Buc-ee’s Is Shutting Down A Classic Texas Location After 25 Years

Buc-ee’s appears to be announcing a new store each different day, so you may think about our shock to be taught that the roadside mecca is definitely closing to location. And in Texasno much less! That’s proper, after greater than 25 years in enterprise. Buc-ee’s simply confirmed it will likely be closing its Port Lavaca, Texas, location.

According to the The Victoria Advocate, A native official confirmed that the previous Buc-ee’s can be rebranded as a 7-Eleven, together with a Laredo Taco Company. This new retailer would change into the third 7-Eleven location in Port Lavaca.

“I did get an email from a sign company, on March 16, stating that Buc-ee’s is being rebranded as 7-Eleven with a Laredo Taco,” Derrick Smith, director of the City of Port Lavaca Building and Standards Commission Board, instructed The Victoria Advocate. Smith additionally knowledgeable the publication that no constructing permits have been submitted for the undertaking as but, however the metropolis was instructed about signage plans by way of the March 16 e mail communication.

Port Lavaca is one in every of Buc-ee’s smaller comfort retailer places, often known as Buc-ee’s Store No. 12 at 2318 W. Main St. It’s not one of many bigger journey facilities that the corporate is extra generally identified for. While it is extremely uncommon for a Buc-ee’s to shutter, this is not the primary time it has occurred. According to Chron.comdifferent small-format places in Texas have closed earlier, together with shops in Lake Jackson, El Campo, West Columbia, and Gonzales.

In Texas, there are at the moment 36 Buc-ee’s in operation, with plans for 2 extra to be added to the Longhorn State in 2027.