# Convenience Store Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600 "2016-09-22T20:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/1 "2016-09-22T20:50:39Z")
Around here, convenience store owners can get creative with store names. We have the _Kum and Go_ and the _Munch N Pump_. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/2 "2016-09-22T21:18:14Z")
Kum and Go opened several stores in the Little Rock area about 5 years ago. I haven’t stopped but they seem to do pretty good business. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/3 "2016-09-22T21:57:57Z")
on trips I get to see Wa Wa. If I’m going the right way. Cumberland Farms is the big local store, 7-11 abound, having just eaten Tedeschi’s. There are a tonne of mom & pop small stores where English is optional. Belive me, I pine for a Wa Wa within 200 miles! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/4 "2016-09-22T22:21:09Z")
We’ve got WaWa and Sheetz, and around Baltimore, there are Royal Farms Stores. When we lived in Jacksonville, the biggie was Jiffy, but they were bought out and got a name change. We still use “Jiffy Store” as a generic expression for convenience stores. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/5 "2016-09-22T22:31:31Z")
Buckey’s with the giant beaver. Its popularity is as baffling as it sounds like it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/6 "2016-09-22T22:41:35Z")
We used to have a nice chain round here (Chicago) called White Hen Pantry. But they all got gobbled up by 7-Eleven. When I lived in Madison, they had a chain called Open Pantry. Of course all us college students called them Open Panties. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/7 "2016-09-22T22:56:09Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > Buckey’s with the giant beaver. Its popularity is as baffling as it sounds like it would be. Pretty sure you mean [Buc-ee’s](https://www.buc-ees.com/index.php). ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/8 "2016-09-22T23:22:00Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > Buckey’s with the giant beaver. Its popularity is as baffling as it sounds like it would be. [Betty](http://www.bettybeavers.com/images/thnails/017_17.jpg) is the only voluptuous beaver that I know of. Reminds me of Jessica Rabbit’s line, “I’m not bad I’m just drawn that way” Wawa is named after an Indian name for the Canadian goose; however, when we were younger, we were convinced it was because when you were too drunk to get out, “Sheven-Heeeleven” as your preferred next stop, one could still manage a, “Wawa”. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/9 "2016-09-22T23:24:56Z")
Somebody once named some covenience stores Hoggly-Woggly, a takeoff on the supermarket chain Piggly-Wiggly, but I’m not sure if they survived. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/10 "2016-09-22T23:37:45Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > Buckey’s with the giant beaver. Its popularity is as baffling as it sounds like it would be. I’m going to try to keep my wife from seeing this but if she does, she will find you. :eek: When I was a kid and we’d visit Granny in Alabama, there was a plethora of U-tote-M stores and–get this–they had beer taps right in the walls. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/11 "2016-09-22T23:40:23Z")
_“Strange things are afoot at the Circle K”_ Who’s gonna be the first to ID the quote? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/12 "2016-09-22T23:49:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _“Strange things are afoot at the Circle K”_ > > Who’s gonna be the first to ID the quote? I know! I know! Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/13 "2016-09-22T23:50:06Z")
“Wag-a-Bag” always amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![inscrutable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@inscrutable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inscrutable)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/14 "2016-09-23T00:18:00Z")
Does the “Somber Party Store” in Detroit still exist? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/15 "2016-09-23T00:26:17Z")
We used to have a bunch of “6-12” stores around the area, but I’ve not seen one in probably about a decade at least, and the locations I knew of all became independent M&P stores (or were demolished). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/16 "2016-09-23T00:34:10Z")
Growing up our big local convenience store chain was called Convenient. It’s still around but not here. They’re very rare to see anymore since gas stations got bigger. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/17 "2016-09-23T00:36:38Z")
Avoid [this place](http://www.gapfiller.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/far-side-card-inconvenience-store.jpg): ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/18 "2016-09-23T00:45:03Z")
Back when I lived in ohio (mid-90’s) there were United Dairy Farmers (UDF’s). Out here in CA, its 7-11 on every corner. And maybe a few circle k. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/19 "2016-09-23T01:23:23Z")
There’s a place in my hometown that has (I think) a regular name, like the Whatever St. Convenience Store, which might even be on a small sign on the store. However, in giant neon letters, it proclaims “WE NEVER CLOSE” (which makes some sense because it’s been around long enough that 24 hour convenience stores were the exception and not the rule). Anyway, everyone I’ve ever talked to calls it The We Never Close, as if that’s its name. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600/20 "2016-09-23T12:21:33Z")
There’s a Fast Freddy’s near us. Always associated “Fast \” with con artists and such. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convenience-store-names/766600.md?page=2)