“love this store for getting my gas as well as the other 3 stores they have Jay the owner is a very nice guy and knows how keep a cu coming back and I'll always be coming by for full ups on gas and the food is very good as well.”
“I have been visiting this store for the past week, while visiting my sister and her family. Joshua is usually the associate on duty, it seems he is always on duty, morning or afternoon. I was just in the store less than 25 minutes ago. While waiting as the 3rd customer in line, there were two gentlemen at the counter; 1 felt it appropiate to harangue Joshua about signage for a promotion inside the store, which had not been removed (quickly enough) from public view, to confirm (from what I could understand) the end of a specific product promotion. In my opinion, the two gentlemen should consider other options for purchasing 1 liter bottles of tea, based on their very public opinions of this particular store and their "mistakes". Joshua was a complete professional throughout the entire scenario (as the line became longer), and thanked the gentlemen for their patronage before bidding them a good afternoon as they turned to begin exiting the store. "Josh I was there, you were very professional, excellent job."”
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.