Here’s How You Can Score Free Slurpee’s In North and South Carolina
Do you have a big thirst for that frozen treat known as a Slurpee? Well Tuesday (7/11) is for you! It’s free Slurpee Day! 7-Eleven’s in North and South Carolina are celebrating its 96th birthday by giving away the drinks at their stores. Also at Speedway and Stripes. This year’s brand-new Slurpee cup features the all new Slurpee logo and vibrant, bold colors. 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty members can enjoy their Slurpees free on Monday the day before too.
By the way have you ever thought about the history of the Slurpee? Don’t worry. My curious mind did it for you. Apparently, the frozen drink first popped up in 1966 when 7-Eleven made a licensing deal with an icee company to sell slushies inside 7-Eleven stores.
A dude named Omar Knedlik invented machines to make frozen drinks in the later half of the 1950s. Turns out the idea for a slushed ice drink came by accident. See Knedlik’s soda fountain broke down, forcing him to put his sodas in a freezer to stay cool, which caused them to become slushy. And the wah-lah!
Today you can grab a lot of different Slurpee flavors. Flavors like; frozen Cherry, Coca-Cola, and Mountain Dew. However new flavors are introduced regularly. When Slurpee’s came on the market, flavors rotated much more frequently than today. Slurpee flavors had cool fun names too. Names such as Pink Fink, Adults Only, Moonshine, Kissin’ Cousin, Gully Washer, and Sticky Icky.
Slurpy actually had a song too!
In 1970, 7-Eleven released a single called “Dance the Slurp.” The B-side of the record was a comedy bit about “strange things” that happen to people who “slurp” at 7-Eleven. If you have this record keep it! It is considered super rare. In 1999, “Dance the Slurp” was sampled by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist for their mix album Brainfreeze.
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