We don’t have any Texaco gas stations around here. No Chevron stations either.
Chevron bought-out Texaco in 2001, and about 10 years later Chevron rebranded most of the Texaco stations in the East as Chevron stations. IIRC, Texaco is only a significant brand in the western US.
There was a gas station right outside my Base (Ft Campbell) when I got back from Nam. It was owned by a retired Brigadier General (One Star).
The younger forum members might not have seen these vintage Texaco commercials from the early '50s.
Well, they’re definitely not in the NE. where I am.
They were in minnesota but i just cant exactly remember where. Either where the credit union is or AZ now. The guy that had the DX station just died at 99. Long retired but the most honest mechanic i knew. Actually i think they were all hinest back then.
We had a Texaco with convenience store in a less that wonderful neighborhood. I went there once. Got offered drugs and girls in the parking lot! Torn down, replaced by a WaWa. My usual station was out of non-ethanol, went to the WaWa for the gas, same “clientele” in the parking lot.
One of our local 7-11, still a 7-11 but now has Texaco gas. Another 7-11 is no longer 7-11, now is a Gulf Gas convenience store.
7-11 bought (or merged) with Speedway.
The 7-11 close to me is the current storefront for the longtime Exxon station…
Hmm, will have to drive by the Speedway soon.
Speedway’s gas is not Top Tier certified, and Gulf only has Top Tier certification in Puerto Rico–not in the continental US. If nothing else was available and I was very low on gas, I would buy those brands, but if I have a choice, I would choose to ignore them.
You might feel differently.
7-eleven is actually owned by a large Japanese holding company. The Texas 7-Eleven expanded into Japan and their ATMs were extremely popular. A Japanese executive noticed this and his company bought the whole company. A large company like 7 and i Holdings would buy Speedway and not merge with it. BTW, 7and i Holdings owns 7-Eleven Japan, which owns 7-Eleven in the US.
The 7-elevens in Japan have the most incredibly good egg salad sandwiches.
There has to be an interesting story behind that statement.
They are legendary. Friends had told me about them, so on a layover at Narita I tried one, and it appears that the use of Japan’s Kewpie mayo makes a big difference in flavor.
No, I get gas at Exxon. I don’t even choose to wait in line to save $0.05/gal at the warehouse club. But I can still drive by. Same if on the road and want coffee, first choice, Cumberland, second choice WaWa. Recently had fasting blood work drawn. Cumberland five minutes further than WaWa, got the WaWa coffee.