9901 Schuster Way, Etna OH 43018
“I love the Love's Travel Stops. When traveling they are the only place I stop. I love the fact that when traveling their website will tell me the closest Love's to me. They are always clean, friendly.”
9749 Hazelton-Etna Rd SW, Etna OH 43062
“This is a really great Speedway, you can never go wrong getting gas here. I’ve lived around this area for a while and the cashiers are always very friendly and helpful. Dylan on night shift throughout the days of the week is a really friendly and cool guy as well.”
10250 National Rd SW, Etna OH 43018
“I had the sweetest guy helped me. He was thick with a gray shirt. I don’t know if he’s the manager or a supervisor, but I hadn’t needed some hot sauce for my chicken and he went back there and grabbed it. I was at work and I usually don’t order from here to her too often but thanks.”
103 Etna Crest Boulevard, Pataskala OH 43062
“Went in for a drink. They have all convenient store items. They have some pre-made snacks. They also have a nice size coffee station. The staff was polite. Right off the freeway. Easy to get into and out of.”
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.
Read the postLove'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.
Read the postFood 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.
Read the post7-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.
Read the postAmazon 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.
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