Texas to reclaim home of the largest Buc-ee’s

LULING, Texas (KXAN) — The most important Buc-ee’s retailer within the nation is coming to Central Texas.

The journey heart introduced plans Wednesday to exchange its present retailer in Luling. The brand new location can be constructed subsequent door, permitting for a seamless transition, in line with an organization press launch.

The shop alongside Interstate 10, simply an hour exterior of Austin will span greater than 75,000 sq. ft, making it the biggest Buc-ee’s ever constructed. The middle can even embody 120 gas stations and favorites like Texas barbecue, Beaver nuggets and clear bogs.

In 2021, the corporate introduced plans to construct a large 74,000-square-feet flagship retailer in Tennessee. The shop was constructed close to Sevierville, Tennessee, a city of about 17,000 individuals east of Knoxville and simply north of the Nice Smoky Mountains.

Luling holds a particular place for Buc-ee’s. The town was residence to the model’s first household journey heart in 2003. The brand new Buc-ee’s Luling will proceed that location’s pioneering historical past.

“Twenty years in the past, Beaver and Don had the gumption to alter the trade by constructing the primary Buc-ee’s Household Journey Middle in Luling,” mentioned Stan Beard of Buc-ee’s. “Since that point, Buc-ee’s has grown into an iconic Texas model that now shares our Texas delight with new shops all through the Southeast and West.

Buc-ee’s mentioned its improvement group labored carefully with the Metropolis of Luling, the Luling Financial Improvement Company, and Caldwell County.

The brand new journey heart will add extra jobs to the realm, using no less than 200 staff.