“This is a very nice and convenient local service station. The interior of this place is very nice and big from the isles to the registers. Clean restrooms that are very well maintained. Large selection of snacks and beverages as well as some coffee or tea. ATM machines and self checkout is available at this location. The employees are very nice and helpful. Car wash is also available here with vacuum and air. They have truck parking in the back parking lot. Overall it’s very nice and impressive looking gas station.”
“I was meeting a friend who delivers all around the country in a big truck and flat bed trailer. I was trying to come up with a place where we could meet that had restaurant where we could get coffee and be comfortable and have a conversation. The old truck stop I was familiar with had terrible reviews and I stumbled on this Edgerton Travel Plaza. It exceeded my expectations. It looked like it had plenty of space for big trucks (semis) to pull in and out. It has a gas/diesel station. It has quick, hot food. It has a sit down restaurant, The Winchester, with booths and tables and wait staff. I had the tuna melt sandwich and it tasted like they actually made the tuna salad there. Like opened the cans of tuna and added the mayonnaise and celery and didn't just buy it premade in a bag. I'm not a coffee connoisseur but it was good enough for me and they had flavored creamer. Night atmosphere. I'll definitely meet my friend there again and I really recommend this place.”
“A big shout out to Monica who when I asked her about a certain kind of donut maybe they had some in back, she went to look and no, so she orchestrated it all and got them to make me a donut and add the big chunks of Reese's on top. Specialty made . Thanks girl!”
“Ever since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, i refuse to give BP money, but i do enjoy pooping there on road trips, And this one had a very clean and nice bathroom.”
“Busy, but very quick service in pharmacy. Emma C. helped me navigate new medication issues for my elderly mother and spoke to us professionally and personable. For such a stressful issue she showed kindness and made our experience much easier! I can tell their job is stressful but she made time for us and let us ask questions. Thanks so much to Emma C! Would recommend their pharmacy services.”
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.