Folks in Texas love their Buc-ees. Brightly lit. Clean restrooms. Wide variety of of snacks and beverages for the road. Even their sandwiches are said to be good. (I haven’t had one yet.) All sorts of things.
I don’t want to oversell them. But I think they are welcome stops on the road.
Phoenix, Arizona, you say? They must be accepting the challenge to go head-to-head with QT—which I also like.
The first one is going to be just west of Phoenix, in Surprise, I think.
I think QT and Circle K are in their own world. There’s a circle K every one mile in some parts of Phoenix, sometimes in both directions. They are NOT clean. I was also able to answer the eternal question “What comes first, the Circle K or the vagrants”?
Answer: The Circle K. At the 52nd and Van Buren exit off the 202, there was the traditional one guy with a cardboard sign at the end of the ramp. He likely, had franchise rights or something for that exit (west). A brand new Circle K went up 1/4 mile south.
It was beautiful. For about six months.
Now, there is a small congregation of vagrants with their gear. One of the two doors is permanently locked, presumably to reduce quicky shoplifting. The hot foods section is always just about empty and the pizza looks like it was there from the day before ... EVERY day.
Regular items that should be kept in stock, aren’t (e.g. hot dog cardoard trays, XL foam cups). Half of the items on the specials aren’t available (breakfast sandwich, has brown, drink for $4, only there are no hash browns.)
QT usually has cleaner bathrooms, and better overall presentation and better fuel (some Circle Ks in other parts of the country have Shell, whixh is fine).
Bucc-ee’s, I expect, will be a completely different experience.
“But I think they are welcome stops on the road.”
Buc-ee’s seem to sell Pure Gas [E0] at most locations.