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NEWS ABOUT: convenience stores

convenience stores stories: 7 news summaries

 Clerk Runs Off With Million Dollar Lotto Ticket

Customer's trust betrayed, guy probably in Asia

Oct 23, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Texas convenience store clerk is on the lam and living large, police say, after making off with an unwitting customer’s million dollar lotto ticket. Willis Willis of Grand Prairie, Texas bought tickets at the Lucky Food Store every week, trusting the clerks to check if he’d... More »

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Texas • theft • convenience stores • lottery • lotto

Foiled Robber Leaves Store With $40, Bread

Shopkeeper pulls gun on would-be perp, who begs for mercy, food

Jun 3, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man approached a Long Island convenience store counter with a baseball bat, demanding cash; the shop owner whipped out his shotgun, prompting the man’s tearful pleas for mercy. The impassioned display worked, Newsday reports: Mohammad Sohail took pity on the robber and gave him $40 and a loaf... More »

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Islam • crime • bread • robbery • money • convenience stores • Long Island • conversion • Mohammad Sohail

Japanese Stores Conquer Convenience

Hard times suit the country's ultra-handy 7-11 descendants

Nov 8, 08 5:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan's ultra-convenient convenience stores are one of the few bright spots in the nation's struggling economy, the Washington Post reports. Business is booming at the 40,000 stores nationwide, which offer everything from hot soup to cold beer to fresh sushi. Customers can pay their bills, book travel, and even... More »

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shopping • Japan • convenience stores • retail stores

Boston Bans Drugstore Cigarette Sales

Also outlawed
at college campus
convenience shops

Sep 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boston's health honchos have approved some of the country's toughest anti-tobacco rules by banning sales at some stores, the Boston Globe reports. The new rules forbid pharmacies and campus convenience stores from selling cigarettes. They also ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios. The city's cigar parlors, previously exempt, will... More »

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Boston • smoking • tobacco • convenience stores • pharmacy • cigarette • cigarette sales • cigar

 As Gas Prices Climb,
 So Do Gas Thefts 

Tricky maneuvers help slake thirst for fuel

Jun 14, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - With gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, gas thefts are up across the country, and thieves are devising ever-more-creative means of snatching the stuff, Newsweek reports. Some manage to keep the gas flowing after paying for only a few gallons; others siphon fuel from unsuspecting drivers’ SUVs. Some even... More »

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crime • gas • theft • convenience stores • gas prices

7-Eleven Takes Top Franchise

Fast-growing chain trumps Subway

Jan 18, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - After 16 years of flirting with the top seat, 7-Eleven has finally wrested the title of No. 1 franchise away from sandwich heavyweight Subway, reports Entrepreneur. With 5,580 US stores, 25,062 worldwide, and a new one opening up somewhere every four and a half hours, the convenience giant... More »

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convenience stores • franchise • Subway • 7 Eleven

Shoppers Ignore Dying Murder Victim

Wichita convenience-store patrons snapped photos, kept shopping

Jul 5, 07 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience store murders rarely make national news, but when shoppers at a Witchita store did nothing to help a stabbing victim who lay bleeding to death on the floor—except to snap cell phone photos of her—the lack of response did. Wichita Eagle columnist Mark McCormick reported that... More »

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crime • murder • Kansas • Wichita • convenience stores • stabbing

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