7-11 Memories
Back in the mid-1980's, 7-11 was a convenience store that I often visited as a child. It held the best candy, soft drinks, and food. Growing up poor, we never had much money to spend on these items. I remember 7-11 had introduced a loyalty club for their Big Gulp sodas. Buy 6 drinks, get 1 free and pay only 5 cents for the taxes. Each Big Gulp cup, had a tiny printed circle token you had to cut out with scissors. After using tape to put 6 on the card, all you had to do was pay 5 cents to get a 'free' Big Gulp! That summer, I discovered that when I rode around other 7-11's in Winnipeg, there was a TON of empty Big Gulp cups in the parking lot. So what's a poor young kid to do? Scoop them up! I had about 2 Big Gulps a day that summer. All my friends were doing the same thing. It was the best summer ever. All I had to do was ride around to a variety of 7-11's, and cut out the cup markers & paste it on the card. And boy, did I ever find a lot of cups! Eventual...
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