Today Is 7-11 Free Slurpee Day At Seven Eleven

In the late 1950s, Omar Knedliks’s soda fountain at his restaurant broke. He stashed some soda pop in the freezer and had the idea to turn frozen soda into a beverage. He used parts from an automobile air conditioner to build a simple frozen beverage machine.

Since then, Slurpee® drinks have become a beloved beverage of millions, a pop culture icon, and 7-Eleven’s most well-known proprietary brand. From its beginning, with kooky flavor names like Fulla Bulla, Blue Blunder and AWA AWA Ukulele, Slurpee has been keeping it “cool” for generations.