Interestingly, 7-Eleven only began turning a profit after being in Taiwan for seven years. Its eventual success attracted in the island's number-two convenience-store chain, Japan's Family Mart, which came ashore in 1988.
統一企業引進台灣，7 年後（1986 年）才轉虧為贏，也連帶吸引了第二家便利商店──引自日本 Family Mart 的「全家便利商店」──於 1988 年登場。