Free Slurpee at 7-Eleven Saturday, July 11 in Bethesda

Saturday is 7-Eleven Day.

Stop in to any 7-Eleven location in Bethesda tomorrow, July 11, from 11 AM to 7 PM, for a free small Slurpee.

This year they are also adding on a 7Rewards Week July 12-18.

Download the 7-Eleven app for your phone, and you will be eligible to get a free 7-Select brand item (under $2) with the purchase of a Coffee, Chillers® Iced Coffee, Slurpee, or Big Gulp - if you scan your 7-Eleven app those days.

There are several 7-Eleven stores in Bethesda:

7820 Wisconsin Avenue

5114 River Road

7305 MacArthur Boulevard (Glen Echo)

11530-G Rockville Pike (Pike District)

5402 Randolph Road (Randolph Hills-area)

7-ELEVEN SEIZES OPPORTUNITY AS CVS ENDS TOBACCO SALES IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

CVS Pharmacy's announcement that it was ending sales of tobacco products in its stores yesterday sent Bethesda smokers who frequent its area stores to convenience and grocery store competitors. 7-Eleven has posted a sign with warm-welcome vibes for smokers at its River Road store.

7-Eleven welcomes
smokers on River Road
in Bethesda

Obviously, if you're the CEO of 7-Eleven, you're probably an even bigger fan of CVS than you were already just days ago. I regularly shop at several Bethesda CVS stores, and there were always people coming in to buy cigarettes. I've noticed those customers often are there just for the cigarette purchase, meaning they are unlikely to enter the store otherwise. While CVS continues to have all of its other convenience products, and should remain profitable, there's little question its profits will decline in the short term without cigarette sales. As a non-smoker, the change at CVS has no effect on me.

By the way, if you're not a smoker either, there's still a 50¢ small coffee special at 7-Eleven right now, through September 14. The signs are up at River Road and the downtown Bethesda location (at Wisconsin and Fairmont Avenues). Why 50¢? Did you know that 7-Eleven was the first to sell "on-the-go" coffee in America? It launched self-service coffee sales in 1964 on Long Island.

A smoker and a java fiend? It sounds like it's time to celebrate at 7-Eleven.

SLURPEE DAYS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN BETHESDA!

7-Eleven in Bethesda has a special offer for the holiday weekend:

Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27, medium Slurpees are only 49¢.

There are 2 7-Elevens in Bethesda: on Fairmont Avenue across from Fairmont Plaza, and on River Road just west of Butler Road.

BETHESDA 7-11 STORES HAVE EXCLUSIVE RED BULL HOLIDAY ENERGY DRINKS (PHOTOS)

Red Bull is offering Bethesda residents a chance to try 3 new flavors before they go worldwide in 2013.

Sold exclusively at 7-Eleven, Red Bull Cranberry, Red Bull Lime, and Red Bull Blueberry come in festive red, blue and silver cans (but why not green?).

The flavors are part of Red Bull's strategy to increase market share through variations on their successful original flavor.

BETHESDA STORM UPDATE: KENWOOD FIREWORKS ASTOUND, POWER OUTAGES ABOUND

There were more lights in the sky over some parts of Bethesda, than there were on the ground below.

Some residents and businesses remained without power last night, including the neighborhood of Kenwood Park (bordered by River Road, Goldsboro Road, Wilson Lane and Bradley Boulevard) and 7-11 on River Road.

Meanwhile, many homes in hard-hit 20817 had their power restored throughout the Independence Day holiday.

While Montgomery County Government inexplicably canceled its official fireworks displays (as did cities with close political ties, like Rockville and Gaithersburg), thanks to the private Kenwood Golf and Country Club, Bethesda residents in-the-know were still able to enjoy a spectacular fireworks show.

A record crowd gathered nearby, and there was no nightmarish trip home on hot, crowded Metro cars, and no pickpockets to deal with!

If Friday's storm proved anything, it's that the demise of the air-conditioned, American indoor shopping mall, and personal automobile, have been prematurely predicted by the usual suspects.