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Walmart To Invest in Convenience Store & Gas Growth in 2025

Last post by wnetmacman « Today, 11:49 am
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by Alpha8472 » March 20th, 2025, 11:25 am
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Walmart plans to open or remodel more than 45 stores in 2025.

Of all the Hypermarkets Kroger has the most gas stations at 1,680 and Walmart is at...
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Coffee

Last post by storewanderer « March 21st, 2025, 7:31 pm
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by SamSpade » March 20th, 2025, 5:45 pm
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Interesting commentary by the Retail Archeology blogger. I personally would LOVE to have anything like this QT station here, especially at that price...
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March 21st, 2025, 7:31 pm
Circle K / 7-11 Merger?

Last post by storewanderer « March 21st, 2025, 1:04 am
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by arizonaguy » August 19th, 2024, 6:10 am
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Alimentation Couche-Tard Makes Bid for 7-Eleven
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March 21st, 2025, 1:04 am
7-Eleven Delivery & Pickup

Last post by Alpha8472 « March 17th, 2025, 11:11 am

by Alpha8472 » March 17th, 2025, 11:11 am

7-Eleven has had some deals lately where you can get 50 percent or more off delivery or pickup.

Today on St. Patrick's Day you can get $17 off a $30...

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March 17th, 2025, 11:11 am
Costco Gas Stations Nationwide Extended Hours

Last post by ClownLoach « February 27th, 2025, 10:03 pm
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by Alpha8472 » February 20th, 2025, 7:55 am
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Costco gas stations across the country now have extended hours. They used to close at 9:30 PM Weekdays in California. Now they close at 10 PM....
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February 27th, 2025, 10:03 pm
How do deluxe C-store chains (Sheetz, Wawa) expand so much?

Last post by storewanderer « February 27th, 2025, 11:10 am
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by BatteryMill » February 23rd, 2025, 10:04 am
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Title says most of it, but I do wonder how these chains get so much capital for expansion it seems, so much more than most other category of retail...
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February 27th, 2025, 11:10 am
Circle K

Last post by cjd « February 22nd, 2025, 4:41 pm
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by Alpha8472 » December 19th, 2024, 12:01 am
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A new Circle K store opened up near me just days ago. I was surprised by the decor. This one had a notice on the store stating that it was...
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February 22nd, 2025, 4:41 pm
Amazon Go in Woodland Hills Is Closing

Last post by Alpha8472 « February 7th, 2025, 9:14 pm
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by Alpha8472 » January 27th, 2025, 1:37 pm

The Amazon Go store in Woodland Hills, California is closing. It is 5,000 square feet and features an expanded selection for a suburban area. The...

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February 7th, 2025, 9:14 pm
Largest Buc-ee's Opens in Texas

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by Alpha8472 » June 13th, 2024, 4:10 pm
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A 75,000 square foot Buc-ee's opened in Luling, Texas replacing the first Buc-ee's store. It is now the largest in the chain. It has 120 gas pumps....
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February 3rd, 2025, 10:09 am
Buc-ee's Suing Super Fuels For Copyright Infringement

Last post by pseudo3d « January 24th, 2025, 10:08 pm
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by Alpha8472 » January 23rd, 2025, 6:01 pm

Buc-ee's is suing Super Fuels for supposedly copying its logo. Super Fuels introduced its logo in 2022.

They both are cartoon animals on a round...

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January 24th, 2025, 10:08 pm
Dash Mart

Last post by SamSpade « January 15th, 2025, 5:13 pm
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by storewanderer » January 12th, 2025, 1:25 am

Anyone have experience with Dash Mart?

Noticed they are selling a limited assortment of UNFI Essential Everyday and Equaline items. Also some...

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January 15th, 2025, 5:13 pm
Jackson's 12 Days of Free Stuff

Last post by storewanderer « December 22nd, 2024, 1:43 pm
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by Alpha8472 » December 13th, 2024, 4:36 pm

12 days of free items. Friday free soda fountain drink and a meat stick.

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December 22nd, 2024, 1:43 pm
7-Eleven Opening Its First Stores In Arizona In 25 years

Last post by storewanderer « December 20th, 2024, 1:20 pm
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by Alpha8472 » December 5th, 2024, 10:11 am

7-Eleven is touting its first Arizona stores in 25 years. Three stores for this year and 2 for early 2025.

These will be larger stores that are food...

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December 20th, 2024, 1:20 pm
RaceTrac Opens Its First Ohio Location

Last post by storewanderer « December 19th, 2024, 6:00 pm
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by Alpha8472 » December 19th, 2024, 2:25 pm

RaceTrac opened its first location in Ohio in Findlay. It is a travel center that is 8,100 square feet. There are plans to expand in Ohio and beyond.

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December 19th, 2024, 6:00 pm
Phillips 66 to close Los Angeles Refinery

Last post by storewanderer « December 2nd, 2024, 12:25 am
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Phillips 66 (76) is closing the Los Angeles refinery. They still have some kind of alternative fuels refinery in NorCal which will remain open.

The...
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December 2nd, 2024, 12:25 am
Costco/Sams Club Holiday Gas Sale

Last post by storewanderer « November 27th, 2024, 11:54 pm
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by storewanderer » November 27th, 2024, 12:56 am

Costco/Sam's Club at least in Reno are running gas in the 3.43 range. This is a drop from last week when they were both in the 3.89 range.

The next...

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November 27th, 2024, 11:54 pm
7-Eleven Founding Family offers buyout

Last post by jamcool « November 13th, 2024, 7:41 am
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by ClownLoach » November 12th, 2024, 11:14 pm

Late breaking news. This would take the company private and quash the takeover attempt by Alimentation Couche-Tard (Circle K parent).

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November 13th, 2024, 7:41 am
Maverick To Rebrand All Kum & Go Stores

Last post by storewanderer « November 10th, 2024, 11:57 am
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by Alpha8472 » November 8th, 2024, 9:11 pm

All Kum & Go stores will become Maverick.

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November 10th, 2024, 11:57 am
Older Circle K stores

Last post by storewanderer « November 4th, 2024, 12:09 am
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by cjd » October 27th, 2024, 6:49 pm

I notice Circle K dumped a lot of those old 1970s units years ago. The ones where the convenience store part was small and only had two gas pumps out...

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November 4th, 2024, 12:09 am
BP epic goods Brand & Earnify

Last post by storewanderer « November 3rd, 2024, 10:38 am
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by Alpha8472 » November 2nd, 2024, 6:08 am

BP is moving forward with its epic goods brand that features candy, food, and bottled beverages. They also want to expand the brand to motor oil,...

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November 3rd, 2024, 10:38 am
7-Eleven To Open 500 Food Forward Stores

Last post by storewanderer « October 27th, 2024, 10:56 pm
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by Alpha8472 » October 26th, 2024, 3:13 am

7-Eleven will open 500 new stores with expanded assortment including more food and beverages between 2025 and 2027. Previously the company said that...

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October 27th, 2024, 10:56 pm
7-Eleven App Rip Off Game

Last post by storewanderer « October 18th, 2024, 12:33 pm
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by Alpha8472 » October 18th, 2024, 4:55 am

The 7-Eleven app has a new scratcher game. You can play the scratcher game, but it costs you 50 rewards points. You can win points, free food, offers...

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October 18th, 2024, 12:33 pm
New build 7-Eleven Stores in Houston, TX and surrounding Markets (not Stripes conversions)

Last post by storewanderer « October 17th, 2024, 6:06 pm
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by storewanderer » October 12th, 2024, 9:58 pm
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I am interested in hearing about new build 7-Eleven Stores in the former Stripes market of Houston, TX. These would be stores that seemed to be...
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October 17th, 2024, 6:06 pm
Quik Trip Book

Last post by storewanderer « October 16th, 2024, 11:14 pm
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by storewanderer » October 13th, 2024, 1:05 am

Anyone read this? How is it?

Of course can't find libraries with it available west of Oklahoma.....

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October 16th, 2024, 11:14 pm
7-Eleven closing 444 US/Can/Mex Stores

Last post by storewanderer « October 16th, 2024, 5:41 pm
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by storewanderer » October 12th, 2024, 1:33 am

Also last week a new site sale for 7-Eleven was posted to the NRC site:

This requires a login/confidentiality agreement to see the store list.
So...

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October 16th, 2024, 5:41 pm

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