Beat the heat with a free Slurpee.
Slurpee is 7-Eleven's brand, trademarked and all, but the actual invention of the icy, sugary treat traces back to 1950s Kansas and a Dairy Queen owner.When Mariano Martinez wanted to improve the consistency of the margaritas at his East Dallas Tex-Mex restaurant in the early 1970s, he. Back then, convenience store chain was owned by the Dallas-based Southland Corporation, which had opened the first 7-Eleven in Oak Cliff.
Knedlik then came up with the idea for a machine that would produce the frozen drinks on demand, filing for a patent for the machine in 1958. Thedescribed the machine's product as a"novel carbonated beverage...involving a liquid and frozen particles and capable of retaining a uniform concentration during melting of the frozen particles."You can still find ICEEs all over the place, from Target stores to Burger Kings and gas stations.
But while Omar Knedlik had the idea for the ICEE, he didn't build the machine on his own, and that's where Dallas came into play. Knedlik worked on the machine with Dallas-based manufacturer John E. Mitchell, completing it in 1965,. 7-Eleven then bought several ICEE machines and struck a licensing deal with ICEE to sell the slushy product under a different name.
7-Eleven made the most of that initial licensing deal with ICEE. The company recorded a not-quite-Grammy-worthy song about the Slurpee in the 1970s andApril Fools' Day prank or legit? 7-Eleven announces hot dog-flavored sparkling water as part of a new fizzy flavors lineup
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