Forums59
Topics1,046,389
Posts14,088,700
Members144,363
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: Espy]
#14113680
08/30/21 05:38 PM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 5,886
JCG57
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 5,886 |
I remember going into my first buc-ees first thing I told my wife was when we get home I’m going to by some stock in the company because it’s a gold mine. That’s when I found out it was privately owned. Cheap gas clean restrooms and cheap ice is hard to beat. I have been patiently waiting for their IPO for about 20 years. Had lunch at cafe right off the runway of the Angleton airport yesterday and the waitress told us that Buc-ees execs have a jet there.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: RATZ]
#14113686
08/30/21 05:41 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 21,828
junbengreat
not so great
|
not so great
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 21,828 |
It's a great marketing plan for sure. WHen we were driving back from NY the other day we saw a sign in TN they were about to open a new one there. I think it will be just their 2nd store outside of Texas. I think there is one in Alabama. The one in Alabama was super busy. There was a line to get into the parking lot. It was ridiculous. Easily over 500 cars
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113688
08/30/21 05:42 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 51,262
Trickster
Super Freak
|
Super Freak
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 51,262 |
Best fish sandwich I ever had was at Buc-ee's.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113798
08/30/21 07:02 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 24,913
SteezMacQueen
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 24,913 |
The trick of Bucees is to stop across the street at the old c-store that looks run down. Cheaper gas and pee at the pump! In and out FAST! ![bolt bolt](/forums/images/graemlins/default/bolt.gif)
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
#14113812
08/30/21 07:09 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 50,320
RATZ
Activity Coordinator
|
Activity Coordinator
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 50,320 |
The trick of Bucees is to stop across the street at the old c-store that looks run down. Cheaper gas and pee at the pump! In and out FAST! ![bolt bolt](/forums/images/graemlins/default/bolt.gif) they let you pee at the pump? what if you got to duce? Bucees is one of the few places I'll take a duce in public.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: RATZ]
#14113827
08/30/21 07:21 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 24,913
SteezMacQueen
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 24,913 |
The trick of Bucees is to stop across the street at the old c-store that looks run down. Cheaper gas and pee at the pump! In and out FAST! ![bolt bolt](/forums/images/graemlins/default/bolt.gif) they let you pee at the pump? what if you got to duce? Bucees is one of the few places I'll take a duce in public. ![roflmao roflmao](/forums/images/graemlins/default/roflmao.gif)
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113858
08/30/21 07:48 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,987
Beak47
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,987 |
It definitely can be a madhouse at certain times. The one below Luling on Interstate 10 is packed during summer vacation with to and fro traffic for the coast. My wife can wander around inside for hours so I sit in the car. Usually have stacks of deer corn and other hunting supplies out front- at least in Texas they do….
Hardcore Texan
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113886
08/30/21 08:02 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 18,380
Hookem
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 18,380 |
Best damn Buc-ees in the nation is in Giddings for years. Small and the perfect distance from the house in the mornings as we drive east to LA.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113920
08/30/21 08:22 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,231
Mark Perry
Super Freak
|
Super Freak
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 73,231 |
I hope all these non Texan Bu-Cees do not tarnish the brand and screw up a good thing.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: cocodrie]
#14113923
08/30/21 08:24 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,986
bigrebar
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,986 |
I like going to the gas stations right next to Buc-ee's because I know no one will be in there. I agree, some of them are just mad houses. I avoid at all cost.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113926
08/30/21 08:27 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,801
Patriot7Six
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,801 |
The novelty has worn off for me, I'd rather avoid the crowds and stop somewhere else at this point.
Fight the good fight - 1 Tim. 6:12
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
#14113930
08/30/21 08:29 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 12,446
UGLYSHCTICK
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 12,446 |
The trick of Bucees is to stop across the street at the old c-store that looks run down. Cheaper gas and pee at the pump! In and out FAST! ![bolt bolt](/forums/images/graemlins/default/bolt.gif) they let you pee at the pump? what if you got to duce? Bucees is one of the few places I'll take a duce in public. ![roflmao roflmao](/forums/images/graemlins/default/roflmao.gif) pop a squat in the windshield washer bucket.... the blue splash is like a redneck bidet,,,,
Just want to make folks smile, and spit coffee on their keyboard.
If you put beans in your chili, you don't know beans about chili.
God doesn't create temporary people, you will spend eternity somewhere. Choose wisely.
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113947
08/30/21 08:39 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 32,922
Scagnetti
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 32,922 |
Inner peace begins the moment you enter Buc-ees and realize there is a supreme self of eternal happiness ![[Linked Image]](https://cblproperty.blob.core.windows.net/production/assets/blt359e060e2e0f96fd-Buc-ees_logo.png)
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14113948
08/30/21 08:40 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,260
reeltexan
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,260 |
Me and a buddy had the same Idea in the early 80s. We traveled all over the state, fishing, and back then most gas station restrooms were.........severely lacking. If you aren't old enough to remember them then you're lucky.
Only problem was, we barely had enough money to pay our bills.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
|
|
Re: Buc-ee's convenience stores history
[Re: crapyetr]
#14114068
08/30/21 09:51 PM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 15,487
K.D.
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 15,487 |
My own private vendetta here, but I have never been in a buckees and won't go to one. As a truck driver it pisses me off they don't mind their gas and products being delivered on a truck, but clearly won't allow trucks on property. The irony of that is lost on most people.
So I continue to boycott in silence with my personal vendetta.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|