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GasBuddy
Debuts “Top 101 Fuel and Convenience Brands”
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in
First Quarterly Report Card of 2019
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Based
on Consumer Ratings
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Texas-based Buc-ee’s tops the list;
Casey’s General Store, Kwik Trip,
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Hy-Vee captured top spot in respective
number-of -location segments
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Boston,
MA – April 2019 / Newsmaker Alert /
GasBuddy,
the only smartphone app connecting drivers with the Perfect Pit Stop, has
debuted its ranking of the top 101 fuel and convenience store (c-store)
brands in the first quarter report card based on more than 2 million ratings
submitted by GasBuddy users in the app between January 1 - March 31, 2019.
The rankings examine fuel and c-store retailers in GasBuddy’s ‘overall
experience’ category.
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 Texas-based
Buc-ee’s received the highest ratings in the GasBuddy app across the top
101 gas station convenience store brands. Rounding out the top five on
the list are Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip (2), Oklahoma-based QuikTrip (3),
Tennessee-based Twice Daily (4) and Pennsylvania-based Wawa (5).
“While
national gas station brands may be top-of-mind for consumers, many of the
brands that received the highest ratings in Q1 are regional brands with
c-store amenities that bring in an enthusiastic consumer base,” says Frank
Beard, convenience store and retail trends analyst at GasBuddy. “GasBuddy’s
ratings and reviews prove that brands of any size can create a long-lasting,
positive experience for consumers by having a well-lit forecourt, clean
restrooms and a great cup of coffee.”
In
addition to ‘GasBuddy’s Top 101 Fuel and Convenience Brands’, the report
also examines fuel and c-store retailers segmented by number of store locations
across the categories of cleanliness, coffee, customer service, outdoor
lighting, restrooms and overall experience.
View
the full report here.
Highlights
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The Midwest
and the South each have 5 fuel and convenience brands in the top 15 of
GasBuddy’s Top 101 Fuel and Convenience Brands’, making them the regions
in the U.S. with the most top-rated brands.
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Casey’s
General Store (1000+ locations) and Buc-ee’s (30-49 locations) captured
top ratings in their respective segments in all six categories, including
cleanliness, coffee, customer service, outdoor lighting and overall experience.
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Kwik Trip
(250-999 locations) and Hy-Vee (5-249 locations) rated highest in five
of six categories, with Wawa and Weigel’s taking the top spot for highest
rated gas station coffee in their respective segments.
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Outdoor
lighting received the most ratings out of any category, followed by customer
service and cleanliness.
Methodology
For
GasBuddy’s Top 101 Fuel and Convenience Brands, GasBuddy examined ratings
and reviews data in the GasBuddy app from January 1 - March 31, 2019 focusing
on the overall experience category.
The
remainder of the report examines station ratings and reviews data in the
GasBuddy app from the same timeframe, dividing brands into four segments
based on the total number of retail locations. Segments are classified
based on the number of U.S. locations listed on GasBuddy. Categories for
each segment include cleanliness, coffee, customer service, outdoor lighting,
restrooms, and overall experience.
About
GasBuddy
GasBuddy
is a company that connects drivers with their Perfect Pit Stop. As the
leading source for crowdsourced, real-time fuel prices at more than 150,000
gas station convenience stores in the U.S., Canada and Australia, millions
of drivers use the GasBuddy app and website every day to find gas station
convenience stores based on fuel prices, location and ratings/reviews.
GasBuddy’s first-of-its-kind fuel savings program, Pay with GasBuddy, has
saved Americans more than $4.5 million at the pumps since its launch in
2017. The company’s business solutions suite, GasBuddy Business Pages,
provides Fuel Marketers and Retailers their best opportunity to maintain
their station information, manage their brand, and promote to their target
consumer audience. For more information, visit www.GasBuddy.com.
GasBuddy
Contact:
Allison
Mac
626-383-8371
Director
of Marketing and Communications |
