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- Buc-ee’s, a Texas-based travel center, met with city officials in Meridian, Idaho to discuss a potential store opening in June.
- Buc-ee’s has not submitted an application to build a travel center in Meridian, Idaho, as of July 18.
Buc-ee’s has explored the possibility of expanding to Idaho in a move that would give the Texas-based travel center its westernmost location.
City officials in Meridian, Idaho met with Buc-ee’s representatives on June 12 to discuss the potential of opening a travel center in the city, Meridian Economic Development Administrator Curtis Calder told USA TODAY. However, Buc-ee’s has not submitted an application for the project.
Though plans for an Idaho Buc-ee’s are still hypothetical, Buc-ee’s fans online are already eager for the travel center to hit their state. In a heartfelt TikTok video posted on July 9, a woman is told Buc-ee’s may expand to Idaho in which she covers her mouth in disbelief.
Buc-ee’s did not wish to comment when contacted by USA TODAY on Friday, July 18.
Buc-ee’s continues to expand national footprint
Buc-ee’s, a travel center known for its long-line of gas pumps, large restrooms and beaver-themed merchandise, was established in Texas by Arch “Beaver” Aplin III in 1982, per the Buc-ee’s website. Over the past 40-plus years, Aplin has lead the opening of more than 50 locations, which started in Texas and then began to branch throughout the South, Midwest and now are creeping to the West.
An expansion into Idaho would mark the chain’s westernmost location, which is currently positioned in Berthoud, Colorado.
Shoppers recently celebrated the grand opening of Virginia’s first Buc-ee’s location, which opened its doors in Mount Crawford on June 30. That location opened just one day before another new store in in Brunswick, on Georgia’s southeast coast.
Other states with Buc-ee’s locations include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at gcross@usatoday.com.