![]() Expansion outside Texas Inside of a Buc-ee's, Terrell, Texas The store is located off New Davis Road and U.S. The third DFW location opened in Denton, Texas, on October 29, 2018.īuc-ee's broke ground on another North Texas location in Melissa, Texas, on February 5, 2018. The store is located in far northern Fort Worth, across the street from Texas Motor Speedway. The second Buc-ee's in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the 32nd location in Texas, opened on May 23, 2016. The space was ready by the early part of 2016. The "partial headquarters" would house the legal and human resources departments of the company. In September 2015, it was announced that at least part of Buc-ee's corporate operations would move to office space at Pearland Town Center. The travel center is located three miles west of The Shops at Terrell (a former Tanger Outlets center) on Interstate 20. Īfter significant expansion in the Greater Houston area and Central Texas, the first Buc-ee's in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex opened in Terrell, Texas, on June 22, 2015. The New Braunfels, Texas store had the 2012 "Best Restroom in America" named by Cintas. The New Braunfels location was the largest convenience store in the world at 68,000 square feet (6,300 m 2), but on June 26, 2023, the Sevierville, Tennessee Buc-ee's opened and became the worlds largest convenience store at 74,000 square feet (6,874 m²). ![]() In 2012, Buc-ee's opened its largest travel center in New Braunfels, Texas, on Interstate 35. Buc-ee's expanded and opened its first travel center in Luling, Texas, in 2003. Aplin was born in Southeast Texas, with his father originating from, and grandparents residing in, Harrisonburg, Louisiana. ![]() Aplin formed the name Buc-ee's by combining his childhood nickname the name of his Labrador Retriever, Buck as well as the appeal of Ipana toothpaste's animated mascot, Bucky the beaver. Historyįounder Arch "Beaver" Aplin opened his first store as partners in Clute, Texas in 1982. Its bathrooms have also gained significant acclaim, winning the Cintas award for "Best Restroom in America" in 2012. ![]() The chain has since developed a highly loyal customer base and often ranks among the most favorited gas stations in the country. ![]() The chain has also become well known for the cleanliness of its bathrooms, mascot, and the company's prohibition of 18-wheelers at their locations. It holds the record for the largest gas station in the world, as of June 2023 its Sevierville, Tennessee location. The chain is well known for the large size of its locations, alongside its product offerings of fuel, snacks (particularly beef jerky and candy), brisket, baked goods and commodities, tacos, fresh sandwiches, souvenirs, and travel items. The company began expanding outside of Texas in 2018 with the opening of a location in Baldwin County, Alabama, and has since opened locations in Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Tennessee, with new locations planned for North Carolina, Colorado, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and Louisiana. The chain was founded in 1982 in Clute, Texas and began expansion with its first travel center in Luling, Texas in 2003. Buc-ee's is an American chain of country stores, gas stations, and electric vehicle chargers created and owned by Arch "Beaver" Aplin III, headquartered in Lake Jackson, Texas. ![]()
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