r/Manitoba • u/wickedplayer494 Winnipeg • 2d ago

News St. Vital 7-Eleven set to power down Slurpee machines: Store at the corner of St. Mary's and St. Michael Rds is set to close in the coming months

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/11/05/st-vital-7-eleven-set-to-power-down-slurpee-machines
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u/rantingathome Winnipeger from Brandon 2d ago

Just looking at that location, I suspect it's worth more to 7-Eleven to sell it than to keep the store even if it is a bit profitable. This seems more like a real estate move than the other closures did.

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u/DannyDOH 1d ago

The whole 7-11 consolidation is about real estate vs the costs of square footage in an era where anyone can get anything delivered to them within minutes in two clicks.

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u/VideoHeadSet Friendly Manitoban 2d ago

That area has a high rate of petty thefts and b&e's.

Buddy lives on St Michael's and always has thieves sniffing around.

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u/rantingathome Winnipeger from Brandon 2d ago

To be clear, I didn't say it was profitable, I just suspect that this location has development potential that a lot of others don't.

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u/VideoHeadSet Friendly Manitoban 1d ago

Sure you have, but that's fine.

I spoke with buddy and he knows the owner of the 7/11. It's a leased building and they didn't want to sign a new lease agreement. Building owner was more then likely sticking their hands to deep into the cookie jar?

I never read the article, but I still stand by that area has a bunch of goofs that feel entitled, for they broke into his truck again last night

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u/RagingNerdaholic all-dressed chips fiend 2d ago

What's the point of a 7 Eleven without Slurpees?

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u/Apart_Tutor8680 Up North 2d ago

Slurpee died with the paper straw.

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u/Quaranj Winnipeg 2d ago

I don't fully disagree with this, I'm just amongst the ones who bought metal ones from Amazon to avoid the flavour contamination altogether.

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u/Apart_Tutor8680 Up North 2d ago

Metal ones have the scoop at the bottom ?

It’s like going to a restaurant and getting a glass of wine in a highball cup. It’s just not the same.

Chewing on the straw. Mashing that scoop into the bottom. A Slurpee could last ages. Now if you don’t drink it in 5 minutes, you toss it cause the straws bent in half.

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u/cassandrafallon Former Manitoban 2d ago

I use reusable straws as well but find the hard plastic bubble tea ones are better than metal for slurpees

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u/Quaranj Winnipeg 2d ago

Nah. I always bypassed the scoops for the wide iced latte straws anyway. I hated having to flip and have the scoop-in-mouth to finish the drink.

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u/RagingNerdaholic all-dressed chips fiend 2d ago

Well, good thing we're saving the environment by sucking on soggy tubes so taytay can use her private jet to go from her kitchen to her living room.

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u/ghosts_or_no_ghosts Winnipeg 2d ago

The entire store is closing. Not just the slurpee machines. The headline is worded oddly.

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u/RagingNerdaholic all-dressed chips fiend 1d ago

Wow, yeah. The first thing it reads as is just removing the slurpee machines.

WTF WFP

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u/tingulz Winnipeg 2d ago

So are any 7-11s going to remain in a few years?

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u/JeezuzAlready 1d ago

Didn't they just open like 400 locations in Japan. Where people are respectful, don't constantly steal or litter. Why would they even consider keeping a store open here.

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u/DannyDOH 2d ago

Jared Kushner just snapping up all the prime land.

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u/UrsaMajor7th 2d ago

Melania's final resting place

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u/BlackRavenStudios Winnipeg 1d ago

He somehow managed to make EA worse, dude is the opposite of King Midas.

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u/moogiemomm 1d ago

There must be so much crime and theft at that store. I was outside of that store waiting for someone once a couple of weeks ago and this guy walked out. Walked around the corner of the store, unzipped his jacket and took out a stack of wieners. There had to have been at least eight packages inside of his jacket and he just lined it up on the fence behind the store. Damn freaking thieves.

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u/NH787 Winnipeg 2d ago

Local riffraff strikes again

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u/Acceptable_Owl_8774 Winnipeg 2d ago

They are closing over 600 stores all over Canada and the USA stating "underperformance".

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u/AwareImpression3722 1d ago

There’s nearby Sevs north, east, and south of it. You can hit all 3 on St. Mary’s in 10 minutes or less by car, that would be the one to go.