• Problem-based person@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Do gas stations double as convenience stores in USA? I ask as an european because here, snacks at gas stations usually carry a hefty markup in price and usually we go to minimarkets.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, most of them do double duty with a shop inside. The snacks and drinks usually have a high markup, but there aren’t a lot of free-standing minimarkets except for a few 7-11s.

      Then there’s Wawa, which is the weird outlier. :) I think they sell gas as a side business. The inside is all about getting food.

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        5 months ago

        Wawa, Sheetz, Buc-cee’s, and QT, all kinda fill that roll. Grab and go restaurant with a gas station out front.

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          5 months ago

          Ooh, I forgot about Sheetz. They used to have good breakfast sandwiches. I’ve never made it to a buc-ees, but I’ve heard good things.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah often they are “minimarkets”, as they are the only building around geared for consumers

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      5 months ago

      This is amurica we drive our big ass engines to the convenience gas station to pay mark up prices like it ain’t no thang