Texas was one of many places where the blue tsunami changed the landscape of politics in America this week. Will that affect where Buc-ee's does business?
People who make a big deal out of it are over the top, but it’s pretty good at being a gas station:
The gas is usually priced well. I’ve seen 10% lower than anything else in the area before.
There’s a variety of hot food, all adequate. With a group of people, it’s likely everyone will find something.
There are a lot of snacks.
There’s a variety of caffeine, all reasonably priced instead of the usual gas station trick of energy drinks are only reasonably priced if you buy three.
There are always gas pumps open. No waiting.
It’s clean, from the pump to the toilet.
If there’s one on my route and the timing makes sense, that’s where I’ll stop.
Yeah. I get all that. Most or all of the (hot) food is not vegetarian or vegan so our options are drastically narrowed, but that’s every single gas station, really.
I appreciate it being clean. It seems other chains could just step their bathroom and game up - like say, Love’s - and it’d be about the same.
What I really don’t get is when people make it a destination and want merch and so on. The signs for Buc’ees (in Fort Collins) start up in Wyoming, IIRC. You’d think it was a place like Wall Drug or something…
To me, the whole thing struck me as a bit goofy as we first pulled off the highway a few years ago. Then I walked in and the store seemed like a combo of Hobby Lobby and Walmart as far as Americana schlock being sold…definitely got a whiff of what they were probably going for. Figured it was kind of coded for conservatives.
People who make a big deal out of it are over the top, but it’s pretty good at being a gas station:
If there’s one on my route and the timing makes sense, that’s where I’ll stop.
Yeah. I get all that. Most or all of the (hot) food is not vegetarian or vegan so our options are drastically narrowed, but that’s every single gas station, really.
I appreciate it being clean. It seems other chains could just step their bathroom and game up - like say, Love’s - and it’d be about the same.
What I really don’t get is when people make it a destination and want merch and so on. The signs for Buc’ees (in Fort Collins) start up in Wyoming, IIRC. You’d think it was a place like Wall Drug or something…
To me, the whole thing struck me as a bit goofy as we first pulled off the highway a few years ago. Then I walked in and the store seemed like a combo of Hobby Lobby and Walmart as far as Americana schlock being sold…definitely got a whiff of what they were probably going for. Figured it was kind of coded for conservatives.
I was right.