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Hong Kong 7-Eleven store in Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong. 7-Eleven first opened in Hong Kong in 1981, when it was a British colony. As of July 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of the DFI Retail Group (formerly Dairy Farm International).
The 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Hong Kong and Singapore was acquired from Jardine Matheson in 1989. Since 1999, Dairy Farm has continued to expand its footprint by acquiring supermarket and other retail operations in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Since the 1980s, Circle K has been the largest chain of company-owned and operated (non-franchised) convenience stores in the United States. [1] [8] With 7,230 stores overall in the United States, Circle K is second to 7-ELEVEN 's 9,348 stores (as of July 2019). [9]
Having been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1981, CP Lotus, a retail arm of CP Group in China, opened its first store in Shanghai in 1997. [16] After the Asian financial crisis in 1997 , CP consolidated into three business lines under its main brands: foods (CP Foods), retail (7-Eleven), and telecommunications (True).
Notable businesses that started accepting Octopus cards at an early stage included PARKnSHOP, Wellcome, Watsons, 7-Eleven, Starbucks, McDonald's, and Circle K. Between June 2003 and November 2004, the Hong Kong Government replaced its 17,000 parking meters with an Octopus card–operated system.
The Hong Kong Sevens (Chinese: 香港國際七人欖球賽) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the seventh tournament on the World Series calendar (following the Canada ...
History. On April 20, 2005, the supermarket chain Ito-Yokado announced the establishment of a holding company called Seven & i Holdings in September of the same year. This holding company was formed in collaboration with its subsidiary convenience store chain, Seven-Eleven Japan, and the restaurant chain, Denny's Japan. At the time, Ito-Yokado ...
2011 marked the Singles Day of the Century (Chinese pinyin: Shiji Guanggun Jie) as this date had six "ones" rather than four, increasing the significance of the occasion. [44] In 2011, an above-average number of marital celebrations occurred in Hong Kong and Beijing on 11 November.
Krispy Kreme announced a strategic partnership with 7-Eleven in December 2011, and their products are currently sold in 7-Eleven stores within Australia. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts can also be purchased at select BP stores around Tasmania and at selected Woolworths locations.
Mei Foo Sun Chuen was the first large scale private housing estate in Hong Kong and at the time of completion, the 99-tower complex was considered the largest private housing development in the world, accommodating some 70,000 – 80,000 people in 13,500 apartments.