I do have a small audience via my blog to Germans (probably in the 50-to-100 range). So my wife asked (after my recent trip to the US) to explain Buc-ee's. This is the shorter version....designed for non-Americans.
This commercial group.....designed a gas-station....where you'd have them 3-to-4 hours apart...with 100-plus pumps, and a 'front' that is probably the size of a soccer field.
Yeah, there is a car-wash....traveling great distances, I admit....you don't really prioritize a clean car, but it is priced reasonably.
Inside? Well....the freshest and most spacious toilets that mankind can build.
Food? There's a crew preparing brisket around the clock. There's a 2nd crew preparing 'sweets' (chocolate). There's probably 300-odd types of chips or items to pick from.
Yeah, I admit....NO sit-down area or table....they want you to buy it....return to the car, and eat there.
If you were going somewhere a gift might be appreciated....they have probably in the range of 2,000 gifts.
I would imagine the typical couple....after they fuel, and wash the car....spend about an hour with the toilet, and procuring food/drink. Then they return to the interstate.
Could something like this survive in Germany? There are three to five states (Bavaria, Hessen, B-W, Thuringia, and NRW) where you could probably space 15 operations along the autobahn. The question is....would brisket be a magnet for Germans? (I'm not so sure)
A trucker-Buc-ee's a more attractive deal? If you offered trucker-parking, showers, and a sit-down area....yeah.
Buc-ee's dissolving gas-stopping in adjacent towns? Yeah, I'd say that most towns near a Buc-ee's have lost 40-percent of their business.
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