Circle K

[Alpha8472]

The new Circle K and 76 Gas station near me has been doing very badly. It is never busy. I rarely see any cars there. They have lowered the price to $3.59 per gallon which is much lower than the typical $4.59 in this area. The only place that sells gas that low is Costco.

The tiny cramped Circle K has only a limited selection of snacks such as chips, twinkies, and bottled drinks. There are no donuts or baked goods. There is a small soda fountain and a Frazil frozen slush drink machine. There is coffee, but it is not very popular.

In this case, a terrible convenience store can really drive away the customers. There is more business at the 7-Eleven behind the Circle K.

I don't know who at Circkle K designed this tiny gas station but trying to get out onto the street is dangerous. Cars can't see you pulling out of the drive way leading to the danger of head on collisions just pulling a few feet out of the gas pumps. I would rather go somewhere else than risk getting killed trying to get out of this gas station.

The original gas station before the remodel was spacious and simple but it only had a cashier booth and a shelf of snacks. They tried to cram in a convenience store on this small plot of land and ended up alienating the former customers. Not to mention angering the 7-Eleven as the tall Circle K blocks the view of 7-Eleven from the main street.

[storewanderer]

The new Circle K and 76 Gas station near me has been doing very badly. It is never busy. I rarely see any cars there. They have lowered the price to $3.59 per gallon which is much lower than the typical $4.59 in this area. The only place that sells gas that low is Costco.

The tiny cramped Circle K has only a limited selection of snacks such as chips, twinkies, and bottled drinks. There are no donuts or baked goods. There is a small soda fountain and a Frazil frozen slush drink machines. There is coffee, but it is not very popular.

In this case, a terrible convenience store can really drive away the customers. There is more business at the 7-Eleven behind the Circle K.

I don't know who at Circkle K designed this tiny gas station but trying to get out onto the street is dangerous. Cars can't see you pulling out of the drive way leading to the danger of head on collisions just pulling a few feet out of the gas pumps. I would rather go somewhere else than risk getting killed trying to get out of this gas station.

The original gas station before the remodel was spacious and simple but it only had a cashier booth and a shelf of snacks. They tried to cram in a convenience store on this small plot of land and ended up alienating the former customers. Not to mention angering the 7-Eleven as the tall Circle K blocks the view of 7-Eleven from the main street.

I have seen a few instances where someone takes and converts an island marketer (booth) gas station site into a site with a full freestanding convenience store. The best way to do this is to merge the lots together with a surrounding lot.

I find it interesting the Circle K has Frazil but no Froster. The now debranded Circle K in Reno was like this too; it had just 2 flavors of Frazil but no Froster. Before it was a Circle K, it had Icee, but the Circle K coffee equipment took some extra space. Circle K should not allow that. Froster, the Circle K frozen carbonated beverage program, should be the first product any Circle K has on the frozen beverage list. If they throw in Froster equipment and have space then sure, add Frazil.

[veteran+]

The new Circle K and 76 Gas station near me has been doing very badly. It is never busy. I rarely see any cars there. They have lowered the price to $3.59 per gallon which is much lower than the typical $4.59 in this area. The only place that sells gas that low is Costco.

The tiny cramped Circle K has only a limited selection of snacks such as chips, twinkies, and bottled drinks. There are no donuts or baked goods. There is a small soda fountain and a Frazil frozen slush drink machine. There is coffee, but it is not very popular.

In this case, a terrible convenience store can really drive away the customers. There is more business at the 7-Eleven behind the Circle K.

I don't know who at Circkle K designed this tiny gas station but trying to get out onto the street is dangerous. Cars can't see you pulling out of the drive way leading to the danger of head on collisions just pulling a few feet out of the gas pumps. I would rather go somewhere else than risk getting killed trying to get out of this gas station.

The original gas station before the remodel was spacious and simple but it only had a cashier booth and a shelf of snacks. They tried to cram in a convenience store on this small plot of land and ended up alienating the former customers. Not to mention angering the 7-Eleven as the tall Circle K blocks the view of 7-Eleven from the main street.

But..............that is a great price for gas in that area.

[Brian Lutz]

Around here it seems like a lot of these low-end Circle K stores that don't meet normal brand standards have been relegated to the Kangaroo Express brand, which is the brand that used to be on most of the stores around here before Couche-Tard acquired it in 2015 and rebranded those stores to Circle K. They are still recognizably Circle K stores (they have "Thirstbuster" drinks, which was the branding Circle K used before switching to Polar Pop) and might have some Circle K branded products on the shelves, but they also tend to be older run-down stores. There's one in Winston-Salem on Brownsboro road that was previously branded as a Circle K at one point but then got "demoted" to Kangaroo Express, but still shows up as Circle K on the map. From the one visit I made there it was clearly not up to the relatively low standards of a typical Circle K.

[Alpha8472]

The new Circle K and 76 Gas station near me has been doing very badly. It is never busy. I rarely see any cars there. They have lowered the price to $3.59 per gallon which is much lower than the typical $4.59 in this area. The only place that sells gas that low is Costco.

The tiny cramped Circle K has only a limited selection of snacks such as chips, twinkies, and bottled drinks. There are no donuts or baked goods. There is a small soda fountain and a Frazil frozen slush drink machine. There is coffee, but it is not very popular.

In this case, a terrible convenience store can really drive away the customers. There is more business at the 7-Eleven behind the Circle K.

I don't know who at Circkle K designed this tiny gas station but trying to get out onto the street is dangerous. Cars can't see you pulling out of the drive way leading to the danger of head on collisions just pulling a few feet out of the gas pumps. I would rather go somewhere else than risk getting killed trying to get out of this gas station.

The original gas station before the remodel was spacious and simple but it only had a cashier booth and a shelf of snacks. They tried to cram in a convenience store on this small plot of land and ended up alienating the former customers. Not to mention angering the 7-Eleven as the tall Circle K blocks the view of 7-Eleven from the main street.

But..............that is a great price for gas in that area.

I wonder why there are so few customers at this station even though the price of gas is so low.

[Alpha8472]

This Circle K is taking steps to improve its offerings. They installed a Krispy Krunchy Chicken heated display. They are supposedly going to offer it soon. Does the chicken get fried in the store or is it delivered to the convenience store? This is a very small store. Do they have a fryer hidden in the tiny area behind the cash register where the cashier stands?

The store now offers a few refrigerated prepared sandwiches. I still don't see any ice cream or fresh baked goods.

[storewanderer]

This Circle K is taking steps to improve its offerings. They installed a Krispy Krunchy Chicken heated display. They are supposedly going to offer it soon. Does the chicken get fried in the store or is it delivered to the convenience store? This is a very small store. Do they have a fryer hidden in the tiny area behind the cash register where the cashier stands?

The store now offers a few refrigerated prepared sandwiches. I still don't see any ice cream or fresh baked goods.

They must have a small fryer hidden somewhere to prepare the chicken. If it were prepared off site and delivered to the convenience store, it would need to be transported in a heat compartment at proper holding temperature.

[Alpha8472]

The only other Krispy Krunchy Chicken that I know of is about 13 miles away inside of a Chevron Extra Mile store in San Ramon. That one has its own back room with a very large kitchen. They make much more chicken and have 2 employees. I doubt Chevron would supply fried chicken to a competitor.

[storewanderer]

The only other Krispy Krunchy Chicken that I know of is about 13 miles away inside of a Chevron Extra Mile store in San Ramon. That one has its own back room with a very large kitchen. They make much more chicken and have 2 employees. I doubt Chevron would supply fried chicken to a competitor.

Could pull liquor licenses and see if the two have the same owner. That is a pretty good distance though. Seems too far to be transporting.

Must be a tiny fryer in that space plus need to have vents, grease trap... maybe it is so small it gets around the grease trap.

[BillyGr]

The only other Krispy Krunchy Chicken that I know of is about 13 miles away inside of a Chevron Extra Mile store in San Ramon. That one has its own back room with a very large kitchen. They make much more chicken and have 2 employees. I doubt Chevron would supply fried chicken to a competitor.

Could pull liquor licenses and see if the two have the same owner. That is a pretty good distance though. Seems too far to be transporting.

Must be a tiny fryer in that space plus need to have vents, grease trap... maybe it is so small it gets around the grease trap.

Does it actually HAVE to be fried by the store?

I mean, you can buy fried chicken in the frozen section of the supermarket and take it home, cook in an oven and it is the same as if you had used a fryer.

That might cut down on the issue as they have the unit that heats up...