There are some good convenience store chains. They just aren't on the west coast. Quik Trip, Wawa, and Sheetz come to mind. Maverik for honorable mention in the Intermountain states but with its share of execution issues, they at least have the right store concept.babs wrote: ↑September 20th, 2018, 3:00 pmI don't see them doing that. Most convenience stores are known for terrible service, dirty stores and have a lousy reputation for bad coffee and unhealthy snacks. Starting from scratch would be a better idea.arizonaguy wrote: ↑September 20th, 2018, 1:27 pmIt depends. I could see Amazon acquiring a convenience store chain for these 3000 stores.Brian Lutz wrote: ↑September 20th, 2018, 7:52 am And here come the floodgates:
https://komonews.com/news/business/plan ... us-by-2021
Sources claim that Amazon is looking at opening as many as 3,000 Amazon Go stores across the country within the next three years. Somehow I can't see this ending well...
The Amazon concept sounds like more of a threat to quick service takeaway style restaurant formats to me (like Panera or Subway type places, or what little business Starbucks does for prepackaged prepared foods which is actually quite a bit in some large cities) for take out business, but not necessarily dine in type business. Many convenience stores generate at least 25% of their revenue from tobacco and I don't think Amazon is planning to sell tobacco...?