“Very friendly service!! They have fried chicken now..chicken tenders, breaded tenderloins, really good fish sandwiches..jambalaya..red beans and rice…amazing honey butter biscuits!! They even have cold sandwiches and wraps! Ground hamburger..potato salads and coleslaw and macaroni salad! Even figgin donuts now!! If you have a problem with the gas one of the employees will always come out to help you! The store is very clean even the bathroom is…I was in there when the health department was there and I heard that they passed with flying colors!! I do know that the owner goes out of his way to take care of his customers! If it’s something he can order for the store for you he will try!! The coolers are always stocked full!! This little store in Marengo has come a long way from where it use to be! I highly come recommended you come in and check it out! Great food and friendly service! I shop here a lot!!”
“They have a restaurant where they have a breakfast buffet. I love eating all the bacon I can handle. Also they have great hamburgers and pulled pork. They even have a BLT with a pound of bacon on it! Wow!”
“Live right by these guys thier pizza is good and they sell all sorts of things been going here for the last 8 years. Only had one problem and that was when they charged me 2.25 for each piece of a 4 peice chicken tender (10 bucks) but they were big tenders but did not expect that. But otherwise a great place even sell lucus motor oil and gas cans.”
“Great place to go for gasoline and there is fresh food made daily.I would recommend that you try 3&3, that is 3chicken tenders and3 potato wedges.Also the Broccoli bites, well they are delicious.All the employees are very nice and friendly. And it also has a laundry mat in the back .”
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.
Food service giant Sodexo plans to open nearly 100 "Food Hive" locations on campuses nationwide by 2026. The company has already started the process, aiming to launch about 30 new college convenience stores during the current 2024-25 academic year.
7-Eleven is going big on food and "frictionless shopping." The convenience store giant plans to open 500 new "food-forward" locations across the U.S. from 2025 to 2027. The expansion builds on 7-Eleven's "Evolution" store concept, first launched in Dallas in 2019. These larger-format stores feature in-store restaurants, premium products like craft beer and cigars, and an emphasis on fresh, grab-and-go meals.
Amazon has quietly opened a new type of grocery store in downtown Chicago. Called Amazon Grocery, the 3,800-square-foot store is a testing ground for Amazon's latest experiment in brick-and-mortar retail. The first Amazon Grocery location shares a building with a Whole Foods Market, which Amazon purchased in 2017.