Contemporized Credibility 7-Eleven Delivers Ready-2-Eat too Colleges

Customer relevance is important to 7-Eleven in an effort to extend and expand its customer base with relevance 7-Eleven formed a new partnership with Tapingo, a mobile commerce application for college campuses, to launch on-demand delivery of 7-Eleven products in the college market. 

Beginning this December (2015) Tapingo users at or near the participating colleges in California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland can order delivery of 7-Eleven products from select, neighboring 7-Eleven stores.

Raja Doddala, 7-Eleven's vice president for innovation and ventures stated “Tapingo users are largely college students who are digital natives. They are redefining convenience and accustomed to ordering what they want with a few taps on a computer or smartphone. Tapingo's technology helps us build a relationship with this demographic," said Focusing on the college market, Tapingo has built relationships with more than 100 colleges. These relationships help broaden the reach of campus dining services to satisfy the needs of students.” 

Jeff Hardy, Tapingo's chief business officer  stated "We've seen a tremendous demand from students for late-night eats. Sometimes, you just need a Slurpee and a pizza at 1 a.m.," said. Welcoming 7-Eleven to our rapidly growing partner ecosystem significantly increases our ability to provide students with what they want, when they want it. The 7-Eleven brand is synonymous with convenience, and that's exactly what our community looks to us to provide."

Today Tapingo users can browse the 7-Eleven products that particularly appeal to college-age consumers include grocerant niche Ready-2-Eat and or Heat-N-Eat prepared food the ilk of pizza, chicken wings and other hot foods; and sandwiches that are made fresh and delivered daily. They also like ice cream, energy drinks and the chain's 7-Select branded snacks, according to Doddala. 

San Francisco-based Tapingo works with campus dining, foodservice companies and national brands to enhance the student experience by providing advanced, mobile food-ordering, pickup and delivery. The company currently serves 46 markets from Alaska to Florida.

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