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7Eleven is upping its commitment to fresh foods.

Anne Readhimer, Senior Director of Fresh Food Innovation, recently told Convenience Store Decisions magazine that, “At 7Eleven, we’re growing our fresh food department to meet the changing needs of our customers, and as we are seeing that higher demand as customers continue to crave these offerings, we’re going to expand the space needed to support those products.”

She noted that as the company is designing and building new store layouts for the future, you’ll see the new builds will have more space, and as we go back and retrofit other stores, you’ll see expansion in the fresh food space allocated.”

A company spokesperson noted that the Japan-based chain anticipates growing its US store count to 10,000 by 2019.