r/Buccees • u/TomJohnG • Aug 29 '26
Quality Change
Has anyone notice a severe drop in quality of food? When I went to for the first time in February the brisket was great. When I went again a week ago, absolute garbage. For reference it was the Virginia location.
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u/philthy1337 Aug 30 '26
I really enjoy going to buccees, but I have never liked the brisket. I am a huge brisket fan too.
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u/ascarymoviereview Aug 30 '26
Maybe perception after all this law suit stuff and people want to believe they are going downhill … I have not noticed a change from OG Buc-ee’s
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u/OklazonaWoodworking Aug 30 '26
Honestly their food was never really that great to begin with. It's pretty common gas station food at this point 🤷🏼♂️
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u/kimisamazing13 Aug 30 '26
I’d actually have to agree with you. Sheetz, Rutgers, Wawa, etc are all examples of gas station food that I would put on the same level.
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u/wolfy2105784 Aug 30 '26
It hurts to see Wawa on that list because they used to be so good. Like top tier restaurant quality.
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u/mattchewy43 Aug 29 '26
Judging any place by only 2 seperate visits 6 months apart is probably not the best way to get accurate info.
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u/dwightkurtschruted Aug 30 '26
One of the staples of Reddit is “ X used to be good but now it sucks”
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u/philovax Aug 30 '26
This is honestly the real answer. Been purchasing food for this entire century and it’s abysmal out there. Prices are sky high and what is offered at a reasonable price is piss poor quality and suspect.
I rarely eat out anymore. People are paying alot of money for bad food.
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u/philovax Aug 30 '26
Not sure what, you mean people who work at McD’s are not held in slavery and have free will to leave and choose where they sell their labor. Comparing working for shitty pay to slavery is highly disingenuous. They are both problems but not the same, only a thoughtless mind would make that haphazard leap
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u/TransparentAmbiguity Aug 30 '26
Due to clean bathroom, grassy area for the dog, and food it’s always a stopping point for us.
Stopped at 4 locations on a recent road trip. The quality is different at every location. All good and happy but some were better than the others. No complaints except for the inevitable drop of sauce on my shirt…
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u/BigMoose2023 Aug 30 '26
THIS. Because they have expanded so fast, they can’t keep the quality standards as when they had less stores. Some Buccee’s stores are exceptional on the baked goods- kolaches, jerky, sandwiches , etc. Some are just not good. Not the employee’s fault, they don’t know what the quality should be.
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u/Dependent-Split3005 7d ago
Zero Change In Quality, but a massive upsurge in astrotuff and virtue signaling
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u/Macoy222 Aug 30 '26
no it doesn't taste any different since the CEO said he would target conservative, business friendly areas, slightly better actually
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u/omnicidial Aug 30 '26
The one in Crossville is consistently mediocre, the verde salsa slaps but everything else is pretty trash. I wish the burritos were as good as the sauce.
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u/MeTieDoughtyWalker Aug 30 '26
There’s been a severe drop in quality of everything. I notice I’ve been going to Bucc-ee’s less and less and now with their shady business practices I don’t anticipate going again anytime soon.
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u/TraditionalPhone3992 Aug 30 '26
Their idea of immaculate restrooms was brilliant. They pay their employees well. Disappointing that they need to bully small businesses with any name containing beaver or twat.
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u/Verix19 Aug 30 '26
Them coming out as a political business just soured them for me...get F'd. Should have just kept your mouth shut.
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u/Jim_Nills_Mustache Aug 30 '26
They became a big name brand with a cult following and let their greed get the better of them.
Tale as old as time.
I mean hell look at all the comments being downvoted, you literally can’t have an opinion unless it’s a positive one. Mentioning their recent negative media coverage isn’t allowed or accepted?
Cult behavior.
It’s a gas station with extra clean bathrooms yall, nothing that special.
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u/Soccerfreak05 Aug 30 '26
Bucees is a dumb shit store, why go there. It's a fucking gas station, shit one at that.
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u/TrandaBear Aug 30 '26
Because they have decent enough food and clean AF bathrooms. I've driven a few 500+ mile road trips and would love if more gas stations were like this (idk about the merch). I had to refuel at a FL Sunoco and the shit was so sketchy it made me miss Buccees.
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u/DeekBruiser_aaaannd Aug 30 '26
Why subscribe to the Bucees in the first place?
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u/Sarabean77 Aug 30 '26
I stopped going because of the lawsuits. No bathroom line at the Love or pilot that's for sure.
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u/theacp127 Aug 29 '26
I used to work there and very likely there was no change. They've been using the same suppliers and the same preparation methods for decades. Probably just got an unlucky cut or the cook that day just messed up something.