Biz Buzz: Convenience store opening 5th Idaho Falls location, includes soda and taco restaurant – East Idaho News

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IDAHO FALLS

Good 2 Go opening thirteenth Idaho retailer with soda store and taco restaurant

IDAHO FALLS – Fill your tank and fulfill your soda and taco craving on the similar time.

Good 2 Go is opening its fifth Idaho Falls location at 4456 East 1st Avenue on Thursday. Along with being the biggest Good 2 Go retailer within the Gem State, District Supervisor Carey Grant tells EastIdahoNews.com it should additionally embrace a Rusty Taco Restaurant, which can open in mid-January, and a brand new drive-thru soda, espresso and deal with franchise referred to as Sips Crafts Drinks, which opens Friday.

“Sips is our model of Decide Me Up,” Grant says. “We hope it’s a giant hit.”

There can even be an out of doors patio and place to order within the summertime whereas clients are gassing up their autos.

Sips provides a wide range of flavored sodas, sizzling chocolate, espresso, cinnamon rolls, cookies and popcorn. The menu at Rusty Taco will embrace handmade and breakfast tacos, chips and guacamole, chips and salsa, and different sides, together with churros and dessert gadgets.

There can be an official grand opening within the spring.

With Sips areas in Rigby and Rexburg, this would be the third Sips in japanese Idaho. It has been round for a number of years, however supervisor Tony Blakeslee helped rebrand the franchise.

“We closed the shops and rebuilt this system so it was simpler (and extra constant). It’s a separate entity owned by Good 2 Go together with its personal workers,” Blakeslee says.

The Sips areas in Rigby and Rexburg are anticipated to reopen within the subsequent few months as soon as the Idaho Falls Sips is up and working.

Rusty Taco was based by Rusty and Denise Fenton, and their associate Steve Dunn, in keeping with its web site. It launched in 2010 in Dallas. Blakeslee will oversee the Idaho Falls restaurant.

Development on the brand new Good 2 Go has been within the works for a couple of 12 months. With Thunder Ridge Excessive College proper across the nook, it should cater to the coed inhabitants, which is one motive Grant says they selected this particular location.

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The brand new retailer will exchange the Rigby location at 445 Farnsworth Approach because the flagship retailer for the franchise. One motive for that’s as a result of eating places that can be a part of it. One other has to do with the dimensions. It’s 6,000-square-feet and has an open, vaulted ceiling.

“This one has a bit extra of the bells and whistles,” she says. “We try our self-service program right here. A majority of our registers are self-served. We now have soft-serve ice cream, and we now have a number of promotions (for patrons), just like the our loyalty program, which is offered at different areas. We now have a number of good, clear house we’re prepared to supply the group.”

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Good 2 Go owns shops in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. That is the corporate’s 74th location nationwide and thirteenth in Idaho. Because the model celebrates its tenth anniversary, there are plans to increase and enhance in 2023.

Good 2 Go and the eating places on 1st Avenue can be open seven days per week with various hours. Good 2 Go can be open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sips can be open 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday by Saturday and 11 a.m. to six p.m. on Sunday. Hours for Rusty Taco can be decided because it will get nearer to opening.

“We love having the ability to develop within the space the place we started,” says Grant. “We’ve been working actually exhausting to get it carried out. We wish to handle the communities that handle us. We’re excited to get individuals within the door.”

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