“GLUTEN FREE PASTA! THANK YOU! This is the FIRST Convenience store on the Iron Range I know of that has anything specifically for Seliacs disease! I am so grateful to this place! As always good selection & variety. Great staff, they like their job, it shows.”
“I really like to buy in this convenience store because their cashier was brilliant and polite. They do have proper maintenance in this place. The stocks were very organized. The price was not overpriced. I'll be back again here.”
“Nothing,absolutely nothing is ever on "sale' most of the workers are rude Which makes it hard for the good workers to be appreciated. ——-3/16/23 finally they have nice cheerful workers !!!!——-”
“After leaving the Hoover road location without purchase due to rude employee, we went to this Northside location. Clerk was extremely friendly ! Thank you Dee for turn my frustration into a smile and for the good experience!”
“Stopped here yesterday going from the Lake and heading towards Grand Rapids. Just another stop at another gas station and I really just needed the restroom, but not wanting to be "that" guy, I got some gasoline. The pump had a minor networking issue, so I went in to pay at the counter. Told the lady to put fifty on pump 5. No problem. After a pit stop, I bought a couple Slim-Jim's and the gal very kindly reminded me to not forget the gas. I went out, pumped a little over twenty bucks in gas and then sat there trying to open the Slim-Jim's. After a couple minutes, there's a tap on my driver's side window and I roll it down. The guy tells me they owe me money inside. A little puzzled I went back in where the gal explains I had change coming from the fifty I'd put on the pump. I said assumed the pump would just refund the overage onto my card. She replied that it won't work that way and that they owe me about thirty bucks. To say I was highly impressed is an understatement. They could have very easily not said a word and, honestly, I wouldn't have known the difference. You got some top notch folks working here and any traveler who finds their way to The Crossroads gas station will be very fortunate indeed!!!”
“The wife and I picked some Holiday coffee and a hot cup of tea on this rainy day. The service was kind and polite. Now on our way to Ely for a hike. Thanks for reading!”
“Until we get a Kwik Trip, Holiday is the best choice. Most employees are really nice. The only downside is the hot food choices are plentiful during the day but in the afternoon/evening there is never anything! Should be stocked all the time.”
“The nicest gas station around! Easy use of pumps and a wide variety of groceries and such. Friendly employees and very helpful. They even decorate inside and out for a few of the holidays.”
“It's a pharmacy.... It takes time to get medication ready, I am confused as to why people complain, when they are serving a town with very few pharmacies. I think this Walgreens is great. When there is an issue, I employ patients, a lot of the complainers should be thinking about more than themselves.”
“I really appreciate the good customer service demonstrated by CVS Pharmacy in Virginia, Minnesota. The pharmacists have always been knowledgeable and helpful, including willing to help. The other service technicians are quite willing to address all my inquiries with patience and kindness.”
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.