Editing 7-Eleven (section)

====Thailand====
{{Further information|CP All}}
[[File:7-Eleven, Bangkok, Thailand.jpg|thumb|7-Eleven, [[Sukhumvit Road|Sukhumvit]] Soi 13, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]]]
The first Thai 7-Eleven opened on 1 June 1989 on [[Patpong|Patpong Road]] in Bangkok. The chain consists of both company-owned (45%) and franchised shops (55%).<ref name="PE-20200312">{{cite news |last=Kri-aksorn |first=Thammachart |title=Here's why Twitter users boycott 7-eleven |url=https://prachataienglish.com/node/8399 |access-date=2024-10-10 |work=[[Prachatai]] |date=March 12, 2020 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724105840/https://prachatai.com/english/node/8399 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[CP All|CP All Public Company Limited]], a listed subsidiary of the [[Charoen Pokphand]] Group Company, is the 7-Eleven owner and [[franchising|franchisor]] in [[Thailand]]; CP received the franchise rights for Thailand in 1988.<ref>{{cite news |title=CP planning 1.6b baht listing of Siam Makro |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |date=21 May 1994 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19940521-1.2.19.8.9 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>  As of 2022, CP All has a total of 13,838 stores in Thailand,<ref>{{cite web |title=CP All 2022 Annual Report |url=https://www.cpall.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CP-ALL-ENG-AW-ALL-15-03-66-Low-res.pdf |access-date=October 5, 2023}}</ref> an increase from 12,432 in 2020.<ref name="PE-20200312" /> In 2018, 7-Eleven generated 335,532 million [[Thai baht|baht]] in income for CP.<ref name="PE-20200312" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Jitpleecheep |first=Pitsinee |title=7-Eleven poised to top 11,000 stores in 2018 |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |date=January 31, 2018 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1404750/7-eleven-poised-to-top-11-000-stores-in-2018 |access-date=June 4, 2018 |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715061338/https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1404750/7-eleven-poised-to-top-11-000-stores-in-2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> 7-Eleven holds a 70% market share in the [[convenience store]] category, opposed by some 7,000 other convenience stores (e.g., [[FamilyMart]]) and 400,000 "[[small business|mom and pop]]" shops.<ref name="PE-20200312" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Kyozuka |first=Tamaki |title=FamilyMart to double stores in Thailand, take on 7-Eleven |work=[[Nikkei Asia]] |date=November 15, 2016 |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/FamilyMart-to-double-stores-in-Thailand-take-on-7-Eleven |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 4, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109024822/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/FamilyMart-to-double-stores-in-Thailand-take-on-7-Eleven |url-status=live}}</ref> Thailand has the second largest number of 7-Eleven stores after Japan.<ref name="About 7-Eleven">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080731072739/http://www.7-eleven.com/AboutUs/InternationalLicensing/tabid/115/Default.aspx About 7-Eleven], 7-Eleven. Retrieved March 25, 2010.</ref>

In an effort to reduce [[plastic pollution]] the parent company of 7-Eleven stores in Thailand, [[CP All|CP All Public Company]], announced their intent in November 2018 to reduce and eventually end the use of single-use plastic bags.<ref>{{cite news |title=7-Eleven stores to reduce the use of plastic bags |url=https://thethaiger.com/news/national/7-eleven-stores-to-reduce-the-use-of-plastic-bags |work=[[The Thaiger]] |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070724/https://thethaiger.com/news/national/7-eleven-stores-to-reduce-the-use-of-plastic-bags |url-status=live}}</ref> {{as of|January 2020}}, 7-Eleven—along with 42 other Thai retailers—will stop giving single-use plastic bags to customers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Thai stores to stop giving out plastic bags by 2020: minister |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-plastic/major-thai-stores-to-stop-giving-out-plastic-bags-by-2020-minister-idUSKBN1W915E |access-date=September 25, 2019 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=September 24, 2019 |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925175337/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-plastic/major-thai-stores-to-stop-giving-out-plastic-bags-by-2020-minister-idUSKBN1W915E |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the use of plastic bags is still prevalent in many shops throughout the country,<ref>{{cite news |title=Plastic 'ban' flouted at shops |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |date=March 12, 2020 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1876679/plastic-ban-flouted-at-shops |access-date=April 24, 2023 |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715061336/https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1876679/plastic-ban-flouted-at-shops |url-status=live |last1=Hicks |first1=William }}</ref> as are [[plastic straws]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Enforce the plastic ban |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |date=2022-01-04 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2241559/enforce-the-plastic-ban |access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>