Retail Watchers

QT in Phoenix is mostly building along the freeway system-for example there will be two QT sites at the 91st Ave/I-10 interchange- one just N of I-10 and another S of I-10 (sharing a site with McDonald’s and Starbucks)

storewanderer wrote: ↑February 20th, 2024, 1:15 am Current store counts-2/20:
CA 379
ID 9
OR 51
WA 99
WA Bartell ??50??

Would be enough stores for a spin-off “Thrifty-Payless” chain…if someone was interested.

Washing cups/plates/ etc requires hot water, requiring more energy use, detergent which is a pollutant, and creates waste water. More pollution and energy use than a paper cup, which comes from a tree that is grown to make paper or even a foam cup.

One thick bag equals two or three of those micro thin plastic bags that rip apart and puncture easily. No energy saving or waste reduction at all. Why don’t you just reuse the thick plastic bag?

Terrible Herbst…they also run casinos and car washes in Nevada.

QuikTrip is building its first location in Las Vegas.
https://www.cstoredive.com/news/quiktri ... re/705937/
The only large rival there is Terrible's. Maverik and Circle K have stores there, plus a bunch of independently owned 7-11s and AMPMs

Bucc-ee's is building its first location West of the Rockies. https://www.cstoredive.com/news/buc-ees-zoning-approval-arizona/705236/ That area is already in a retail boom, with Winco under construction at the Estrella/Pebble Creek exit, a White Castle being built N of I-10 on Bullard next to the QT...

Steinberg bough Smitty's of Arizona..and subsequently went bankrupt. Smitty's of Missouri was a licensing deal, its management originally worked at Smitty's/AZ and brought the superstore concept there.

Being that PR is a U.S. commonwealth, not a state they have lower wages and can buy from sources not available to stores in the States. Also most of our pharmaceuticals were made in PR until the 90s, I don’t know if some of that is still in existence.

The UK has an equivalent of Dollar Tree called Poundland-best known in YouTube videos as the favorite shopping place of Stuart Ashen aka Ashens.