However, where I live everything at gas stations is really expensive (like 3 times the super market price)
There’s been some brilliant competition in the US by some gas station chains to raise the bar for quality and lower prices inside the convenience stores, to the point where some regional chains have become part of the regional identity as they’re actually worth stopping into
Buc-ees (a Texas gas station chain) has been expanding beyond Texas recently. I’ve driven all over the US and have never seen anything quite like them anywhere else. The gas is cheap, they have their worker salaries posted (and are way above what other similar places pay), they’re incredibly clean, their bathrooms are huge and immaculate, they have restaurant quality food, halfway decent barbecue, a whole home goods/apparel section, a huge variety of snacks, and a load of merchandise (from rocking chairs to roto molded coolers to huge grills and smokers).
It is part of the state identity. With the expansion I bet it will become part of the southeastern regional identity. And if you’re near one it’s worth stopping at.
There’s been some brilliant competition in the US by some gas station chains to raise the bar for quality and lower prices inside the convenience stores, to the point where some regional chains have become part of the regional identity as they’re actually worth stopping into
Buc-ees (a Texas gas station chain) has been expanding beyond Texas recently. I’ve driven all over the US and have never seen anything quite like them anywhere else. The gas is cheap, they have their worker salaries posted (and are way above what other similar places pay), they’re incredibly clean, their bathrooms are huge and immaculate, they have restaurant quality food, halfway decent barbecue, a whole home goods/apparel section, a huge variety of snacks, and a load of merchandise (from rocking chairs to roto molded coolers to huge grills and smokers).
It is part of the state identity. With the expansion I bet it will become part of the southeastern regional identity. And if you’re near one it’s worth stopping at.
Yeah, people seem to think Wawa is the best thing ever. One opened near here and people were acting like it was the second coming.