How honorable is QuikTrip?

[Bob Dole]

A few years ago I was working on cleaning out my storage building and in a box of random crap, I found a Squart in pristine condition. I held on to it because I tend to hold on to odd shit. For example, my current hobby is going to estate and garage sales ISO weird shit I can tuck away in the house so after I’m gone, the people cleaning out my crap can mutter, “What the ****, Bob?”.

But I digress. Contrary to their stated strategy of the mid 1980s where they closed stores outside metro areas (that’s how I ended up in KC), they recently opened a store in Texarkana, roughly 150 miles from a division office.

So now I have the opportunity to again get my 49 cent fountain refills! Or do I?

I’m going to try to find someone to accompany me and video my attempt to refill this 35 year old relic while the employees who have no idea this item ever existed try to figure out what the hell to do.

[mlyonsd]

I'll check my schedule and send you a PM with my available dates to make the trip.

[threebag]

Seems legit, enjoy the 49¢ refills

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by threebag

Seems legit, enjoy the 49¢ refills

I don’t recall an expiration date, and I can’t find an appropriate email address to ask on their website. Hell, the people at corporate probably weren’t around and have no idea what this is.

[Megatron96]

take video.

[displacedinMN]

had one. long gone

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

If they say yes, your bladder will have a QuikTrip.

[Kiimo]

Just checking in to say if there was one solitary company/franchise that I could pluck out of KC and bring to LA it would be QuickTrip. You don't know how lucky you have it.











Taco Via was close, though.

[digger]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

A few years ago I was working on cleaning out my storage building and in a box of random crap, I found a Squart in pristine condition. I held on to it because I tend to hold on to odd shit. For example, my current hobby is going to estate and garage sales ISO weird shit I can tuck away in the house so after I’m gone, the people cleaning out my crap can mutter, “What the ****, Bob?”.

But I digress. Contrary to their stated strategy of the mid 1980s where they closed stores outside metro areas (that’s how I ended up in KC), they recently opened a store in Texarkana, roughly 150 miles from a division office.

So now I have the opportunity to again get my 49 cent fountain refills! Or do I?

I’m going to try to find someone to accompany me and video my attempt to refill this 35 year old relic while the employees who have no idea this item ever existed try to figure out what the hell to do.

I'm guessing you put this on "X" or Facebook and tag QT in a post, you're going to get a king ransom...

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

Just checking in to say if there was one solitary company/franchise that I could pluck out of KC and bring to LA it would be QuickTrip. You don't know how lucky you have it.











Taco Via was close, though.

QT has been building all over the place around Austin the last couple of years. There are 2 within 3 miles of me and they are building a third.

[threebag]

They always have the happiest clerks, it’s like they have mounds of coke in the break room.

[Megatron96]

I would bet money that they honor the thing though.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I would bet money that they honor the thing though.

Would be great marketing for this event.

[jerryaldini]

Get yourself a junkyard dog. Tell them Lamar sent you.

[trndobrd]

Based on some quik internet reseach and calculations:

A single three gallon box of syrup is about $90 retail....lets ball park $50 for massive bulk purchaser like QT. Makes 2300 fl oz of soda / 32 oz Squart refills = 71.8 Squart refills.

Syrup cost for QT is $0.704 per refill....will round up to $0.71 since each store has overhead. $0.71-$0.49= a loss of $0.22 for each refill of your squart.

QT is a privately held company, so I can't find the market cap. Annual sales are more than 500 million. At a loss of $0.22 per refill, you will bring QT to their knees in no time!


.....It's also possible the dude running checkout will realize he doesn't have a button for the item, and will just say 'cool bottle dude' and send you on your way...then later tell his buddies about some old guy who brought in a nasty old squeeze bottle for a refill.