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Small food businesses are trending toward pop-ups, food stalls and social sales

Indy Week’s Lena Geller talks affordable summer eats in interesting locations around the Triangle and how an increasingly challenging economic outlook is causing entrepreneurs to shift their business models.

Lena Geller, staff writer, Indy Week

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The Broadside: “The hype behind the world’s largest gas station”

Buc-ee’s, the mega-sized gas station known for its pristine bathrooms, numerous snack options and cartoon beaver mascot, is expanding across the South. And it’s bringing with it a legion of cultish fans. But what’s with all the hype? And does the world really need a gas station the size of a Walmart with 20different flavors of beef jerky?

Emily Cataneo, freelance journalist and contributor for The Assembly and Dale Edwards, managing editor for The News of Orange County

0:33:00

How independent gas stations survive in the Buc-ee’s era

Photojournalist Kate Medley discusses a reporting visit to South Carolina, where independent gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants, have been managing business after the 2022 addition of the state’s first Buc-ee's. North Carolina’s first Buc-ee's is slated to open in 2027.

Kate Medley, photojournalist, documentarian, author of Thank You Please Come Again: How Gas Stations Feed and Fuel the American South