7-11 Zombification
7-11 has landed on Delancey Street near Norfolk.
Delancey 7-11, photo by Karen Gehres
This comes after another 7-11 opened earlier this month on East 14th Street. Dayenu! Before that, another opened on St. Mark's Place. Dayenu! And before that, another opened on Bowery. Dayenu!
And that's just the East Village/Lower East Side.
7-11 has made it clear that they've come to New York City to take over our local bodegas and corner grocery stores. They call it the Business Conversion Program. As New York magazine reported, the program's "stated goal is to entice mom-and-pop shops into becoming 7-Elevens."
8th and 25th, photo by Thomas Rinaldi
On 8th Avenue at 25th Street this week, yet another 7-11 has plunked itself down--this one right next to a mom-and-pop corner grocery store, Kyung's Gourmet Foods. The spot used to be something needed--a laundromat.
The sign in the window says: "Franchise This Store." It's a 7-11 without an owner. They're just sticking them on our streets and letting them sit empty until someone dials the number or texts the word "Franchise" to the head office.
Are they trying to lure Kyung into the Conversion Program?
8th and 25th, photo by Thomas Rinaldi
Delancey 7-11, photo by Karen Gehres
This comes after another 7-11 opened earlier this month on East 14th Street. Dayenu! Before that, another opened on St. Mark's Place. Dayenu! And before that, another opened on Bowery. Dayenu!
And that's just the East Village/Lower East Side.
7-11 has made it clear that they've come to New York City to take over our local bodegas and corner grocery stores. They call it the Business Conversion Program. As New York magazine reported, the program's "stated goal is to entice mom-and-pop shops into becoming 7-Elevens."
8th and 25th, photo by Thomas Rinaldi
On 8th Avenue at 25th Street this week, yet another 7-11 has plunked itself down--this one right next to a mom-and-pop corner grocery store, Kyung's Gourmet Foods. The spot used to be something needed--a laundromat.
The sign in the window says: "Franchise This Store." It's a 7-11 without an owner. They're just sticking them on our streets and letting them sit empty until someone dials the number or texts the word "Franchise" to the head office.
Are they trying to lure Kyung into the Conversion Program?
8th and 25th, photo by Thomas Rinaldi
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