The management team chosen during this time was especially strong and led Southland for a number of years. Overton, Jr. Despite the financial confusion, profits from the Tote'm Stores continued to climb, and with the repeal of Prohibition in , ice and beer sales surged.
Once it was on more stable footing, Southland began vertical integration with construction of Oak Farms Dairies in , using public relations to market its new dairy products by offering a free movie for six of its milk bottle caps. A crowd of 1, attended the Dallas theater sponsoring the event.
By Southland operated 60 Tote'm Stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, triple the number operating when the company was founded 12 years earlier. With the onset of World War II, demands for ice peaked; Southland became the chief supplier of ice for the construction and operation of Camp Hood, the U. Army's largest training camp. The dramatic increase in business prompted reorganization of the company.
Southland bought City Ice Delivery, Ltd. Southland became the largest ice operator in Dallas. By Southland owned stores scattered over north-central Texas, operating from 7 in the morning to 11 at night, seven days a week. In the firm Tracey-Locke, commissioned to create a new name, chose '7-Eleven' to emphasize the firm's commitment to long operating hours to serve customers better.
At this time Southland remodeled all 7-Eleven stores, doubling the amount of floor space at each retail outlet. After the war, America's pent-up consumer appetite surged. Refrigerators, however, were not yet readily available to the public.
To meet demands for block ice, Southland bought Texas Public Utilities, which owned 20 ice plants, in , making Southland the largest ice operator in Texas. In Joseph Thompson's oldest son, John P. Thompson, was named to the board of directors. At a management meeting in Washington, D.
John Thompson noticed that in densely populated areas, people could walk to the stores even when the weather made driving impossible, and that 7-Eleven's long operating hours and unusual stock could provide exactly what customers might need, from canned soup to tissues to aspirin. Southland began to focus on the traffic patterns around potential store sites, choosing high-volume corners whenever possible.
At the end of the s, John Thompson, now vice-president, began to introduce 7-Eleven stores outside of Texas, in Virginia, Maryland, and eastern Pennsylvania. In reaction to mass migration to the suburbs, Southland opened more suburban stores.
Southland also refined its marketing by studying customer traffic in its stores and eliminating products that moved slowly. In Joseph Thompson named his son John as the second president of Southland. His son Jere W. Thompson was elected vice-president of sales. Upon the elder Thompson's death that year, the Dallas Morning News credited Thompson with transforming 'the ordinary corner ice house from an ice dispensary to a multimillion-dollar drive-in grocery enterprise.
Southland, incorporated in , moved quickly to national prominence. The unprecedented expansion began with dairy acquisitions, notably Midwest Dairy Products in , with production plants and branches in Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama. Purchasing continued through the s and s, as Southland bought existing convenience market chains in Arizona, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Georgia, and Tennessee. In addition, Southland experimented with its first hour store, in Las Vegas, and expanded to the East Coast and into Canada in With the acquisition of SpeeDee Marts in California in , Southland was introduced to the concept of franchising, a system already in operation at the very successful SpeeDee Mart stores.
The company developed two-week training sessions for prospective franchisees, which allowed greater decentralization of stores. By , Southland had climbed to 49th in Fortune magazine's top 50 merchandising firms.
In January , 1, 7-Eleven stores were operating; by December the number had increased to 3, Meanwhile, the Slurpee slush drink made its debut in 7-Eleven stores in Through a new computer inventory system, 7-Eleven was able to pinpoint its strengths and discover that single purchase items were its best sellers.
But with such growth, problems began to surface: due in part to the operation of hour stores, high employee turnover and insufficient security systems drew management attention.
The company committed itself to the hour store nonetheless, and the number of hour 7-Eleven stores rose from in to 3, by the end of Thompson establish Southland Ice Company and the first known convenience store. The first regional distribution center was opened in Florida in ; by several such centers were fully functioning and serving more than 3, 7-Eleven stores. He has also served as the Vice President of International.
He has held various roles within the company including field consultant, logistics manager, sales and merchandising director, senior director of operations and vice president of operations.
In her role as General Counsel, Lillian is responsible for overseeing legal matters of the business as a whole, including those related to human resources, merchandising, logistics, acquisitions, real estate, fuel, information systems, trademarks, environmental and general corporate matters.
With over 30 years of experienced as a lawyer, Lillian has held multiple senior in-house positions at Lennox International Inc. Raghu has more than 18 years of experience in digital product management, business analysis, marketing, operations, and risk management. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
He is responsible for more than 7, franchised locations as well as for developing, implementing and maintaining strategic plans to support store growth and overall profitability. In his role, he leads category management, marketing store support and branding, along with the go to market strategies employed by the Speedway brand. Tim has more than 30 years of experience and has held various operations and marketing positions in addition to commercial positions.
He is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and management of the accounting, planning, treasury, tax, enterprise project management, shared services, and internal audit functions. In the early stages of his tenure, Bobby worked with the senior executive team and outside advisors through a complex financial restructuring of the business culminating in the successful emergence of the company from bankruptcy followed by several incrementally beneficial rounds of refinancing to set the company up for its next growth stage.
He later completed a 2-year executive finance program at Southern Methodist University. Bobby resides in Frisco with his wife, Tatum, and their two children. In this role, he is responsible for corporate-operated stores and restaurant platforms. Brad has over 30 years of proven leadership experience within the convenience retail, restaurant and petroleum industries.
At Sunoco LP, Brad held the position of Executive Vice President of Operations where he was responsible for all corporate-operated convenience stores, Laredo Taco Company restaurants, real estate and new business development. He is also spearheading the build-out of a global retail platform that will enable franchisees across the globe to streamline and innovate their core technical functions. Mani is a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading IT driven business transformations, digital innovations and technical talent.
Built from scratch and under Mani's inspiring tutelage, the innovation lab was able to attract the best talent and function with start-up like execution to transform horizon projects into reality. Mani has a track record of delivering high-stakes products in accelerated timelines and under uncertain conditions.
Mani is a highly committed leader who is dedicated to building strong innovative teams and inspiring a positive culture. About Us. The best kind of neighbor Convenience may be our focus, but serving is our business. The Store Support Center: the engine behind our stores If our stores are the fuel for busy communities, then our Store Support Center is the fuel for our stores. Convenient Facts. The 7-Select brand was born in The 7-Eleven story in years. Executive Committee Leadership Team.
Joseph M. Glenn lives in Beavercreek, Ohio with his wife and their son. Lillian Kirstein Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary In her role as General Counsel, Lillian is responsible for overseeing legal matters of the business as a whole, including those related to human resources, merchandising, logistics, acquisitions, real estate, fuel, information systems, trademarks, environmental and general corporate matters.
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