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Buc-ee's, Ltd. is a chain of experience-oriented convenience stores originating in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. Buc-ee's is famous for its clean restrooms and its buck-toothed beaver mascot. Since its beginnings in 1982, Buc-ee's has opened 30 locations with a wide variety of gifts, food, beverages and fuel. Its popularity has grown exponentially with the launch of three flagship stores in Luling, Madisonville and Wharton, TX, which have customers, shoppers, and fans flocking to 30+ gas pumps and truck-less truck stop facilities.

Buc-ee's follows a simple business model, according to owner "Beaver" Aplin - "it's all about the bathrooms." Each store features dozens of private restroom stalls with automatic toilets, urinals, sinks, and hand towel dispensers, along with multiple hand sanitizing dispensers both in and out of the restrooms. The attendants "never stop cleaning." The other main draw for travelers is cheap ice. Each Buc-ee's location sells 20 lbs of ice for 99 cents, destroying any local competition in the market.

Smaller locations, such as store #1 in downtown Lake Jackson, TX, resemble a typical convenience store and gas station from the outside, but inside are clean floors and rustic Texas-themed decor. Larger stores also feature homemade foods such as brownies, rice krispies, home fudge and jerky, hot meals (ordered via in-store and pump side touch screen kiosks, and sweet corn "Beaver Nuggets." A few locations sell additional items, such as hunting gear at the Luling, TX location, making the site a hot spot during hunting season. The "Beach Store" in Freeport similarly sells fishing gear and swimsuits to meet the needs of beach-bound customers.