the very first buc ee's convenience store opened in 2001.
the very first buc ee's convenience store opened in 2001.
when did the very first buc ee's convenience store open?
2001
co-founders don wasek and arch "beaver" aplin opened their first store as partners, which is still open as of 2019, in lake jackson, texas in 1982. aplin formed the name buc-ee's by combining his childhood nickname; the name of his labrador retriever, buck; as well as the appeal of ipana toothpaste's animated mascot, bucky the beaver. aplin was born in southeast texas, with his father originating from, and grandparents resident in, harrisonburg, louisiana.
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in 2016, buc-ee's sued "choke canyon bbq", another texas convenience store, for copyright infringement and trade dressing. choke canyon uses a logo of a grinning alligator in the middle of a yellow circle, which buc-ee's claims is an attempt by the chain to resemble the buc-ee's logo. choke canyon is also calling their new stores "bucky's".









































in 2017, buc-ee's again filed a lawsuit for breaking an agreement, this time against a nebraska-based convenience store chain known as "bucky's". the two companies had agreed to remain in their respective states and expand only to states where the other did not operate.
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