Went back to said store, and while the Corner Store products are hanging around (including the bags for the donut display, I don't know where they get their donuts from...the old Circle K stores prior to the sell-off in the early 1990s in Houston used Dunkin', and Dunkin' are pretty mediocre at best...but I don't know how the existing donuts taste), the uniforms (but not nametags), and the receipt said Circle K.pseudo3d wrote: ↑April 29th, 2018, 3:16 pm Went to a local "Corner Store" today, and it seems to be a process.
- The Circle K promotional signage is all up, including "Security by Circle K" on the outside.
- Fountains and Froster machines are all Circle K, didn't pay attention to the coffee machine especially
- No internal Circle K décor, all of it is turquoise due to being a Valero Corner Store (not the yellow logo)
- Employee uniform still said Corner Store
- Receipt still said Corner Store
- A few Circle K products (like chips) but others (pork cracklins, candy, baked goods) were all Corner Store/Corner Store Market brand.
The deal closed less than a year ago, and I guess I should be happy I'm seeing this much. I don't expect to see much from Stripes in a while, though store closures I'll be on the lookout for....
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Some Corner Stores have an in-store bakery program for various of their items including donuts, cookies, whoppie pies... others would be from the random donut vendor of the neighborhood...pseudo3d wrote: ↑June 25th, 2018, 5:03 pmWent back to said store, and while the Corner Store products are hanging around (including the bags for the donut display, I don't know where they get their donuts from...the old Circle K stores prior to the sell-off in the early 1990s in Houston used Dunkin', and Dunkin' are pretty mediocre at best...but I don't know how the existing donuts taste), the uniforms (but not nametags), and the receipt said Circle K.pseudo3d wrote: ↑April 29th, 2018, 3:16 pm Went to a local "Corner Store" today, and it seems to be a process.
- The Circle K promotional signage is all up, including "Security by Circle K" on the outside.
- Fountains and Froster machines are all Circle K, didn't pay attention to the coffee machine especially
- No internal Circle K décor, all of it is turquoise due to being a Valero Corner Store (not the yellow logo)
- Employee uniform still said Corner Store
- Receipt still said Corner Store
- A few Circle K products (like chips) but others (pork cracklins, candy, baked goods) were all Corner Store/Corner Store Market brand.
The deal closed less than a year ago, and I guess I should be happy I'm seeing this much. I don't expect to see much from Stripes in a while, though store closures I'll be on the lookout for....
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I just saw a Shamrock station on 16th south of Roosevelt yesterday. The signage looked new.arizonaguy wrote: ↑June 20th, 2018, 1:27 pmThere were/are. I am not sure how much longer they'll be around as I believe all Valero/Diamond Shamrock branded stations will either become Circle K or Fast Mart / Fast Fuels.pseudo3d wrote: ↑June 20th, 2018, 11:12 amThere are still Diamond Shamrock stores in Phoenix?! I thought Valero had converted them all, as they had announced 10 years ago, and one by one they all eventually closed or converted to Valero (during this time, the Stop N Go name was also discontinued in favor of Corner Store).
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Some work on Google Maps moving around the cross street across from the station seems to put an image from May 2014 with Shamrock imaging.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 4:57 amI just saw a Shamrock station on 16th south of Roosevelt yesterday. The signage looked new.arizonaguy wrote: ↑June 20th, 2018, 1:27 pmThere were/are. I am not sure how much longer they'll be around as I believe all Valero/Diamond Shamrock branded stations will either become Circle K or Fast Mart / Fast Fuels.pseudo3d wrote: ↑June 20th, 2018, 11:12 am
There are still Diamond Shamrock stores in Phoenix?! I thought Valero had converted them all, as they had announced 10 years ago, and one by one they all eventually closed or converted to Valero (during this time, the Stop N Go name was also discontinued in favor of Corner Store).
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Funny you posted about that because I drove past there again this AM and was able to get a longer look at it thanks to being stuck in traffic. Some of the signage looks rather old. I first noticed it early this week but was whizzing past (no traffic). The station is not on my typical route to work, but due to construction I've been taking a new route.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 7:14 pmSome work on Google Maps moving around the cross street across from the station seems to put an image from May 2014 with Shamrock imaging.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 4:57 amI just saw a Shamrock station on 16th south of Roosevelt yesterday. The signage looked new.arizonaguy wrote: ↑June 20th, 2018, 1:27 pm
There were/are. I am not sure how much longer they'll be around as I believe all Valero/Diamond Shamrock branded stations will either become Circle K or Fast Mart / Fast Fuels.
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I drove past that station yesterday. The signage on the pumps looks rather new but on the building it appears to be old.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 10:49 pmFunny you posted about that because I drove past there again this AM and was able to get a longer look at it thanks to being stuck in traffic. Some of the signage looks rather old. I first noticed it early this week but was whizzing past (no traffic). The station is not on my typical route to work, but due to construction I've been taking a new route.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 7:14 pmSome work on Google Maps moving around the cross street across from the station seems to put an image from May 2014 with Shamrock imaging.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 4:57 am
I just saw a Shamrock station on 16th south of Roosevelt yesterday. The signage looked new.
I believe Shamrock is the "value" brand in the Valero portfolio. I believe most of their other locations that were either branded as Diamond Shamrock or Valero will now become Circle K or Fast Market / Fast Fuels as they were CST locations. There is a location on my daily commute (near AZ 51 / Greenway Rd.) that is still bannered as Valero and doesn't appear to have changed any branding on the convenience store portion. I haven't stopped inside to see, however.
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That's exactly what I noticed the second time I drove past the store. My normal route to work is Roosevelt to 11th to Van Buren, but construction took me to 16th. The neighborhood is definitely "value brand" territory.arizonaguy wrote: ↑June 28th, 2018, 6:08 amI drove past that station yesterday. The signage on the pumps looks rather new but on the building it appears to be old.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 10:49 pmFunny you posted about that because I drove past there again this AM and was able to get a longer look at it thanks to being stuck in traffic. Some of the signage looks rather old. I first noticed it early this week but was whizzing past (no traffic). The station is not on my typical route to work, but due to construction I've been taking a new route.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 27th, 2018, 7:14 pm
Some work on Google Maps moving around the cross street across from the station seems to put an image from May 2014 with Shamrock imaging.
I believe Shamrock is the "value" brand in the Valero portfolio. I believe most of their other locations that were either branded as Diamond Shamrock or Valero will now become Circle K or Fast Market / Fast Fuels as they were CST locations. There is a location on my daily commute (near AZ 51 / Greenway Rd.) that is still bannered as Valero and doesn't appear to have changed any branding on the convenience store portion. I haven't stopped inside to see, however.
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There are still a number of Valero-branded stations in Phoenix, operated by independent c-store operators, that are not tied to CST/Circle K or Empire.
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It will be interesting to see what happens to those 10-15 stations. Some of those are former CST outlets so they are tied to CST's fuel arrangement.
Valero is totally out of Tucson.
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The only Valero for miles & miles around here is in Hood River, Oregon. I had to stop there today and ughhhh what a dog.
Old pumps, terrible restroom.
Old pumps, terrible restroom.