September 27, 2006
Go 7-11
If I lived in the US, I would definitely be shopping at 7-11 now.
7-Eleven drops Citgo gasoline; cites Chavez speech | Top News | Reuters.comHOUSTON (Reuters) - 7-Eleven Inc. will drop Venezuelan-controlled Citgo Petroelum Corp. as its gasoline supplier, the convenience store operator said on Wednesday, a week after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil."
7-Eleven said in a statement it was switching to its own branded gasoline at more than 2,100 company-owned and franchise U.S. stores. Citgo has been 7-Eleven's gasoline supplier for 20 years.
A Citgo spokesman was not immediately available to comment on the 7-Eleven decision.
Dallas-based 7-Eleven expressed sympathy for anger at Chavez due to comments made in a U.N. General Assembly speech last week.
"Regardless of politics, we sympathize with many Americans' concerns over derogatory comments about our country and its leadership recently made by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez," 7-Eleven said in a statement.
Posted by Andrew on September 27, 2006 3:44 PM.
Comments
Posted by: k3 at September 27, 2006 7:43 PM
Right. I changed the title, but forgot to check the entry. My bad. It's all better now.
Posted by: Andrew at September 27, 2006 8:49 PM
Rumor has it that 7-11 has been thinking about changing for a long time, they just didn't have the change complete yet. But Chavez gave them a great opporunity to change and make American happy. So people are still kinda up in arms that they are doing it for political reasons...or so it seems
Posted by: Renae at September 28, 2006 6:43 PM
The fact that they have been working on this for a while is to their credit. Chavez did not become what he is overnight.
Posted by: Andrew at September 29, 2006 7:49 AM
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Not sure you read that right. You'd be shopping at 7-11, not citgo ;)