[polivier]

Deps are kind of like seven 11. We have a large chain of deps in Quebec called Couche-Tard, but there are tons of no name independent deps, especially in Montreal. You'll often find that many of these mom and pop deps are located on the ground floor of multi-story houses in lower income residential areas, with the owners living in the upper floors.

Most of the sales in deps are cigarettes, beer, soda and snacks. Deps generally appeal to younger people and the working class.

[bryanlarsen]

Related: Couche-Tard is trying to buy 7-11.

[fracus]

7-11s are really popular and pimped out in Asia.

[thomassmith65]

It's the same story with Swedish 7-11s: pleasant atmosphere, tidy, nontoxic pastries, employees who still have a will to live. It is disorienting for anyone accustomed to the American version.

[bryanlarsen]

In 1989 Seven-Eleven Japan took over the parent Seven-Eleven corporation.

[moltar]

The entire chain or just the Canadian lot?

[bryanlarsen]

The entire world-wide chain.

[stevage]

It's really great that they're still resisting the chains, and the delivery services.

[moltar]

Deps had delivery before it was cool. Typically it’s some unemployed old neighborhood drunkard dude on a bike. You call a dep, they dispatch a dude.

Most people had a dep number on a fridge magnet back in the day.

[stevage]

Just how it should be.

[smitty1e]

A bodega.

[minitoar]

bodegas usually have bigger selection & hot food