Looking for Speedway vegetarian options? Speedway is a gas station first, so your best meat-free picks are cheese pizza, packaged snacks, fruit, Slurpees, and black coffee, plus a Veggie pizza at stores with a Speedy Café counter. 7-Eleven owns Speedway now, and the shelves look more like 7-Eleven’s every year. We sort what to order, what to skip, and what to ask the clerk about. If you want the wider view of eating out meat-free, here’s what about the vegetarians.
A Quick Look at Speedway
Speedway started in 1952 as Speedway 79, a Michigan fuel chain named for the octane rating of its gasoline, according to Wikipedia. Marathon revived the name in May 1975 and dropped the “79” because 87 octane had become the standard. Marathon Oil and then Marathon Petroleum owned the chain until Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese company behind 7-Eleven, bought it for $21 billion. The deal closed on May 14, 2021. Marathon counted 3,923 Speedway stores at the end of 2018, and we found no newer Speedway-only count. Under a June 2021 deal with the FTC, Marathon and 7-Eleven sold 291 Speedway stores to three other companies.
7-Eleven started changing the shelves soon after the sale. In November 2021, Speedy Freeze became the Slurpee and Club Chill became the Big Gulp. In December 2021, 7 Select snacks started replacing Speedy Choice. In March 2022, Speedway began swapping its roller-grill lineup for Big Bite products, Wikipedia says. Through 2022, 7-Eleven also replaced many Speedy Café counters with Laredo Taco Company or Raise the Roost. Some Speedy Café counters survived, though. 7-Eleven still promoted Speedy Café deals in its August 2026 release. What you find depends on the store, so check the sign before you plan a meal.
Speedway Vegetarian Options: What to Order
The best Speedway vegetarian options are cheese pizza, the Veggie pizza at Speedy Café counters, fruit, Slurpees, and packaged snacks. We sorted the regulars below. Because Speedway posts no menu or allergen chart that we could open, we marked “Check” wherever a source leaves the answer open. We took pizza facts from 7-Eleven and its 2025 release, and snack and drink calls from PETA’s 7-Eleven guide.
| Menu Item | Vegetarian | Vegan |
|---|---|---|
| Cheese pizza (whole pie or slice) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (milk) |
| Speedy Café Veggie pizza (toppings not published) | ⚠️ Check (confirm toppings) | ❌ No (milk) |
| Laredo Taco bean and cheese or potato and egg breakfast taco | ⚠️ Check (ask about lard) | ❌ No (cheese, egg) |
| Bacon, egg, and cheese or sausage, egg, and cheese wraps | ❌ No (bacon, sausage) | ❌ No (meat, egg, milk) |
| Roller grill (hot dogs, taquitos, sausages) | ❌ No (meat) | ❌ No (meat) |
| Bakery donuts and pastries | ⚠️ Check (label) | ⚠️ Check (label) |
| Bananas, apples, and fruit cups | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Slurpee | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Fountain and bottled soda | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (flavor varies) |
| Black coffee | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Chips and kettle chips (flavor varies) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (flavor varies) |
| Nuts and seeds | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (honey, dairy) |
| That’s it. fruit bars | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Gummy candy and marshmallow treats | ⚠️ Check (gelatin) | ⚠️ Check (gelatin) |
Speedy Café: Pizza and Hot Food
Speedy Café is the made-to-order counter inside select stores, and its pizza is the best hot meat-free meal you can get there. Back in July 2025, 7-Eleven promoted a thin crust pizza at Speedy Café for $5 with one topping. 7-Eleven listed Veggie among its Signature Recipe Pizzas, next to Chicken Bacon Ranch, Cheesy Bacon Mac, and Garlic Parm Philly. That promotion ended on August 26, 2025, so ask what your store sells today.
7-Eleven names a Veggie pizza but no toppings, so ask the counter what goes on it. You can also order a plain cheese pizza and pick a vegetable topping yourself. Cheese pizza is lacto-ovo vegetarian and not vegan. 7-Eleven doesn’t publish whether its mozzarella uses animal rennet, so strict vegetarians should know that going in. Cross-contact matters to some readers, so ask whether staff bake meat pizzas in the same oven.
Breakfast is harder. In August 2026, 7-Eleven offered the Speedy Café breakfast wraps in two flavors, bacon, egg, and cheese or sausage, egg, and cheese. In September 2026, 7-Eleven added a bacon, egg, and cheese croissant and a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit to its Speedy Deals menu. You’ll find meat in all four. 7-Eleven also put crispy and grilled wraps under $3 on that menu without naming the fillings, so ask what goes in them before you buy. You can ask the counter for an egg and cheese sandwich with no meat, but we found no source that confirms a store will make one.
Some Speedway stores have a Laredo Taco Company counter, and that’s where you’ll find the best meat-free breakfast in the building. On its Más Value Menu, Laredo pairs two breakfast tacos with a small coffee for $5, and you can pick bean and cheese or potato and egg. Laredo doesn’t publish what goes into its handmade flour tortillas, so ask about lard if you avoid it. 7-Eleven says each Laredo quesadilla starts with a flour tortilla and melted Monterey and Colby Jack cheeses, plus your choice of protein. 7-Eleven doesn’t say whether you can skip the protein, so ask at the counter.
Snacks, Fruit, and Bakery
You win at the snack wall in a convenience store. PETA calls the 7 Select Kettle Chips (Original, BBQ, Salt and Vinegar, and Spicy Jalapeño), Corn Nuts, Cracker Jack, Harvest Snaps Snapea Crisps, and Hippeas Vegan White Cheddar puffs vegan at 7-Eleven. 7 Select snacks began replacing Speedway’s own brand in 2021, though your store may stock a different mix. Brands change recipes, so flip the bag and read the label.
Nuts and seeds work too. PETA calls most of them “accidentally vegan” and warns you about honey and dairy in flavored ones. For fresh food, 7-Eleven says it sells cut fruit, salads, and protein boxes. PETA suggests a banana or apple, fruit cups, and hummus with pretzels from the grab-and-go cooler. A banana, a bag of nuts, and a fruit cup make a cheap meal with no cooking.
Bakery items need a label check. This summer, 7-Eleven sold glazed donuts from the 7-Eleven Bakery for $1 to 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards members, through August 25, 2026. We found no ingredient list for them. Avoiding eggs, milk, lard, or gelatin? Read the wrapper or ask.
Drinks: Slurpees, Coffee, and Soda
Drinks are the easy part of Speedway vegetarian options. PETA calls the Slurpee vegan. Most sodas and juices are vegan too, PETA says. Flavors rotate by store, so check the machine label when a flavor looks unusual. Black coffee has no animal ingredients.
The catch is milk. Creamers and flavored coffee drinks can contain dairy, so read the label or ask staff. PETA says 7-Eleven stocks soy, almond, and other plant milks, so check the cooler if you want a dairy-free cup. PETA also names Starbucks Iced Coffee in the cooler as vegan at 7-Eleven.
What’s Vegan at Speedway?
Vegan options at Speedway come from the packaged aisle and the cooler. Your safest picks are fruit, black coffee, the Slurpee, plain nuts, vegan-labeled chips, Hippeas, and That’s it. fruit bars. You should pass on cheese pizza and any bakery item until you read the label.
Read candy and snack labels for gelatin, carmine, a red dye made from crushed insects, and confectioner’s glaze. PETA lists all three as common animal ingredients in candy, and it names Airheads, Now and Later, and Red Vines as vegan at 7-Eleven. Chocolate often has milk, so check for it.
Special Dietary Requirements and Allergies
The wrapper is your best allergen source, since we could open no Speedway allergen chart. Staff make Speedy Café and Laredo food to order, and we found no ingredient list for either, so you can’t rule out gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, or nuts. With a serious allergy, tell the staff before you order and ask them to check the packaging.
Vegetarians run into three traps in a convenience store. Candy makers often use gelatin in gummies and marshmallow treats. The roller grill is meat, and chip makers sometimes use meat names on vegan chips, such as the 7 Select Prime Rib and Hot Italian Sausage chips that PETA calls vegan. Shared ovens and fryers are the third. We found no source on Speedway’s fryer oil or oven use, so ask if cross-contact matters to you.
Tips for Vegetarians at Speedway
- Order the Veggie pizza if your store has a Speedy Café counter, and ask what goes on top.
- Grab a cheese pizza slice for something hot, and ask whether staff bake meat pizzas in the same oven.
- Read the wrapper. A snack label beats a guess every time, so check for gelatin, honey, and milk.
- Order a bean and cheese breakfast taco at a Laredo Taco Company counter, and ask about lard in the tortilla.
- Pass on the Speedy Café breakfast wraps and biscuits. 7-Eleven fills every one it names with bacon or sausage.
- Build a meal from the cooler: a banana, fruit cup, nuts, and hummus with pretzels.
- Check the sign out front. Some stores now run Laredo Taco Company or Raise the Roost instead of Speedy Café.
- Call ahead when you need a certain item, because each store stocks its own mix.
Conclusion
Speedway will not replace a sit-down meal, but you can eat meat-free on a road trip. Cheese pizza, a Veggie pizza at a Speedy Café counter, fruit, nuts, and a Slurpee cover most of it. Skip the roller grill and the breakfast wraps, and read every candy label for gelatin. For more meat-free road maps, see our guide to eating vegetarian and vegan at restaurants, browse more restaurant guides, or check the closest cousins to Speedway: 7-Eleven, Circle K, and Casey’s.
