Colorado's first Buc-ee's location to open in March
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A Buc-ee's convenience store in Katy, Texas. Photo: Craig Moseley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
Finishing touches are being put on the first Colorado location of Texas-based Buc-ee's ahead of its scheduled March opening, but it was a bit of a bumpy ride to get here.
Driving the news: The colossal, cult-favorite convenience store chain — known for its tidy bathrooms, beef jerky walls and buck-toothed mascot — is now hiring 400 employees to staff the 74,000-square-foot store just off of Interstate 25 in Johnstown, between Fort Collins and Greeley.
- The Colorado move is part of the empire's continued expansion from its existing 58 stores across Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Yes, but: Bringing those buck teeth to the Centennial State — the northernmost and westernmost point within the company's footprint — has presented new challenges, Buc-ee's general counsel Jeff Nadalo tells Axios Denver.
- First have been the unpredictable weather conditions.
- Then were the "unique engineering feats" required to adjust for water drainage from the mountains, Nadalo says.
What to watch: If openings of other Buc-ee's locations are any indication, expect die-hard fans to start lining up outside the doors days in advance, Nadalo tells us.
Of note: No other Colorado locations are in the works as of yet, but "we're always looking at new sites," he says.