7-Eleven

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7-Eleven

File:Wikipedia 7-eleven logo.png

Basic information
Founded	1927-05-15
Legal Structure	Public subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Also known as
Official website	https://www.7-eleven.com/

7-Eleven is an American retailer store that is an subsidiary of Seven eleven Japan that is owned by Seven & I Holdings. Founded in 1927 by Joe C. Thompson, origionally known as Southland Ice Company, it operated ice houses in Dallas Texas until it became an subsidiary of Southland Corporation. As a result of new ownership, all the retailers were named to Tote'm Stores, until renamed to 7-eleven in 1947 to reflect their new hours of 7am - 11 pm.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the 7-Eleven category.

7-Eleven Sold Vape Near Schools

Main article: link to the main CR Wiki article

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/7-eleven-pay-1-2-million-settle-lawsuit-over-illegal-vape-sales-near-dc-schools

7-Eleven Recorded people faces from survey responses without consent

https://7news.com.au/news/7-eleven-investigation-into-facial-recognition-privacy-breaches-closed-by-oaic-c-16201287

Underpaying It's Employees scandal

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-30/7-11-pays-back-$176-million-worth-of-backpay-super-to-staff/12831176

Lawsuits

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Date	Name	Result	URL

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/12/7-eleven-pay-record-45-million-penalty-settle-ftc-antitrust-order-violation-case

https://evilcorporations.com/7-eleven-worker-misclassification-neoliberalism/

Too much control over franchisees

https://evilcorporations.com/7-eleven-worker-misclassification-neoliberalism/

https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-class-action-franchise-lawsuit-brewing/

https://unhappyfranchisee.com/nj-lawsuit-7-eleven-franchise-scam/

https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-franchise-lawsuits-vikram-bhalla-vs-7-eleven-inc/

7- eleven Surveilling and Stalking their employees

https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-franchise-lawsuit-adnan-khan/

7-Eleven Running Background Checks on individuals without their knowledge

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/employment-labor/7-eleven-will-pay-2m-settle-background-check-class-action/

Wage Violations (bro wtf is this company bro . . .)

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol20230929

Collected Customer Bio-metric Data Without consent nor clarification

https://www.classaction.org/news/7-eleven-hit-with-class-action-over-alleged-collection-of-biometric-data-in-illinois-stores

https://kkilawyers.com.au/privacy-and-biometric-information-7-eleven-breaches-customers-privacy/

https://www.thelawyermag.com/au/news/general/7-eleven-found-breaching-customer-privacy-with-feedback-form/315839

Collected Facial Images of customers and storing them without consent

https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-eleven-collected-customer-facial-imagery-during-in-store-surveys-without-consent/

7-Eleven Doing an Soda Tax for a Sweeten Tea on an Customer

https://csnews.com/class-action-beverage-tax-lawsuit-against-7-eleven-dismissed

https://headless-stage.courthousenews.com/consumers-accuse-chains-misapplying-illinois-soda-tax/

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/7-eleven-mcdonalds-walgreens-face-soda-tax-class-action-lawsuits/

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2017/10/13/7-eleven-settles-lawsuit-with-customer-over-soda-tax-charge/

False Advertising on Potato Chips

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/7-eleven-potato-chips-false-advertising-class-action-lawsuit/

Persuaded consumers into accepting marketing messages for future text advertisements

https://www.classaction.org/news/telemarketing-texts-sent-by-7-eleven-were-illegal-under-the-tcpa-class-action-claims

Racial segregation lawsuit filed by former employee

https://southshorepress.com/stories/671717527-former-7-eleven-employee-alleges-discrimination-and-retaliation

https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/franchisees-take-7-eleven-to-court-for-alleged-racial/235895

Workers Not getting paid overtime

https://www.classaction.org/news/new-york-city-7-eleven-franchisee-hit-with-unpaid-overtime-lawsuit

Acquired stores without permission

https://csnews.com/7-eleven-faces-ftc-penalty-over-florida-store-acquisition

Work without meal breaks

https://www.cstoredive.com/news/7-eleven-settles-wage-related-lawsuit-missed-meals/644771/

See also

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