“Great folks, Great service! A Local Family owned and operated convenience store. Very simple ingress & egress, competitive gas prices, coupled with an easy atmosphere inside. Fresh bakery items for sale along with classic “gas station” snacks and drinks. I have always found the store clean and well stocked.”
“Ms Cathy is a wonderful and caring person in the office. She is very helpful and very friendly. Best gas prices around thus far and service men are great as well.”
“Great customer service. Attendees were polite and welcoming. It was a great break along my route to grab a slice of pizza and fill up on gas. Would have love it if the stocked sone Liquid Death (water brand). Hope they have it on the shelves next time i stop in!”
“If someone could look into who was at the counter at this shell location just before 3:00pm on Thursday the 8th and give them a raise I’d appreciate it. I didn’t think I would be leaving a review on a small and insignificant gas station I happened to stop at but the average costumer service nowadays is so bad that the good costumer service at this location came as a surprise. I forget how easy it is to make someone’s day a bit better just by offering a smile but the average worker hardly does it anymore. The lady at the counter today not only smiled but was also super kind, predicted that I may need a bag for the item I bought, and then complemented me and wished me luck. To whoever you are, thank you, and to any employee who thinks you can just throw on some earbuds, zone out, scan some stuff, and pick up your pay check, stop settling for mediocrity and start making the world a better place no matter what your job is. Be more like this person.”
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.