“The staff is always very friendly along with the ownership. This is the type of place that will help you load up your beer, groceries or ice. Every time I go in they go above in beyond!”
“--- 2025/01/09 --- The Mrs went out today and returned the exchange tanks for our RVs original 30lbs tanks. She said the MGR and owner were both apologetic for the mistake and took great care of making things right. To US... this is what matters! Mistakes happen and they're not necessarily bad... it matters more how you choose to respond and treat the person on the other side. These are the kind of people we WANT to do business with and we'll absolutely return for propane refills while visiting the area. Thank you WCM team... we appreciate you. --- ORIGINAL REVIEW --- I drove from Waverly specifically to get two 30lbs propane tanks REFILLED. Had even called earlier that day to confirm I could get MY tanks refilled. Arrived... paid... waited and somehow got 2 busted AF rusty tanks as an EXCHANGE. I was SO mad about this situation I had to leave. My wife called after I got back to our location near Beaver and got ZERO help out the call-back from the manager that was requested and promised. Now we're going to have to drive 40+ miles to get OUR tanks back due to POOR communications and staff looking for shortcuts.”
“We were on our way back from a wrestling tournament in Jackson. One of my wrestlers really need to do to use the bathroom really bad. We stopped at the first stop before Tom’s and they wouldn’t let us use the bathroom. I called Tom on her way there and ask him if he had a public restroom. He said yes. Thanks, Tom. I’ll always go to Tom’s when I’m out that way and skipped the first stop that we stopped.”
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.