World’s largest Buc-ee’s opens: Here’s where

LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Travelers and residents can now visit the largest Buc-ee’s travel center in the world.

The new convenience store is located in Luling, Texas, and opened its doors to the public Monday morning, according to a news release from the company.

The new 75,000-square-foot center is symbolic for the Luling community, replacing the city’s current Buc-ee’s store, the first one built in 2003.

“We are thrilled to open the doors to the world’s largest Buc-ee’s travel center right here in the Great State of Texas,” Stan Beard, of Buc-ee’s, said in a statement. “It’s particularly exciting, considering this is the Buc-ee’s that started it all, so we are really looking forward to celebrating with the incredible people of Luling.” 

Before the opening of the Luling store, the largest Buc-ee’s was in Tennessee.

The new travel center was expected to add at least 200 jobs to the Luling area. Now that the center is open, Buc-ee’s has 50 stores across Texas and the South.

“This store provides 250 full-time jobs; minimum wage is $18 an hour, so it’s a great wage, it’s a great place to work,” said Josh Smith, the Southeast director of operations, “and then we get to turn around and put that money back into Caldwell County and Luling, and, you know, it’s just a win-win for everybody.”

The new Buc-ee’s can be found along I-10 in Luling. Local leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Buc-ee’s, which has set records for the world’s largest convenience store and the world’s longest car wash, is open 24 hours, seven days a week. It also boasts having the cleanest restrooms in America, winning a Cintas nationwide restroom contest in 2012.