“Quick Trip is a gas station killer for a good reason! They focus on food, convenience, and value. Getting gas there is an added bonus, not the other way around.”
“Very sweet place of business. Staff always greet you with a smile and very helpful of handicap people's... I like how they kept an eye on me making sure I didn't need help reaching because they are always so awesome with helping me.”
“I like this CVS. The people are helpful and patient with questions. I don't have to stand in line forever like I have at some places. They usually have what I need, too. So far, so good.”
“Friendly employees, (especially night people) and very clean. The fountain machine is always clean and has the best tasting Pepsi from a fountain machine around.”
“I'm a local guide so I'm kind of a big deal, people know me. The Pharmacy is great. Sometimes they don't have my meds but everything within their controll has been great. Inside staff is very nice and helpful. I've never had a 2.7* experience here or anything under 4.5* and I'm there at least once a month. Their photo center is great, we've had hundreds of photos printed and have never had a bad print. The wait times for the pharmacy are oofda though, it's at least I'd betcha 20-30min on a normal afternoon. I just set the phone down and do something else while I wait so it's never been an issue for me. I miss the elevator music you couldn't turn off though because my wife would tell me I had to wait in the garage until they answered. Those were some of the best 30min I had each month. Karen's wearing their white wedding shorts and silk flower shirt are likely dragging reviews down.”
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.