7-Eleven Convenience Store Prepares to Settle in at Blockbuster Site
Shop to be housed in the building of previous Blockbuster Video tenant
The logo is a familiar one, and the name has become inseparable from its convenience store concept: those pop-in markets with a little bit of everything you either forgot to pick up at the supermarket or wanted or needed on a whim or emergent situation. It's 7-Eleven, the store for which many "thank heaven," according to its advertising jingle. Now, a third 7-Eleven has come to Middletown, in the shopping center on the corner of Route 35 south and New Monmouth Road; and, it's just about set to open for business. As the third of its kind to bow in the township, its two other Middletown sister stores are on Route 35 north and Tindall Road and Main Street in the North Middletown section (opening within the last five months). Zoned for …
Jessica
12:36 am on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
I actually worked in the Middletown Blockbuster. It was a great job, especially for being a student. The store was always busy with local customers. Max Weinburg from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would rent there often. I didn't work there very long since the store closed probably only a few months after I got the job. I was pretty mad that the Middletown location was closed down, and … more ›