QuikTrip vs. Brookside's Urban Fabric

[YoungTulsan]

Why would Blockbuster move?  Their business model is stuck in 1990.   The question is how long until the whole chain goes belly up.

[SXSW]

Why would Blockbuster move?  Their business model is stuck in 1990.   The question is how long until the whole chain goes belly up.

That Blockbuster seems to stay pretty busy, and as someone who doesn't do Netflix or watch movies online I go there occasionally.  You're right though that if that property is bought and redeveloped it's probably the end to Blockbuster in Brookside. 

[sgrizzle]

That Blockbuster seems to stay pretty busy, and as someone who doesn't do Netflix or watch movies online I go there occasionally.  You're right though that if that property is bought and redeveloped it's probably the end to Blockbuster in Brookside. 

There is a redbox at the kum-n-go and two at the neighborhood market. Save yourself $4.

[Hoss]

There is a redbox at the kum-n-go and two at the neighborhood market. Save yourself $4.

You mean K & G actually still exists around here?  How many of their original stores that were old Git N Gos are left?

[swake]

You mean K & G actually still exists around here?  How many of their original stores that were old Git N Gos are left?

Out south they've built all new stores all over the place. They have something like 30 stores in the Tulsa area.

[Hoss]

Out south they've built all new stores all over the place. They have something like 30 stores in the Tulsa area.

Ah...you Southies can keep 'em.  I'll stick to QT.

 

[swake]

Ah...you Southies can keep 'em.  I'll stick to QT.

 

No no, don't get me wrong, even the new Kum and Go stores suck, they just still exist. QT is building two new stores within two miles of my house, I hope at least one of them is the new format.

[Hoss]

No no, don't get me wrong, even the new Kum and Go stores suck, they just still exist. QT is building two new stores within two miles of my house, I hope at least one of them is the new format.

Nope, they're building all that they're going to build right now:

51st/129th
Hwy 412 and Gilcrease Musuem Rd.
15th and Denver

And for the life of me, can't figure out why they're building one in Independence, MO...

Just four to start with.

[YoungTulsan]

Nope, they're building all that they're going to build right now:

51st/129th
Hwy 412 and Gilcrease Musuem Rd.
15th and Denver

And for the life of me, can't figure out why they're building one in Independence, MO...

Just four to start with.

If anything, the best place for them to try the new format would be in a completely new market.   My main issue with the new format is that stuff is in different places now.   As a Tulsan, you walk into any QuikTrip and without even looking around you, proceed straight to the item you wish to grab and purchase.  You walk into the new format and it's like "hey, I have to search this place to find what I want" - Definitely a different experience for a Tulsan QT Zombie.

[sgrizzle]

You mean K & G actually still exists around here?  How many of their original stores that were old Git N Gos are left?

I wasn't aware any had closed.

[Hoss]

I wasn't aware any had closed.

You don't live out south, do you Scott?  There are several that I can think of.

61st/Memorial
16th/Memorial (I know this one because I used to live in the apartments behind that strip center, when it didn't feel like a war zone -- this was in the mid to late nineties).
Pine between Memorial and Sheridan.
Admiral just west of Memorial (maybe indy before K&G took over G&G)
11th & Mingo.
36th & Yale?  (not sure if it was a K&G before it was indy)
Sheridan at Indepedence

Maybe more?

[swake]

You don't live out south, do you Scott?  There are several that I can think of.

61st/Memorial
16th/Memorial (I know this one because I used to live in the apartments behind that strip center, when it didn't feel like a war zone -- this was in the mid to late nineties).
Pine between Memorial and Sheridan.
Admiral just west of Memorial (maybe indy before K&G took over G&G)
11th & Mingo.
36th & Yale?  (not sure if it was a K&G before it was indy)
Sheridan at Indepedence

Maybe more?

I don’t think any of those were Kum and Go stores. Not all Git N Go stores became Kum and Go. A bunch of stores just closed or became random slum-marts, some were bought by Quick Trip and demolished, some became Fiesta Marts and some became Kum and Go. I don’t think any that became Fiesta Marts or Kum and Go have closed, I think they only took the most viable stores (except for the ones that QT bought and killed to protect their own stores).

[Hoss]

I don’t think any of those were Kum and Go stores. Not all Git N Go stores became Kum and Go. A bunch of stores just closed or became random slum-marts, some were bought by Quick Trip and demolished, some became Fiesta Marts and some became Kum and Go. I don’t think any that became Fiesta Marts or Kum and Go have closed, I think they only took the most viable stores (except for the ones that QT bought and killed to protect their own stores).

Know for a fact the one at 16th/Memorial was.  I went there every day and still have a Kum & Go refillable cup I bought from there.  What doomed them at that location was one gas pump.  I'm surprised Git N Go lasted as long as they did right there.  Pretty sure the one at 11th and Mingo was too.  The others I have a vague recollection of.