The popular American convenience store 7-Eleven opened up their first location in Kuwait a couple of days ago. Sadly, it’s not as cool as it sounds. The location basically looks like your average neighborhood mini market with just some stickers on top of the shelves saying 7-Eleven. When I passed by last night, they had the radio tuned into a prayer station and the whole place resembled your average cheap looking mini-mart. Not what I was expecting. They didn’t have their popular slurpee which is why I dropped by, nor any 7-Eleven branded products, so the place felt like a fake 7-Eleven.
But, I’ve been assured this is an official 7-Eleven and the slurpee machine is coming soon. I guess 7-Eleven just don’t have strict brand guidelines which is why the place looks like any random mini market. This first 7-Eleven location is open in Salmiya, and their operating hours are from 6AM to 1AM. For directions you can check out their instagram account @7elevenkw
39 replies on “7-Eleven Now Open in Kuwait”
Tuned into prayer station? you mean it’s annoying?
Yes it is, extremely. Other religions can pray without having to bullhorn it into everyone’s ears then so can we.
love how you’re butthurt 24/7 what a pathetic opinionated brat
any place is entitled to play whatever they want get over it. you’re at the store to buy stuff not to get inspired by whatever they are playing
I genuinely have no idea what your saying, please repeat but this time in English. Your utter lack of punctuation and grammar makes 4th graders look as though they have a masters in English literature.
you always had your priorities flipped upside down so no wonder that your response is to attack the way i wrote my comment which makes you far more sad than i first thought.
believe it or not mr.cookie, i don’t need to double check whatever i’m saying when im commenting on a lowlife peasant (you) since you’re slow to pick up on things i had to explain who im talking about. and ffs, it is “you’re” you wannabe nazi
You still haven’t fixed your grammar and punctuation. ILLITERATE!
“”ILLITERATE!””
*cringe..*
How old are you ‘Sulaiman-COOKIEE’, twelve?
Just ignore him he’s an attention seeker with no social life
i was expecting convenience store music. haven’t you ever played Shenmue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XruY72JamWc
found the 10 hour extended version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsibwSkp0as
Dreamcast was the best console I ever had.
Shenmue, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, Power Stone <3
Thats because the Dreamcast was THE BEST CONSOLE EVER MADE
w00t w00t 😀
What were your favorite games?
in no particular order
Guilty Gear X
Shenmue
Soulcaliber
Crazy Taxi
Mars Matrix
Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Sega Bass Fishing
MSR
Typing Of The Dead
GTA
Zero Gunner
Tony Hawk
Ecco
Ferrari 355
Sonic
Virtua Tennis
I loved the dreamcast, but unfortunately the reality is once you play any of the games now their pretty shitty.
true, it’s the same with most 3D games. On the other hand, SNES games have aged really well.
Can’t believe you still remember “Shenmue”! I totally forgot about it until you referenced it. I vaguely remember the Arcade Games… in the game LOL “Shenmue” made me wanna’ go to Japan so badly!
“Guilty Gear X” has that one girl uses her hair as a weapon, no? That was fun too!
“Crazy Taxi” was hilarious! I had to pry the controller away from my older sister because all of us were pretty much addicted to it!
There was also a game called “Sword of Berserk” that picked up where the anime left off but dunno if you’re into anime or not.
The most chill game on the Dreamcast in my humble opinion was “Nights into Dreams”! ♥
I honestly can’t tell if you’re yelling at me or expressing pure, unadulterated excitement.
pushing it aren’t we
Dreamcast was soooo head of its time and kinda still is.
I had a keyboard and mouse for it for quake and unreal (and typing of the dead), I used to get online from it, download game saves, had 4 joypads and each with its own screen and rumble pack. Also had a fishing rod and you could get a mic to play seaman.
Even consoles today don’t have some of those features.
We didn’t even get into the games yet!
Well Nintendo just did all that with cardboard XD
Yea I’ll give props to that
Yes it is, of course. The aesthetics of this monotonous prayer recitation with maximally strained voice is quite far from what one accepts as a relaxing pleasant ambience music. Sure, while shopping I would be annoyed by some hard rock piece beating on my nerves as well, or by some peculiar folk music… particularly turned loud.
But… but… 7-Eleven IS an average neighborhood mini-mart. No idea why you had such high hopes, besides the Slurpee machine
i expected it to look like this https://massmediaverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/1251120771773_f.jpg
the 7 eleven in the Philippines was similar to the one in your picture XD
Hope they open one in Lebanon it will become a bombing bussiness there
interesting, cuz what i understood is they got the licensing from Philipines.
I think all the canned food and endomie explains a lot.
EXACTLY!
Funny thing i read this article im my RSS feed app, came to the site just to make this point 😅.
“Sadly, it’s not as cool as it sounds”
Wait so “7-Eleven now open” is supposed to be cool? 🤔
Looks/probably fake.
yes, i was expecting the 7-11 vibe. i get what you mean..and was disappointed also.
I do not know how they got the license for it.
i hope they will improve.
Apparently many readers never really experienced a true American 7-11 experience, so they don’t know what “cool” means for 7-11. From the pictures, I am disappointed as well. It doesn’t take a lot to make it the 7-11 we know. Just a few rearrangements of the shelves and spaces, with little touches to some cheap hot food stands and cold beverage machines, and you got yourself an authentic 7-11. I guess this franchise broke the record for the fastest after-opening-disappointing brand; with others like Carrefour taking some time before turning into an ugly local Jam3eya.
True, I would Trolley is our 7-eleven experience.
“Japan has more 7-Eleven locations than anywhere else in the world, where they often bear the name of its holding company “Seven & I Holdings”. Of the 64,319 stores around the globe, 20,260 stores (31 percent of global stores) are located in Japan,[48] with 2,601 stores in Tokyo alone” wiki
But a rundown gas station minimart vibe IS part of 7-11 aesthetic. Perhaps you guys are talking about the Japanese ones? lol.
Even the 7-Elevens in Korea aren’t much to write home about; no slurpees either! 😕
I have seen one 7-Eleven that’s been there for years in Bneid Al Gar near KFC
This is not licensed 7-Eleven Store. This store is fake and not authorized.
The store is official according to the owner