​7-Eleven will begin testing its new delivery service

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10 Facts You Didn't Know About 7-Eleven
10 Facts You Didn't Know About 7-Eleven


Sometimes the Slurpee machine is just too far away and leaving your apartment to fetch your own snacks is so 2014.The convenience store announced Wednesday that it will launch a new service in conjunction with Postmates, a delivery service according to a press release .

Starting July 1, select stores in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., will offer the on-demand delivery of select 7-Eeleven products through the Postmates app.

Deliveries will arrive in an hour or less, 7 Eleven says.

"7‑Eleven's founder, Joe C. Thompson Jr., used to say 7‑Eleven's mission was to 'give customers what they want, when and where they want it'," said Raja Doddala, 7‑Eleven's vice president of innovation and Omni channel strategy."Through the modern-day technology that Postmates provides, we can fulfill that promise in a way we haven't done before."

The company has plans to expand delivery later this year to other areas with a high density of 7-Eleven stores, including Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.

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