Buc-ee's! Why Are People Excited to Visit A Gas Station? Do they Deserve Local Tax Breaks? What Other Economic Sectors Could Become the Next Buc-ee's? Kevin Kopec Shares His Expertise!

The Best Paragraph I've Read:

Buc-ee’s, a 43-year-old Texas-based chain, is expanding rapidly across the US South, where its “world’s cleanest restrooms,” wall of beef jerky, soda fountains with more than 90 selections and bucktooth beaver dolls are much in demand. Sixty miles north of Atlanta, the line of cars leading into Buc-ee’s from Interstate 75’s two exit ramps sometimes stretches a mile long. And a future store near Gulfport, Mississippi, is projected to draw 5 million people a year, about the same visitor count as Yellowstone National Park, Buc-ee’s Ltd. told local officials. Impressed by these kinds of numbers, rural towns in the South are dangling millions ofdollars in tax breaks and infrastructure assistance—the kind of perks usually lavished on manufacturing plants and distribution centers—to snare their own Buc-ee’s.

This paragraph comes from Bloomberg. The article is titled: "Forget Factories, Small US Towns Want Buc-ee's Gas Stations" The article is written by Michael Sasso. You can read the full article here:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-23/southern-towns-in-the-us-want-more-buc-ee-s-gas-stations?embedded-checkout=true

Zac & Don are joined by their "good friend" Kevin Kopec. The three discuss their experience or lack of experience with Buc-ee's. They share amazement that a company was able to make people excited about going to a gas station. They wonder what other economic sectors could become the next Buc-ee's.