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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 03:17 AM Jun 2021

Buc-ee's is building the world's largest convenience store-but it won't be in Texas

A betrayal like no other from a beaver who just can’t get enough.

Buc-ee's is building the world's largest convenience store, not at all a shock for a chain that built its name on Walmart-sized gas stations where you can get Dippin' Dots and home decor under the same roof.

But it won’t be in Texas.

Buc-ee's upcoming location in Sevierville, Tennessee will break the record already held by Buc-ee's with a 74,000-square-foot travel center, ABC 6's Gregory Raucoules reports.

And after all Texas has given this buck-toothed behemoth, you’d think our state would deserve to keep the world's largest convenience store record. Everything is already supposed to be bigger in Texas. It’s our unofficial slogan. And they’re just going to throw that away for Tennessee? Unconscionable.

Read more: https://www.lmtonline.com/life/article/bucees-worlds-largest-tennessee-expansion-16267755.php
(Laredo Morning Times)

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Buc-ee's is building the world's largest convenience store-but it won't be in Texas (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2021 OP
They forgot d_r Jun 2021 #1
T for Texas, T for Tennessee... Javaman Jun 2021 #7
Stupid spelling: my brain is saying 'bu sees' I suppose it's buck ees. CurtEastPoint Jun 2021 #2
I thought that the buck-toothed beaver on the signage gave it away. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #3
I have never been to a Buc-ees LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #4
you haven't missed anything. nt Javaman Jun 2021 #8
Best public bathrooms I've ever been into. nt Ilsa Jun 2021 #9
The restrooms are the only reason to stop at Buc-ees. They're very nice and very clean ... marble falls Jun 2021 #5
"A betrayal like no other"? Paladin Jun 2021 #6

d_r

(6,908 posts)
1. They forgot
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 05:25 AM
Jun 2021

If it wasn't for Tennessee there wouldn't be Texas.

But then this is another reason to avoid Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge-Sevierville traffic jam, isn't it.

marble falls

(72,543 posts)
5. The restrooms are the only reason to stop at Buc-ees. They're very nice and very clean ...
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 08:55 AM
Jun 2021

... gas prices are OK. Everything else is priced high for the impulse buy market.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
6. "A betrayal like no other"?
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:18 AM
Jun 2021

I think not, not even in a joking sense. Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick pull off multiple, painful, for-real betrayals against Texans, every single week.

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