7-Eleven
Current owner: Seven & i Holdings, Japanese retail group
We have Jefferson Green to thank for convenience stores. Green was a Southland Ice Company employee in 1927 when he started selling milk, bread, and eggs from the ice house on Sundays and holidays when everything else was closed, according to the 7-Eleven company website. He renamed his store 7-Eleven to reflect the store’s opening hours from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. This laid the foundations of the all-hours stores that we have today.After the financial crash in 1987, the company was bought by Ito-Yokado, part of Seven & I Holdings, the Japanese parent company of the store today.
