Midwest-Based Casey's Opening 170 Stores In This Beloved Southern Gas Station's Territory

Casey's is coming for you, Buc-ee’s!

Midwest-based Casey's General Store announced Friday that it has purchased CEFCO Convenience Stores for $1.145 billion—and a sizable chunk of Buc-ee’s territory with it.

This latest deal includes 198 CEFCO stores across the South, a whopping 148 of which are in Buc-ee’s home state of Texas alone. The acquisition also includes 50 CEFCO stores in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. All of them will be turned into Casey’s locations.

With the purchase, Casey's now has nearly 2,900 locations across the country and 170 in Texas. By comparison, Buc-ee's has just 50 locations nationwide, with 35 in Texas. 

"This acquisition will allow Casey’s to accelerate our unit growth plan with high-quality assets that, along with our recent 22-store acquisition in northern Texas, will provide an expanded presence in Texas and allow us to continue to expand in the state and region," Casey's CEO, Board Chair, and CEO Darren Rebelez said in a release.

Headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, Casey’s General Store, like Buc-ee’s, offers a lot more than gas. In fact, it is the fifth-largest pizza chain in America. The 35-year-old roadside mecca also sells burgers, chicken sandwiches, breakfast burritos, as well as household items. The chain’s breakfast pizza and 80-cent wing deal on Mondays are particularly popular.

According to Rebelez, Casey's will remodel the newly acquired CEFCO kitchens to service Casey's food operations, which focuses on whole pizza pies.

The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of the year.