Let me point out one outfit in Tulsa which one “could” say - gouge the working man. That’s QuikTrip. However I don’t say that they gouge the working man with some of their high prices.
For example, I might pay $1.00 more for some Gatorade I get there, but in QuikTrip’s case that’s fine with me. QuikTrip is an ABSOLUTE JOY to shop at (and get gas from) with the BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! I’m happy to shop there!
Across the entire USA, I have NEVER seen a place as good as QuikTrip for everything they do. You can’t say enough good about them! And, they are paying their people there $40,000 a year (just the ordinary worker).
NOW ... I have been to other mom and pop stores where they will charge me a dollar more and THEY ARE RIPPING ME OFF! But, QuikTrip ... no they’re not. They’re just the BEST IN THE USA!
I wish we had a QUICK TRIP here. We used to have a nice SPEEDY MART till the owner died and it became EASY MART. I don’t care for CIRCLE K, or 7-11. Must look at the clientele before I pull in.
Must add, when I go into a convenience mart and see the clerk behind a thick bullet proof glass wall I get leery of those around me.