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Old 07-16-2019, 10:59 AM   #31
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Fifty years ago there weren't nearly the amount of convenience stores that you see today; now they are everywhere.

Gas stations used to be just for car repairs and gasoline. Today, most every gas station's old repair facility has been converted into selling area for high profit convenience items (chips, soda, cigs, lottery tickets, etc.). Of course Lottery Tickets are only a high profit item if the store sells a winning ticket, lol. And Lottery Tickets really didn't have a big existence 50 years ago.

Most (if not all) gas stations built today have much larger convenience type stores associated with these new builds.

I'm not in the business, but I would guess these establishments make more money on the convenience items then they do on the gasoline.....
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