“I love coming to this CVS Pharmacy because everyone that works here is so nice. When you call the pharmacy you won't get a real person but you can get a call back and they always call back within the allotted time.”
“I had a wonderful experience for my first time at that store. My CVS off Walzem closed and transferred my scripts to Austin Hwy. while I was in this area of town, I thought I would see if this lone pharmacist could just fill it while I was at this Target shopping. This lady was so very kind. She was alone, due to a apparent mistake in cvs scheduling (I asked) She became very busy and never lost her pleasant demeanor. I have honestly NOT had a CVS person, even at Walzem, be this caring and sweet to me! She transferred my script and filled it, and had it ready with a bunch of people in line for her attention! Her name was Tracy. So, CVS, you need a hundred more people like Tracy if your going to keep people coming to CVS. Give that hard working pleasant woman a raise and keep her happy! Never mind, send her to my new store: Austin Hwy, then give her the raise and per diem for mileage! Keep your customers happy! Keep Tracy happy! Keep your customers happy! Thank you Miss Tracy for an awesome experience I never had at a CVS!”
“Keysha was the best !!!!!!! Woman deserves a raise and should be appreciated more in circle K . I was welcomed and greeted like a valued customer shout out to her at night . -mystery shopper”
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.