QT has better gasoline. It actually has the options for all the grades. Lack of a premium grade at most Kwik Stars has kept me away when the vehicle required it(Subaru...).
What’s going at Casey’s?
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Ah the nostalgia of losing my first fake ID at the Lincoln Way Swift Stop.
I think the made-to-order sub counter at my local Casey's has been closed since March 2020.
Used to like Casey's. When I was on the road officiating we'd stop there frequently and I still miss their pizza. But the decline had started even before we left Iowa.
Was surprised when we moved to Colorado in 2019 how prevalent Kum & Go was. A friend who's also an Iowa native said 7-11 used to dominate but they let their stores get run down and crappy. Kum & Go moved in with their clean, bright, new stores and just took over.
Was surprised when we moved to Colorado in 2019 how prevalent Kum & Go was. A friend who's also an Iowa native said 7-11 used to dominate but they let their stores get run down and crappy. Kum & Go moved in with their clean, bright, new stores and just took over.
I swear their card reader connects to their payment authority by dial up connection. Slowest new POS I've ever seen.
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Putting in a rewards number adds at least 20 seconds onto every trasaction with how slow their systems take to call home and process the transaction.
I like the swift stop in north Ames with Subway in it. Hope they let subway stay but doubt it since they have their own sandwich shop.
I much prefer Casey's limited food options to Kwik Star and their subs to Subway (those are my options where I live) but at this point, if I'm not making a rare pizza order, it's almost always KS simply due to them actually having stuff there and not a mile long line because one person is checking out.
i've had a mechanic tell me that casey's gas is ass. but idk if thats true
They all get their gas from the same places, there's no difference.
If Casey's formally axes their subs, I'm not sure what point I'll have in going unless it's the only option.
I'm actually kind of surprised at how many people go to convenience stores.
I understand in small towns it might be the only game in town, but I think I went to 7-11 twice in the last year?
Got a burrito at a place in the gas station once.
I guess they're out there for a reason. Maybe I'm missing out.
I understand in small towns it might be the only game in town, but I think I went to 7-11 twice in the last year?
Got a burrito at a place in the gas station once.
I guess they're out there for a reason. Maybe I'm missing out.
Nothing can match the quality experience of hitting up a Loaf 'N Jug in CO, though I'm not sure they still exist.
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Still around. They've been bought by Kroger and they use the Loaf 'N Jug logo at all the King Soopers gas stations. I don't see too many of their stand-alone c-stores.
Did they recently hire some ex Hy-Vee executives or something?
But really it sounds like Hy-Vee, trying to do too much, just be a gas station with marginally decent pizza and be content with that.
But really it sounds like Hy-Vee, trying to do too much, just be a gas station with marginally decent pizza and be content with that.
True. It all comes from the same place although some may introduce different additives. Even "Top Tier" stations get their gas from the same place but they supposedly add additional detergents. I've heard there are a lot of other gas stations that meet Top Tier standards they just don't want to pay the membership fee. A lot of it is smoke and mirrors.
