Kennewick: Slurpee Capital of the World
May 30, 2008 Kennewick Business
Betcha didn’t know this: Kennewick is the Slurpee® Capital of the World.
It’s true: The 7-11 store at 3606 W. Clearwater Avenue has been the No. 1 seller of slurpees on earth for six of the past nine months. And they were the No. 1 slurpee seller in the U.S. in 2007.
The owner, Don Mariotto, tells the Herald that he’s starting a campaign to secure the No. 1 worldwide spot over a 12-month period. He’s giving away free t-shirts:
The first 300 people who buy a 40-ounce Slurpee from each of the six Tri-Cities stores gets a free T-shirt with the campaign logo on it.
The campaign is designed to promote all six stores because of new equipment at the other stores and continued growth of local Slurpee sales — the Tri-Cities ranks 23rd of 762 markets in the U.S.
Who knew that Slurpees were so popular in the Tri-Cities??!! Crazy stuff.
Anyway, if you want to visit the No. 1 Slurpee seller, here’s a Google map to their Kennewick store:
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May 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Who knew? I knew! http://tinyurl.com/62kymh
July 9th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
This is partly not true. While Kennewick has had the busiest store in the world, it has not been crowned the slurpee capital of the world. This morning on the Winnipeg radio station hot 103, people were assured that Winnipeg has had more slurpee sales with 5 of its stores then Kennewicks’ 1store. There you go!
July 9th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Thanks, Jenn. But it doesn’t seem fair to compare 5 stores vs. 1 store, does it?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I guess not. But we winnipeggers have to defend our title !
It has now officially been confirmed that Winnipeg, for the 9th year in a row, has been crowned as the slurpee capital of the world, based on yearly sales. No need for a “Move over Manitoba” sign, just yet!( no offence to the store whatsoever)
July 10th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Congrats Kennewick on your great run to become Slurpee Capital of the world…maybe next year you’ll beat Winnipeg.
CONGRATS TO WINNIPEG, MANITOBA CANADA ON WINNING THEIR 9TH SLURPEE TITLE.
A BIG THANKS TO 7-11. OH THANK HEAVEN…FOR 7-11
July 11th, 2008 at 12:16 am
KENNEWICK ALL DAY BABY
July 11th, 2008 at 10:51 am
This article is FALSE. Everyone knows that Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is still the Slurpee Capital of the World. We have 5 stores alone that sell more Slurpees than the one in Kennewick!
Nice try though!
July 11th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Matt, we’re not comparing 5 stores to 1 store. EACH of the 5 stores outsell the 1 one in Kennewick…
July 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
“Out of the top 10 stores, in terms of Slurpee cup sales in North America, eight of those 10 are from Manitoba,” 7-Eleven spokeswoman Sheila Calder
And the number one selling store is in Winnipeg located at Pembina hwy. and Killarney ave.
So the top store and overall top seller worldwide is winnipeg.
July 13th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
[...] knew that an innocent blog post about Kennewick slurpees would bring out Winnipeg’s finest for what turned into a fairly heated argument about a super-cool drink? Seriously, it’s [...]
July 14th, 2008 at 7:15 am
We Winnipegers take this very seriously. We don’t want any false information going around. This “super-cool drink” seems to be as much as a big deal to Don Mariotto and the people of Kennewick, to be making such claims, so don’t be the pot calling the kettle black.
We just want to see the facts, and this article is not factual.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:39 am
[...] months ago on our Kennewick blog, I wrote about the local 7-11 store and its goal of becoming the Slurpee capital of the world. You can click the link, or have a look at this screenshot showing how the map displays at the end [...]
August 19th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Good use of the Google Maps For WordPress plug in. I might be able to use it on my family’s restaurant blog.
Thanxs for the tip, Matt.
Whoa! I see you caused quite a stir with this post. Good job!
Don’t mess with WINNEPEG!
July 11th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
[...] store in the world. There’s been some debate about this (see the comments in our old blog post, for example) because the fine folks in Winnipeg also lay claim to being the Slurpee capital of the [...]
July 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Just FYI.. Winnipeg,Canada is the official slurpee capital of the world.. This year in 2009 its the cities 10th consecutive title.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am
WOO HOO! Go Winnipeg! 10 STRAIGHT YEARS!!!
August 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
Yeah….WINNIPEG IS THE SLURPEE CAPITAL BABY! 10 years running, and we ain’t stopping there.
Whoever wrote this is…how should I put this…blatantly INCORRECT!
September 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
You know what they should do? Put in more stores. If we could have just 3 to winnipegs 5, we would dominate them!
p.s. if you haven’t figured it out yet, i live near the 7-11 in Kennewick
September 20th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Yeah it’s not the official slurpee capital of the World. It was just the busiest.
Publishing False News is not allowed in any country. Bylaw or Law.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Winnipeg, Manitoba is now slurpee capital of the world for 10 years in a row now, wiki it, im sipping on one right now, WERE NUMBER ONE
January 11th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Winnipeg sells almost 200,000 slurpees a day.
No one tops that.
January 17th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
rofl you Winnipeg people take this to seriously, you keep putting 5 stores against 1, not fair/cool. how about comparing your best store (1 store) against ours then we will see who sells the most
January 17th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Ummm…no chris. We have 5 stores that individually outsell your one store.
Too many sore losers in Kennewick.
January 21st, 2010 at 10:13 pm
if you say so Glen… still i think its cool that we got close….
February 16th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
just check the 7-Eleven web site…they have stated that Winnipeg has held the Slurpee Capital title of the world for 10 years straight. it’s common knowledge!
A 7-Eleven (or Sev as everyone here calls it) store across Manitoba sell an average of 280 Slurpee drinks per day…PER DAY! so time that by the 74 sev’s in only winnipeg…thats 20,720 Slurpee’s Per Day!
In 2009, Calgary placed second for most slurpee’s sold(and it’s been like that for years now) and Detroit is third
and Winnipeg sold 20% MORE than Calgary…Thats a HUGE difference between first and second…so no…Kennewick is NOT the slurpee capital…not even close…nice try…
May 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 pm
I beg to differ the store located in Park Forest, Ill has got the most flavors a total of 14 barrels with no flavor repeating itself this allows us a large amount sales
May 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
You can beg to differ all you like, but facts are facts. You can go based on an assumption, they have data on this…
Go Winnipeg!
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:50 am
Who knew Canadians had no life… I totally stumbled in here looking for a 7-11 in the Tri-Cities you all must have been trolling about for someone trying to take your title as diabetes capital of the world.
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:23 am
Whatever you say Zach. Canadians didn’t start this debate…the Americans did, and falsely I might add. We just like to prove you wrong.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
just confirmed today July 8, 2010, Winnipeg has once AGAIN been crowned Slurpee capital of the world. Eleven straight years!
May 3rd, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Who cares about Winnipoop…The Kennewick store is closer and serves the same drink- nuff said. Get over it, Canada.