Casey's is purchasing 198 CEFCO stores for $1.145 billion. I've stopped at a few of these down in Mississippi and this feels like Casey's is maybe outkicking their coverage on this one.
Casey's Making Another Acquisition
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Once again, it feels like Casey's strategy is just to get bigger, without addressing how far they've slipped.
Gotta make that money now before Kwik Star takes over. Casey’s will still have small towns that they’ll continue to dominate. But they don’t hold a candle to KS in terms of cleanliness and convenience. Pizza is the only thing that Casey’s has an advantage and there’s plenty of options for that in bigger towns and cities.
You mean until Buc ee's takes over. Quick Star is good, but nowhere near Buc ees. It's only a matter of time. Buc-ees is the Wal Mart of Gas and food stations.
Caseys pizza and specifically their breakfast pizza is incredible. Everything else is done better by Kwik Trip.
Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida look to fit their hiring and customer demographic perfectly.
Looks like a bunch of them in Texas or OU.
edit: didn't go zoom out, so yes Alabama area (maybe Panhandle for FL)
Buc ee’s are too big to take over. They work on interstates, but not in cities in Iowa. They’re just not convenient for every day like grabbing a gallon of milk because they have to be located away from neighborhoods.
Even here in the sticks, we have switched over to Godfathers at area BP stations.
It's in the south. It's a huge type station. Very popular in the south but slowly moving north
Buc-ee's isn't going to stray away from their strategic interstate locations. Honestly, they are more of a tourist attraction than anything. Stopping at Buc-ee's is a huge pain in the a$$.
If Casey's had the chicken strips they used to have, you could probably make a case for that being better than or equal to KS as well....but they took it away and now, it's not even close.
When I was in Alabama they were actually talking about doing the exact opposite of what you were saying and even had a news report that Buc-ees was going to be getting into the smaller stores off the interstate. I imagine it would be just them taking over a bunch already in place.
Kwik Star’s chicken strips are really good. But they are expensive.
So does this mean that CEFCOs will now have barely half of their gas pumps operational at any given time?
The stores I've stopped at in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have been really gross.
So what’s the draw then? I’ve only been to Buc Ee’s a couple of times, but there’s nothing that’s special other than you’ll never have to wait for a pump. Their food was OK, but below both Casey’s and Kwik Star. And without the scale, will it be worse because you can’t keep it fresh like you can with the high volume stores?
I mean if they put out a smaller footprint yeah sure. But then are they really a Buc-ee's? Their whole existence/business model is built on being huge and over the top.
This thread has given me a hankerin for some Bucees Brisket. 
