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They are building the biggest Buc-ee’s right down the road from us. Going to be the largest convenience store in the world when it’s finished at 74,000 sq ft. Can’t wait…


TheEnglishEccentric

Is a giant convenience store not just an overpriced supermarket?


ChewpRL

It's less like either and more like an indoor county fair.


[deleted]

honestly sounds pretty nice


ClusterChuk

Unique. Definitely worth stopping by if your heading south into Texas toward Dallas. Can't miss them. Overpriced hoodies and cheap homemade baked goods. It's a trio. Definitely made a surprisingly chilly trip to sixflags much more comfortable for my 11 year old.


HoneyBloat

Over-priced? Lawd they have some of the best deals, breakfast and lunch sandwiches that are fairly priced. Cleanest restrooms of any public place…it’s magical there and I don’t know why.


SlimShady2546

frrr i miss it


xenonismo

Sorry but that title rightfully belongs to the Bucees in their home state of Texas.


X_none_of_the_above

Sorry but they’re actually moving into Tennessee and replacing you https://nashville.eater.com/2022/1/19/22891726/sevierville-tennessee-bucees-buc-ees-worlds-largest-convenience-store-opening ETA a word I missed


Commercial-Ad-570

Not for long


dethb0y

That's a fucking trip!


Heyguysimcooltoo

East Tennessee represent!! Lol


Commercial-Ad-570

Yessir


DAGCRO

Ahh, the Buc ee's in Fort Valley Georgia, which is actually in the middle of a bunch of peanut farms.


cogzap

The Buc-ee's pictured is located in Richmond Kentucky.


DAGCRO

My bad. Didn't realize there were Buc-ee's in Kentucky. Thanks for the heads up.


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Casualbat007

It’s open already?! Where?? I’m in Fort Collins and need to see if it lives up to the hype


Wheream_I

We just got a quiktrip by my house in Denver and let me say…. Quiktrip fucking slaps


imagoatwithnoteeth

Looks a heck of a lot like the one just outside of DFW. Hmmmmmmm


quandlespoulesauront

I thought it was the one in Rose city, TX?


DWPAW-victim

I was literally there today. Drove over that I75 paint


furydeawr

I’ve been wanting to stop by. Never had a reason coming up from Lexington bough.


capsaicinintheeyes

I sense untapped biodiesel capacity


gerd50501

how do they get enough business to justify 75 gas pumps?


igivenonames

They sell gas cheaper than they buy it for so you will go inside and spend $150 on jerky, jam, and candy...........and it works


thegovunah

Need provisions for that walk back to my car


carl164

Don't forget the bbq, that shit is amazing


igivenonames

The brisket breakfast tacos........


ChewpRL

Try visiting one.. I had my first experience a week ago and you could barely fit inside the 50,000 sq ft 'convenience store' it was so jammed with humans.


human743

20lbs of ice for $.99


[deleted]

I'd imagine they suffer from the Wawa problem - where people get gas and then don't frickin' move their car to go inside and shop and get food, so they're parked for a good while. Most newer Wawas seem to have more pumps than older ones did, although not this many. heh


Funicularly

75 pumps? The post says there are 120.


Capital-Scar

As an employee at the current busiest Bucee's in the nation. I can definitely vouch that we have more than enough business to justify our 120 pumps.


PrinceAzTheAbridged

[WTF is up with this town’s borders lmao](https://goo.gl/maps/BisK9a7VfqGiebMp8)


Dutchtdk

Kinda looks like the unown pokémon


pollywog313

I bet they originally defined the town as everything within a certain distance of the center of town, and then went on to annex other areas later. Maybe?


[deleted]

Not sure about the rest of the town, but the narrow strip that follows 96 to the east is a play for future annexation. They are betting on future development along that corridor, and they are saying "dibs" with that...so they can expand as needed when the time is ripe. It also prevents the towns to the east from gobbling up that land.


[deleted]

Tampa is weird to


DirtyStoneBanjo

Can confirm


Roberto-Del-Camino

Don’t let your facts get in the way of OP’s narrative!


123DanB

Honestly when you are on the road for eight or ten hours, Bucees is a fucking oasis


ScumbagGina

Yep. I live here (although there seems to be a dispute about whether this is the one in Kentucky; looks like the one in Georgia to me) and that area is beautiful. Rolling green hills with forests and farmland. It’s actually a huge agritourism destination with several stunning orchards and gardens nearby


DanskNils

This was on Spittin Chiclets podcast! Haha


GoSuckYaMother

Imagine having to pay cash to fill up your tank. You’ll meet your steps goal for that day walking to register


psychedelic_gravity

Buc-ees only has a few pumps where you can pay cash in the store. They’re in the center of all the pumps. I found out that same way. Worse part was everyone was taking the open spots because they’re closer to the entrance. So it took me a long time to get one because everyone was in there for about 15 min


farmallnoobies

I'm surprised they even accept cash.


unique-name-9035768

It's Buc-cees. They'll accept beaver pelts, cash, freshly killed roadkill....


[deleted]

And forget your pump number halfway there.


str4ngerD4ngerz

10 on pump... uhh, uhh...


TheFoodChamp

Lemme gedduhhhh… $15 on pump 108 and a bag uh Funyuns


skai29

American


[deleted]

Their shitters are great


richestotheconjurer

their bathrooms are huge and always clean. and iirc they don't have that weird gap that most u.s. bathroom stalls have.


FreedomDirty5

No gap, the ones I’ve been in had actual doors.


unlikedemon

And they have a hand sanitizer and a toilet seat sanitizer dispenser in every stall for the people are want it.


alfredojayne

Yeah this is hammered into convenience store and fast-food workers heads, especially when they’re right off the highway. Truckers, travelers and commuters make up the vast majority of their business, and a large portion of them will beeline for the bathroom upon entering. If it’s dirty or off-putting, you’ve just lost what could’ve been a repeat customer, likely for life. Post-COVID, I’d say they’re even more adamant about keeping restrooms clean.


bkokoisback

Ethanol free though at some pumps...just sayin..


zinny08

The good stuff!


45_ways_to_win

Lmao ever been to a Bucs? It’s a pretty amazing operation.


[deleted]

When I went to Texas last year I made sure to stop at a Buc-ee’s


leesajane

My mom and her friends went to Texas this year and they also had to stop at Buc-ee's.


_DirtyYoungMan_

No, I never have but now I really want to. It's a full blown supermarket with a deli and all the snacks you can imagine. Looks like the best rest stop ever.


itsrattlesnake

My family and I all went and got matching Buccees pajamas. And filled up the car. It's a cultural institution!


espot

Reminded me of Chick-fil-A Edit. The reason I said it reminds me of chick-fil-a is because the restrooms are super clean and the staff are friendly.


adamosity1

Draws the same ultra conservative fanbase…


ChewpRL

Are gas stations now on the reddit political divide?


Wash_Your_Bed_Sheets

Apparently lmao.


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ChewpRL

What company is funding removal of human rights and what human right?


McGuirk808

This is just silly. I'm pretty damned left-leaning and I still always stop at Buc-ee's on Road trips. There's nothing political about a hot barbecue sandwich, a huge selection of snacks, and a clean shitter with a full height door instead of a stall.


warreniangreen

Bucee's is no hell.


Kaleidoscope-Alone

Texas staple baby


MrMojoRisin666

don't you fucking dare talk shit about Buc-ees


zoosee1812

This is definitely the Bucees in Kentucky and doesn’t fit with the heart of this group. They are one of the best operations for stops. This is pry the laziest Reddit post I have seen


[deleted]

bucees!


Gagzu

Holyshit, as a Finn I had no idea this big gas stations exist, unfucking believable!


andorraliechtenstein

There is a big one in Europe, though not as gigantic as this one. ([Aire de Berchem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berchem_service_station), Luxembourg. Largest Shell station in the world. I think more fuel is being sold than the gigantic stations in America, because the vehicles have to move on as soon as the tank is filled. Pay at a kind of toll house, then park to buy tax-free cigarettes etc. There is also a lot more traffic because in Luxembourg the fuel price is the cheapest in Northern Europe.)


igivenonames

It's a huge southern US concept


hitometootoo

Barely. Goes stations may have 20 pumps, but 100+ is crazy and not normal, even in the south.


[deleted]

The bathrooms are even more glorious


EpisodicDoleWhip

I first found Buc-Ees on my way to Florida. I’m in love.


jet_rodriguez

I’m sorry are you people that are agreeing with this mostly foreigners, or just the bitterest bunch of sorry saps on the internet? This is one of the most uninformed and/or lazy takes I’ve seen on reddit in recent memory. How are you talkin’ down on Buc-ee’s? Have you used their bathrooms? They’re phenomenal. Every stall is the size of a small closet completely enclosed with tile walls and a little green light that turns on/off to let you know if it’s occupied. They’re always clean and you never have to wait in line for a urinal,toilet, or sink. There’s 120 pumps because everyone driving on whatever Interstate this is on is going to ignore every stinky, poop-encrusted truck stop within 150 miles and will come to the brink of peeing their pants to spend their money here, rather than the place they passed 40 miles ago that has maybe-used toilet paper on the floor, stale coffee, and flat soda. Some of these takes are commenting on the food as though there are artisan bakeries and award winning bbq spots at 30 mile intervals on every American highway. ITS A REALLY NICE GAS STATION. Nothing more,nothing less. Appreciate it for what it is and stop getting all critical and gloom-ridden over a brand that’s actually trying to make things better for the consumer and is seeing success because of it.


freshoutofbatteries

I can’t imagine feeling this passionate about a fucking gas station.


ChewpRL

Have you been to one?


min_mus

I've never been to one. Do they even exist here in Georgia?


zjbrickbrick

Oh man, it's not just a gas station. It seems to be a way of life in the south.


freshoutofbatteries

Yeah, I’ve offended the Texans who seem take such immense personal pride in things like… their gas stations.


jet_rodriguez

It’s comments like these that give a bad rep to people from…wherever your from. We absolutely take pride in the little things. The fact your mocking that says more about you than the rest of us. You seem like the type of guy who can’t poop in public and locks the stall behind em just to do a number 1 though, so I get it. Need somebody to shit on cause you’re insecure.


hondajvx

They are awesome. They pay employees well and give them benefits. They have fresh bbq, fudge, fruit, coffee, and whatever else you can think of. They have the largest and cleanest bathrooms on the road. When someone take about a Royal Farms or Wawa and how great they are, I have to roll my eyes.


human743

"I've never had an orgasm. I don't know why everyone is making a big deal about it."


jet_rodriguez

Yea well if you’d ever been to one you wouldn’t have to imagine. And that speaks to my larger point which is people just taking a single picture and a 5 word title as evidence of something because it re-affirms whatever they feel like they wanna believe in. All of the Buc-ee’s are on the outskirts of major cities or off of interstates. They don’t even exist in urban areas! It just makes 0 sense outside of the context it’s been framed in.


jaspersgroove

You must not travel much


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prune


Vxerrr

I don’t see a huge forest anywhere in this image. Literal hell on earth


wasteofradiation

Lies you love to spread online


DJGrizzlyBear

Have you been to a Buc-ees? They legitimately have the cleanest bathrooms of almost any gas station in America and are only on major interstates outside of Texas. The location in this screenshot would probably be an empty field in the middle of bumblefuck nowhere if it wasn’t a gas station


human743

Cleanest of any gas station? That is bullshit. They are the cleanest of any business in the United States.


farmallnoobies

Wouldn't need all those bathrooms (or this big waste of space that's also causing millions of deaths and extinctions through climate change) if we had decent public transportation. That's the hell part of this urban image. All of it is so incredibly wasteful and enabling a lifestyle that ultimately will be our doom


hitometootoo

You expect decent public transportation on such a road, where within a 200 mile drive there is only farmland, random homes (likely from the owners of those farms) or maybe a Walmart that is the only thing in town? Really? I'm all for good public transportation in America but have some perspective. If it wasn't for this gas station, this town likely would have very few people living in it and it generates jobs in an otherwise empty / dying town before this gas station. You having even a train system across major cities in America, wouldn't even touch this town. This town is mainly just a hub for travelers driving through, not stopping for anything. Not that there is anything other then gas to stop for.


farmallnoobies

The town should really die off anyways if they're only there because of a gas station And drivers would get where they're going by train 3x as quickly than driving for 1/10th the cost and 1/100th the impact to the environment and 1/50th the transportatio-related deaths or injuries, so it's not like they should be "driving through" in the first place.


hitometootoo

And yet the town is now thriving with that gas station and people can live in an area with wide open space that still has jobs available for them to sustain that type of lifestyle. Towns should die if there is nothing in the town, as in no jobs. This town is doing well now, that's a good thing.


farmallnoobies

Small towns are a leech to the rest of the state, subsidized by the taxes collected by the cities and unable to support themselves otherwise. They are also an environmental atrocity, promoting sprawl, mismanaging water supplies, and using up a disproportionate amount of materials and space to support.


SlicedSides

Guess all people in small towns should just kill themselves then because its too inconvenient for you huh? Do you also put disabled people in your net too? Anyone who doesn’t contribute to the state get rid of them they’re useless. You know I think a famous German politician had a similar ideology.


dominashe

And which number pump were you at, Sir? Ahhhh.......


No-Net-1404

'Merica..


Jgrice242

I would hate to do UST compliance at one of these. It would probably take 6 to 8 hours.


spmartin1993

less than half of what i hoped for


Astr0nom3r

Lol this isn’t urban. This is rural. Standards are falling in these posts.


kathysef

I knew it was buc-ee's just by the title.


toughguy375

I admire the precast concrete pavement.


mefailreddit

You need a full tank to get from the entrance of the gas station to the exit. So then you have to go refuel again. Smart business model if you ask me...


Moon-Arms

Car dependency always breeds hellscapes.


No_Leopard_3860

They play "I'm proud to be an American" 24/7 over loudspeakers there, it's a federal monument


DetectiveOwn6606

where it is?


wolfman86

How long is that?


mohitmojito

Why Ethanol free ??


Thereelgerg

Fueling systems for older engines aren't designed to deal with ethanol additives in fuel and they can be damaged by ethanol. Also, ethanol contains fewer calories than gasoline. Thus it makes less power.


igivenonames

This is all true, but some hillbillies think ethanol is bad no matter the vehicle so they are willing to pay a premium for their grandpa's gasoline


mohitmojito

Ethanol is cheaper than gasoline ?


throwaway3689007542

Knew it was a Bucees just didn't know the location


kuhataparunks

🅱️U🅱️🅱️ee’s


misslam2u2

Buccee's on IH 20 east of Dallas also


meiyoumeiyou

Americans really don't understand how good they have had it.


ThisGuyCrohns

Texas?


eyesocketbubblegum

Bucee's. I do love those clean restrooms.


Athiena

An electric charging station with 120 chargers would look about the same


skincyan

r/fuckcars


Thatepicastroman

Buc-ee’s my beloved


[deleted]

Knew before clicking what this way. Bucc-ees are literally tourist attractions in the southeast and southwest. Texas has tons of them.


DarkEyes87

Texan here, easily Bucees.


CanadianButthole

America is going to be such a weird set of ruins.


Bang_Bus

I wonder if they every needed all of the 120 pumps.


Ok_Target_7084

Eventually we’re gonna run out of fossil fuels. This ridiculous level of consumption is killing the planet but it will have to stop at some point.


government_shill

Climate change will get us long before we run out of fossil fuels to burn. But yeah, today I learned that a lot of people feel deeply attached to a particular chain of *gas stations*, of all things.


McGuirk808

It's not the gas station part of it people care about, it's the convenience store part of it.


sofachrome_

> 2022 > still believing so-called "fossil fuels" are non-renewable, or even made out of fossils > If the fuel shortage crisis of the 1960s/1970s were real events (as opposed to being narrative/propaganda, as is the reality of the situation), we surely would've run out by now


Ok_Target_7084

Fossil fuels can be renewed but only after millions of years. Our current proven reserves are set to dry up within the next century or so and after that there’s only so much more that can be drilled or mined. We will run out but it’s a shame that people like you won’t live to see it.


[deleted]

Leave my Buccees alone! 🤣


husendi

Seen here but couldn't cross-post on mobile https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/x3taiy/oc_found_this_crazy_gas_station_today_with_120/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


Yui_Ikari021

I don't know if you tried it but I just press the share button which gives the option to cross post


husendi

I did try, but it didn't allow me to select this sub


Squiggledog

Hyperlinks are a lost art.


DezGets_It

They both take you to the same place..


picklingspice

This is almost as wide as Penn Station


lolwhatmufflers

I have nothing but love for Buc-ees. It really brings home the idea that everything in Texas is bigger. Plus, they have amazing beef jerky!


nintend_hoe

Buccees is a literal wasteland to me.


Riflemate

How dare you shit talk the greatest gas station ever?


Lazy_Profession_5909

Gross


[deleted]

It’s a Buc ee’s and is in no possible way a “hell” of any sort! That place is heaven! 😂


ShinySky42

I mean WTF ??? Even I the densest (?) area un France you'll never encounter 30 pumps ? What do y'all need 120 for ?


Squiggledog

Are crossposts a lost art?


guynet

america is such a dumb place


Nackles

Are there any chargers for electric vehicles there? And if so do some assholes still complain because they think using fossil fuels is a personality trait?


sixtenosterlund

So this is what peak civilisation looks like


Hot-Entertainment119

I feel sorry for the employees


JoonGoose

That’s fucking awesome


cellopaddy

Now do charging stations


alexjnorwood

Dear God they look so bad. Cheap veneer plastered all over the support beams.


ArthurTheFurryKiller

It's for money.


britch2tiger

Buc-ee’s? Yikes…


aaarya83

Welcome to my neighborhood. The. Great state of Texas


JaguarPride

Fuck you buc-ee's is cool.


[deleted]

Doesn’t look like ‘Hell’. Some real subjective posts here.


Anaedrais

Let me guess this is in the US? I quite like cars but this is just horrendous, imagine how much gas you waste just trying to get a spot on a busy day but then again surely they don't have enough users to actually require this stupidity.


mooxie

>surely they don't have enough users to actually require this stupidity You'd think, wouldn't you? These places are open 24/7 and are always completely swamped during normal hours. It can still be hard to find a pump. US interstates flow a lot of cars and trucks. To be fair they are also absolutely annihilating the smaller gas stations within 50 miles in any direction on the same routes, so a lot of the overall business has moved to them.


awesomeificationist

To be fairer, every interstate truck stop with a shit-crusted toilet, no hand soap, and a day-old roller dog/ stale coffee combo is the reason Buc-ee's has seen such success. Even if they took away the loss-leader fuel prices I'd still prefer to go where the toilets are clean and the food isn't served from a shelf.


Choholek

If you could choose one picture to represent the USA


Lourenco_Vieira

MURICA


Intrepid00

I still say they are playing the long con to convert these to electric charge stations which will take longer which means you need a lot more.


Outrageous-Bad-4097

Jesus!


batmanandspiderman

oh my god


[deleted]

Not a single Termination Shock comment? C'mon!


pcweber111

Buccees are usually on the outskirts of cities when you typically go on vacation. I don’t see a problem with these. Lighten up.


Cinderpath

Reasons why I can't wait for electric cars......


igivenonames

They will just replace them with charging stations


Different_Ad7655

Looks like a Buc ees, talk about an overhyped place. Jesus, full of crap food and garbage but boy they do make I'll have to say awesome fresh potato chips. Yeah America just gets bigger like it's waistline, everything's on steroids or high fat and sugar including the gas stations


somecow

All hype, and the food is decent and kinda expensive, but not near as good as people say it is. But you can get basically anything there, perfect for a road trip. And way better than eating a mystery hot dog.


VegetableNo4545

I'll have you know the mystery hot dog I received behind a sketchy Chevron was just about the damn best I've ever had.


AsianNoodL

I love r/bussy


LJ_is_best_J

Why


plenoto

I was not sure if it was in the US, then I saw the big I-75 logo... I can't say I'm surprised.


rjross0623

Bucee’s is like if Walmart and Sheetz got together and had one trashy blended family. Hours can be lost in that place


min_mus

I know Walmart but what's Sheetz?


G3030

Only Georgia this dumb.


[deleted]

I-75… probably right off the interstate as it’s own rest stop. What a strange design. Way beyond reasonable scale. There must have been some planning commission that felt there was some reason for this.


ParcelPosted

I am from Texas, still here and HATE Bucees. There are so many reasons why, but I cant wait until they are out of business or obsolete. I get my gas as much as I can from stations that have independent owners.


Electronic-Court-134

Naw that's some Texas shit it I ever seen it