Five time world champion

[Morgbug]

Winnipeg is.  For what you ask?

We are the five time defending world Slurpee Capital of the world.  

Consumption per store for 2003 was 110,873 Slurpees per store.  

2nd. Calgary 89,587 Slurpees per store
3rd.  Detroit 78,304 Slurpees per store.

Neither of them even close.  Average per store sales for Winnipeg are 10,100 while the Canadian average is only 7,731 per store.  

Nothing better on a cold winter day hot summer day

[DSJ™]

I think we were #5 back in May. Where on the list are we now?

[Morgbug]

The list:

1. Winnipeg
2. Calgary
3. Detroit
4. Regina
5. Edmonton

I must technically correct myself, Manitoba is the top overall, not specifically Winnipeg.  I know of several smaller towns with 7-11s, though the numbers have dwindled recently.  Brandon has a couple, Portage has two, Selkirk 1, Dauphin 1 and possibly 1 up in Thompson, but mostly in Winnipeg.  

[Scott]

Damn, here I was thinking your thread was about my hero Takeru Kobayashi





Congrats to Winnipeg.  I know of Zero (or Zed for you Canuckians) 7-11's here in Minnesota.  That sounds like one of the few cultural gaps between us

[DSJ™]

Mmmmmmmmmm!  Brain freeze!  

[Morgbug]

Speaking of cultural gaps, do you guys have Smarties?  Like M&M's but they melt in your hand, not in your mouth.  How about Aero?  Ketchup chips

I am a true Winnipegger.  Even when traveling in Australia I was always hunting for a slurpee.  Went about 4 months without one, then was on a bus in Melbourne and saw the familiar sign.  I jumped right off and damn near got run over as I scrambled to get a slurpee.  In Surfer's Paradise, I did a daily 4 mile walk just to get one.  Yum.

Brain freeze + chest freeze = near death experience.

[Scott]

Oh yeah we have Smarties...that was my favorite Halloween candy

I looked all over DL this weekend for Ketchup chips being that much closer to the border.  Nada...maybe there should be a Canadian Bell and I can make a run to that border

[Morgbug]

Worry not laddy, your box will have an assortment of oddities.

[jokabofe]

Speaking of cultural gaps, do you guys have Smarties?  

mmmmmmmmmmmmm, smarties  are delicious!!  

[DSJ™]

I heard on the radio this morning that Winnipeg is still on top as the Slurpee Capital of the world.

Go and celebrate Brent and have a brain freeze on me. 

[Famine]

  Ketchup chips have gone local. I'm not allowed to eat them though.

Kevin

[JesseVader08]

Heh, heh.  Even when it's -40 out in the dead of winter, you'll still see me walking out of 7-11 with a slurpee in my hand.

Sweet.      

[Morgbug]

Yep, land of the brain freeze, that's us.

[DSJ™]

Brain Freeze   

[Shannon (Princess)]

I never knew Canada was such a big fan of the Slurpee...    Not much on Slurpee's myself, except for one summer when I had jaw surgery and they were about the only thing I could tolerate for a while.
Do they not have ICEE's up there?  Love the ICEE's- Coca-Cola - craved it while pregnant, used to get them growing up in New Orleans...  I'm not really sure just what the difference is between the two...