Nearby 7- Eleven To Offer Free Slurpees

It's pretty easy to remember an anniversary when the date and the company name are the same. To celebrate the company's 85th anniversary, the participating locations, will provide free Slurpees from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

The nearest 7-Eleven stores to Ledyard are on Route 32 in Uncasville and 283 Broad Street in New London.

In keeping with the dual-number theme, the free iced drinks will be served in 7.11 ounce-size cups, available while supplies last.

“This year we expect to give away 7 million Slurpee drinks, more than ever before, beating last year’s offer by 2 million," Joe DePinto, 7-Eleven president and CEO, said in a statement.

Here's what Slurpee fans had to say on 7-Eleven's Facebook page about the free drink:

Debbie Rose Conner: My husband loves slurpees, I like them too but I am diabetic so I quit drinking them. Now I hear they have a sugar free slurpee, yeah buddy, I am going to get me a free, sugar free BRAIN FREEZE.

Russ Evans: WOO HOO! Can't wait till tomorrow!

Geena Halpern THANKS 7 ELEVEN!!! I love cherry.

7-Eleven got its start in 1927, the statement said, when an employee started selling bread, milk and eggs on an ice dock in a Dallas suburb. The corporation now has  9,300 7-Eleven stores in North America and nearly 50,000 worldwide.