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    Which convenience store started out as an ice selling store?

    Question #69486. Asked by stina_girl1. (Aug 08 06 1:46 PM)


    yumchicken

    		Well, I only foundinfo on MSN for slurpiee's http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060709/dasu001.html?.v=6

    Aug 08 06, 1:58 PM
    gdec1

    		7-Eleven
    The first convenience store in the United States was opened in Dallas, Texas in 1927 by the Southland Ice Company, which eventually became 7-Eleven.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store#Convenience_stores_in_the_United_States

    Aug 08 06, 2:09 PM

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