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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t been in a 7-11 since I quit smoking 8 years ago. What would I buy at 7-11 that I can’t get at the grocery store? What would I need there that would justify parking and another errand? I can’t remember the last time I went into a gas station convenient store either. [/quote]

Wow. These responses are truly surprising I guess I was wrong on my assessment that everyone goes to 7-11. To answer your question as to what would you need there, well bread, milk, toilet paper. Things people tend to run out of in between shopping trips. If all you need is a loaf of bread, it's a million times easier to stop off at a 7-11 instead of go inside a grocery store. I do find it fascinating that so many people say they never go. Maybe I should start a thread asking "why don't  middle class people ever need to stop off at convenience stores?"[/quote]

I don’t run out of things. I buy toilet paper and paper products at Costco. When we are low-ish, I add it to the list. We stock up every 2-3 months. Things we use on a regular schedule like coffee and vitamins are on subscription. I meal plan for the week ahead on Wednesday when the grocery sale ads come out. I order my groceries from my phone and pick them up later that afternoon. My dry cleaning is picked up and delivered. I almost never set foot in a physical store except to go to Target and Costco 5-6 times each per year. I work full time and have 2 small children. [/quote]

But this has been argued and proven time and time again.  Not running out of things / stocking up at Costco/ having a list and buying in bulk = privileges of wealth and comfort.  If you only have whatever money you make that day, then you buy milk when your baby is out, ,and you spend $4 at 7-11 because that's the only thing you can buy that day.  Not because you're lazy, or doing something wrong.  We can't prepare or stock up, we have a couple dollars and have to buy the $1 pack of 4 grossly thing toilet paper rolls when we run out.  We dont have $40 in an account to buy 812 rolls of toilet paper at Costco to last us 3 months.  [/quote]

[b]Once again - there is a Trader Joe's across the street, and a Harris Teeter and Safeway a few blocks down. I[/b]n our neighborhood, people are demonstrably not going to 7-11 because it's their only option for last-minute shopping when they have cash.  [/quote]

It should be obvious why running into a 7-11 for a gallon of milk is faster than going inside a Trader Joe's or Harris Teeter.  Is this something that really needs explaining? [/quote]

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