Yeah, Southland used to own many/most of them, but the franchise split up and there are probably 50 different owners.
The one is Dallas is Alon USA (an Israeli company, or rather a Delaware company owned by Israeli & US citizens) and owns the FINA refinery in Big Spring, Texas and the 7-Elevens in West Texas and most of New Mexico.
(I used to be one of the 3 owners of Alon, which is why I happen to know this.)
In short, NO RELATION, other than Alon also happens to be a franchise owner -— a big owner.
That said, it is pretty much ALL convenience store policies to not resist a SIMPLE theft -— the amount is small & easily quantifiable from the register receipt, the money is the store’s, and the liability from a clerk killing the wrong person huge.
So a business decision was made to not resist a SIMPLE robbery -— kidnap, rape, leave-the-store robbery or the like -— all bets off and kill, scream, shoot, cooperate -— whatever is appropriate in the clerk’s eyes.
(That, and typically a clerk with a weapon is a drug dealer -— using your store as a base -— but that is another story.)
Thank you for the information.