Ding-dong! That’s both the noise you hear when you walk into a convenience store, a brand of packaged baked good that’s probably available within, and the sort of person who’d spend over an hour talking about their love of these establishments that are somewhere between a fast food restaurant and a grocery store. Depending on where you live, you may have another term for a convenience store, like liquor store, corner store, mini mart, bodega, convenience shop, corner shop, carry out, mini-mart, milk bar, cold store, party store, deli, milk bar, dairy, superette, Kiosk, späti, konbini, dépanneur or off-licence. Whatever it’s called, we have a lot to say about these little shops, from their history to their place in pop-culture to our own personal adventures involving them. 

Intro contains clips from Beavis & Butt-Head, The Simpsons, Ghost World and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. And also whatever you call the machine that makes a noise when you walk into a 7-Eleven.