Dive Brief:
- Tony Harris, senior vice president of corporate operations for 7-Eleven, stepped down from the convenience retailer at the end of last week, according to an internal memo seen by C-Store Dive.
- Harris’ last day with 7-Eleven was Feb. 1, according to the memo, which was signed by Treasa Bowers, executive vice president and chief people and sustainability officer. Neither Harris nor representatives from 7-Eleven responded by press time when asked to comment on his departure.
- Harris played a significant role in 7-Eleven’s leadership team, supporting the growth and profitability of its thousands of corporate-owned convenience stores across the U.S. and Canada.
Dive Insight:
When Harris joined 7-Eleven in late 2023, he announced that he’d be working with over 6,000 company-owned c-stores and more than 60,000 team members. According to the memo detailing his departure, 7-Eleven hired Harris to lead what was at the time a “newly established corporate operations organization.”
About a month after his hiring, 7-Eleven made one of its largest acquisitions in recent years when it bought more than 200 Stripes-branded c-stores from Sunoco for about $1 billion.
According to the memo, Harris also helped incorporate Speedway’s locations into 7-Eleven’s network, a process that has taken years since 7-Eleven acquired the former competitor’s 3,800 locations back in 2021.
“While at the helm, Tony was able to successfully integrate 7-Eleven and Speedway corporate stores into one unified team focused on raising the bar for store execution and customer service,” Bowers wrote in the memo.
In the wake of Harris’ departure, Doug Rosencrans, executive vice president, chief operating officer and interim co-CEO, will oversee 7-Eleven’s corporate operations organization, according to the memo. This adds yet another series of key responsibilities to Rosencrans, whose experience makes him a possible front-runner to become 7-Eleven's next CEO in the aftermath of Joseph DePinto’s retirement.
Prior to joining 7-Eleven, Harris held executive leadership roles in the c-store industry for over two decades. He has been EVP and COO for GetGo Café + Markets, now a division of Alimentation Couche-Tard; chief marketing and merchandising officer for MAPCO Express, now owned by Majors Management; senior vice president for EG America’s Cumberland Farms; and president and COO of BP-owned Thorntons.
Harris’ exit continues a flurry of executive departures from 7-Eleven in the past month. Since the end of 2025, DePinto has retired and chief marketing officer Marissa Jarratt left for undisclosed reasons. The leadership shakeups come in a year that promises seismic change for 7-Eleven, including a planned initial public offering in North America.
