“?Great Country store, many Unique gifts. ▪︎▪︎WINE, ▪︎▪︎▪︎TASTY ▪︎▪︎HOMEADE ,ITALIAN-FOODS, PIZZA, AND GAS... ?Very Nice folks operated as well. Rustic-Cabins Outback to rent too! ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆”
“Even though they had a confederate flag at the register (at the time I went in March of 2025) they didn't seem to give a damn that I was transgender. Money is money!”
“Driving by, I knew I needed a few things at home. So I stopped. I got grapes that were very fresh and tasty tomatoes. A ginger ale, and eggs. Cashier was very nice. Everything was very easily found. Stores very clean.”
“Usually my experience is fairly good, and the employees are always nice and friendly. Tonight however, was very very different and disappointing. We were there around 10:20-10:40pm on November 5 2025. The guy running the register was NOT wearing his name tag, but the description I can give, he had chunky earrings, roundish face, he kinda looked like he had a beard, and he was about average weight and not much taller than 5’4. He was rude when we miscalculated our total, and we asked to start from scratch, he completely cleared it and tried to put it back in and we asked him to pause because we needed to recalculate. We walked out of the way so he could help the other customers. We came back when we were ready and then he tried to make it so we couldn’t get the discounts we were supposed to get. When we finally got to the bagging part and at first I said no thank you, but my friend wanted one, so I corrected myself and said yes please. (I did say please and thank you, we all did.) He did not give us a bag, and threw our receipt. We just pushed it down, not wanting to cause any more issues or a scene. We apologized for the inconvenience, and we left. I hope you will look this over and do something about this, like I said, normally my experiences aren’t tbat bad. Thank you.”
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.