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Yeah, makes sense.
However, where I live everything at gas stations is really expensive (like 3 times the super market price), because they don't make a lot of profit with gasoline. Most of their profits likely come from car services and selling stuff 24/7. I don't know how it's in the states, but most shops here open at 7-8am and close at 7-8pm and are closed on sundays, so if you need something late at night or on sun-/holidays you drive to the gas station.
Tbh, the only things I ever buy there when every shop is closed are alcohol and tabacco (and some times paper and filters for weed)
There's been some brilliant competition in the US by some gas station chains to raise the bar for quality and lower prices inside the convenience stores, to the point where some regional chains have become part of the regional identity as they're actually worth stopping into
Buc-ees (a Texas gas station chain) has been expanding beyond Texas recently. I've driven all over the US and have never seen anything quite like them anywhere else. The gas is cheap, they have their worker salaries posted (and are way above what other similar places pay), they're incredibly clean, their bathrooms are huge and immaculate, they have restaurant quality food, halfway decent barbecue, a whole home goods/apparel section, a huge variety of snacks, and a load of merchandise (from rocking chairs to roto molded coolers to huge grills and smokers).
It is part of the state identity. With the expansion I bet it will become part of the southeastern regional identity. And if you're near one it's worth stopping at.
Yeah, people seem to think Wawa is the best thing ever. One opened near here and people were acting like it was the second coming.