“So where for Michigan we got rained out at our campsite. It took us hours to get everything rinsed off dried the best we could and packed up. We got in the car I just wanted my husband to drive that way the heater would at least start warming us up. When we finally needed to stop to get gas we came across this gas station. And the employees here seriously are amazing people. These ladies cook me biscuits and gravy and decorated it with bacon at 1:00 in the afternoon because I was cold and wet and they are amazing workers. So whoever owns this Exxon please know that your business is in great hands! And a special thank you to those ladies you have no idea how much you made my day ❣️”
“I go to caseys alot...for gas food ect...Ms Brandy, Ms. Anna and the Manager always friendly, go out of thier way to help anyone..Great staff, food is good Home town feel...best of the best...”
“Great little place. Clean, the merchandise prices are high as well as the gas and Diesel prices. There is quite a bit of merchandise in the store. There is a lot more than you would think for a quick stop. It is more like a small truck stop with no truck parking. It is good that they have a lot of merchandise because it is the ONLY place to shop around. MOST of the people who work there are kind and friendly. A couple of them have a little personality problem. Sometimes they all rather stand around and talk instead of take care of business. The laundry, while clean, is TERRIBLE half of the washers and dryers don't work and this is all the time not just part of the time. It is in the middle of nowhere, so you gotta take what you got. I moved here last year. Not one of my better ideas. However most of the people are great. Most of the people in this small town are friendly. If you stop by, take a trip down main street and check out the fake old- times town they have here in Plainview. It is just a couple blocks down from the Superette. I think it is kinda cool.”
“Great place - clean (& refurbished last year), with friendly staff and good food. I had a lovely chat with the owner, David (thank you for being so welcoming and for all your recommendations!)”
“People are friendly. The breakfast here is better than han most in town and they have a drive thru. Be careful exiting the parking lot. That big area of water is also a 2' deep hole. Local know to miss it. Everybody else Les finds out the hard way.”
The Iowa retailer, the third-largest convenience store operator in the country, built its new three-year plan around three priorities: store growth, food and beverage expansion, and kitchen technology upgrades. The company plans to add 120 stores during the current fiscal year. Its previous plan, launched in 2023, delivered more than 500 new stores and earned the company a spot in the S&P 500.
Love's Travel Stops is starting 2025 with ambitious growth plans, adding 20 new stores and updating 50 current locations across the country. The truck stop company will upgrade its stores through its Strategic Remodel Initiative, which started in 2022. This includes the modernization of its recently acquired turnpike location in Stroud, Oklahoma. By 2035, over half of Love's 655 stores will be either new or updated.
Texas-born Buc-ee's is changing the way people think about gas stations and convenience stores. This chain is known for its huge stores along highways, some with over 100 fuel pumps. With its funny billboard ads, award-winning clean bathrooms, and branded items Buc-ee’s is hard to miss. The company wants people to actually plan to stop at Buc-ee's during road trips, not just go there as a last resort. And it's working - the chain has a huge fan base, with Facebook groups dedicated to Buc-ee's having hundreds of thousands of members.
Sheetz Inc., the Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain, is making big moves in the Motor City. The company announced plans to open four more locations across metro Detroit, weeks before opening its first Michigan location. The first Michigan Sheetz will open its doors in late summer at 33380 Wick Road in Romulus. More locations are planned for Taylor, Warren, and Macomb Township, each employing around 30 people, mostly full-time.
Love's Travel Stops is rolling out a new system that turns work into a game for its restaurant employees. Picture this: Three big screens in each restaurant, tracking how fast workers greet customers, take orders, and hand out food. It's not just for show - early results say it's making service 11 seconds faster on average. "These monitors track key performance metrics in real-time, such as greet times, order processing times and the time it takes for food handoff," Love's explains. The system creates a more interactive environment, fostering friendly competition between stores.