Slurpee is the brand name for carbonated slushies sold by 7-Eleven and its subsidiaries A-Plus and Speedway.
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11 Facts About Slurpee
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Slurpee's created the Icee name and designed the original logo, which is still used today.
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Slurpee machine has a separate spout, or spigot, for each flavor at the front of a tumbler or freezer.
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Common Slurpee flavors are frozen Cherry, Coca-Cola, and Mountain Dew, but new flavors are introduced regularly.
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Slurpee flavors were given novelty names such as Pink Fink, Adults Only, Moonshine, Kissin' Cousin, Gully Washer, Sticky Icky, and Redeye.
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Many fans of Speedway's own frozen drink, Speedy Freeze, complained on social media about the drink being replaced by Slurpee-branded products, though other frozen drink fans have said the two drinks are identical.
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The Stanford Agency created a "media blitz" to launch Slurpee and flew agency staff to all Top 40 markets with 7-Eleven stores to introduce Slurpee and the comedy commercials with funny voices and sound effects that told stories about the Strange Things That Happened To People Who Slurp.
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Slurpee's falls victim to "brain freeze" and turns into an ice cube.
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In 2005, 7-Eleven promoted the film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, by making a Mountain Dew Pitch Black "Dark Side" Slurpee which came in a cup shaped like Darth Vader's helmet.
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The Slurpee cups had images printed on them from certain Nexon games, and a code printed on them that could be redeemed on a website for special in-game items.
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Net proceeds from all Large Slurpee purchases were donated to Feeding America to support local food banks.
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