. Following a brief 30-second-long black and white time lapse of moving traffic, the final song, "Happiness is a Butterfly" begins.
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In July 2007, convenience store chain 7-Eleven converted 11 of its stores in the United States and one in Canada into Kwik-E-Marts to promote the release of The Simpsons Movie. The locations of the renovated Kwik-E-Marts were: Bladensburg, Maryland/Washington, D.C.; Burbank, California; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Henderson/Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Mountain View/San Francisco; New York City; Orlando/Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Seattle; and Vancouver/Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. These 12 locations, as well as the majority of other North American 7-Elevens, sold products found in The Simpsons, such as "Buzz Cola", "Krusty-O's", "Squishees", pink frosted "Sprinklicious doughnuts", and other Simpsons-themed merchandise. The Squishees were Slurpees that are sold in special collector cups and the Krusty-O's were made by Malt-O-Meal.
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On September 7, 2006, Universal Studios Florida announced that Back to the Future: The Ride would be closed around Spring 2007, while Universal Studios Hollywood announced on July 23, 2007 for the closure of its version on September 3, 2007. On March 30, 2007, Universal Studios Florida officially closed the ride for good, while Universal Studios Hollywood closed its version exactly on September 3, 2007. On April 24, 2007, Universal Parks & Resorts announced that a new replacement would be built at both Universal parks based on the long-running animated television show, The Simpsons. In October 2007, Kwik-E-Mart-themed merchandise shops opened at both Florida and Hollywood and began selling a variety of items including Squishees (which are The Simpsons parody of 7-Eleven's Slurpees). The Simpsons Ride opened at both Florida and Hollywood on May 15 and 19, 2008 respectively.
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A Kwik-E-Mart at Universal Studios Florida Lard Lad statue seen outside of Lard Lad Donuts at Universal Orlando In October 2007, gift shops modeled after the Kwik-E-Mart were built, replacing the Back To The Future: The Store gift shop at Universal Studios Florida and the Time Travelers Depot gift shop at Universal Studios Hollywood. The stores sell Simpsons-related merchandise. Carts were opened near the stores which sell Squishees, (which are The Simpsons' parody of 7-Eleven's Slurpees.) At Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, the park converted much of the World Expo and some of the Upper Lot in Universal Studios Hollywood into one based on Springfield. The new area includes some iconic landmarks from The Simpsons such as Krusty Burger, Frying Dutchman, Luigi's Pizza, Lard Lad Donuts, Bumblebee Man's Taco Truck, Moe's Tavern, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop and a Duff Brewery.
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