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When I heard that twelve 7-11's across the United States were turning into KWIK-E-MART's as a promotional deal for the upcoming simpsons movie, I searched through the internets to see where these kwik-e-mart's were.
Unfortunately, none of them are near me. The closest one is in Seattle, and although in my past I may have driven in all matter of random directions for random things (Silverdale for a toaster, Coos Bay for cheesecake, central oregon for Afri-kola, you get the drift) I just didn't feel like driving to seattle to take photos of a kwik-e-mart was at the top of the list.
Anyways, I found out that most of the regular 7-11's are carrying the Simpsons merchandise, so.. off to 7-11 I went.
Apparently there is quite the demand for most of the products, so they were out of most of the merch, but I did manage to snag a box of Krusty-o's.
If you've watched more than a single episode of the simpsons, chances are, you know what Krusty-o's are. Here is what I bought-
Part of a balanced simpsons breakfast (no, I didn't accompany my bowl of krusty-o's with a stick of butter wrapped in a waffle, wrapped in bacon, ala Homer)
Yep, they're basically just fruit loops. Nothing special.
Box front-
I guess I should have known better-
Movie poster, as seen on the side of the 7-11.
I guess I kind of thought they would make the krusty o's special, or something. Maybe include a toy or something. But no, I paid 4$US for a box of slightly stale fruit loops.
But hey, It was the experience I was paying for, right?
We're keeping an eye out for when the rest of the simpsons food merchandise gets to us, but in the mean time, if you're interested, check out this blog FULL of photos from someone who visited one of the 7-11's that turned into a Kwik-E-Mart.
-A.
Unfortunately, none of them are near me. The closest one is in Seattle, and although in my past I may have driven in all matter of random directions for random things (Silverdale for a toaster, Coos Bay for cheesecake, central oregon for Afri-kola, you get the drift) I just didn't feel like driving to seattle to take photos of a kwik-e-mart was at the top of the list.
Anyways, I found out that most of the regular 7-11's are carrying the Simpsons merchandise, so.. off to 7-11 I went.
Apparently there is quite the demand for most of the products, so they were out of most of the merch, but I did manage to snag a box of Krusty-o's.
If you've watched more than a single episode of the simpsons, chances are, you know what Krusty-o's are. Here is what I bought-
Part of a balanced simpsons breakfast (no, I didn't accompany my bowl of krusty-o's with a stick of butter wrapped in a waffle, wrapped in bacon, ala Homer)
Yep, they're basically just fruit loops. Nothing special.
Box front-
I guess I should have known better-
Movie poster, as seen on the side of the 7-11.
I guess I kind of thought they would make the krusty o's special, or something. Maybe include a toy or something. But no, I paid 4$US for a box of slightly stale fruit loops.
But hey, It was the experience I was paying for, right?
We're keeping an eye out for when the rest of the simpsons food merchandise gets to us, but in the mean time, if you're interested, check out this blog FULL of photos from someone who visited one of the 7-11's that turned into a Kwik-E-Mart.
-A.
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