7-Eleven Wants Americans to Love It as Much as the Japanese Do

The home of the Slurpee is now being supercharged by the pandemic

Illustration: Maria Chimishkyan

Let’s get something out of the way: You probably do not have the most positive memories of 7-Eleven. The weary-looking hot dogs and taquitos on mechanical rollers, the trauma of Slurpee brain freezes and parking lot heartbreaks past, the strange…