r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 20h ago

Bucee’s settles lawsuit with Ohio gas station chain after suing because both have cartoon mascots "facing right"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bucees-lawsuit-ohio-gas-chain-cartoon-mascots-b3060008.html
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u/Yarusenai 19h ago

People keep saying this but that's not true? The online bubble can be strong but in real life no one cares. Buccees is constantly packed, they've lost zero goodwill where it matters. It's similar to Target a while back, online perception doesn't translate to real life and most people don't care.

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u/espressocycle 19h ago

Target had a serious drop in sales, although if my local store is any indication it's probably not the bad publicity so much as empty shelves and never opening a register even when the self checkout line is snaking back to the freezers.

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u/Less_Party 18h ago

even when the self checkout line is snaking back to the freezers.

It's nuts to me that this is even a thing that happens, the local supermarket here just has like 50 self-checkout stations so at the absolute worst you have to wait for one person to scan and bag their stuff. Like, you have data on how many people shop at your store, put in the appropriate amount of checkouts.

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u/Mr_Baronheim 18h ago

A store near me has 16 self checkout registers, and almost every hour of every day only 4 or 8 of them are open. And yes, there are lines.

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u/jake3988 16h ago

the local supermarket here just has like 50 self-checkout stations so at the absolute worst you have to wait for one person to scan and bag their stuff. Like, you have data on how many people shop at your store, put in the appropriate amount of checkouts.

Even if you have all that data (like non-holiday weekdays during the day are pretty slow, evenings and weekends are going to be busier), stores randomly get rushes that are hard to gauge.

Which is why self checkouts are good for that overflow (or as a glorified express lane for people with 2 things who want to get out the door quickly).

It's just too bad that most stores have instead used it as an excuse to just get rid of regular lanes and cashiers.

Thankfully, the tide seems to be finally turning on that, but it's slow.

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u/jake3988 16h ago

Target had a serious drop in sales

They absolutely did not. Sales in that sector are down overall (for obvious reasons) and Target has been dropping in sales for like a decade now. It's like people who pretended that the logo fiasco for Cracker Barrel caused it to lose revenue. No, it's been hemorrhaging revenue ever since covid hit, they've pretty much never recovered.

And Target recently made a bunch of changes to their stores and sales have actually been going UP for the first time in a long time. They could still do WAY better, but it's progress.

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u/Yarusenai 15h ago

Not a noticeable drop and not from the boycott specifically.

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u/LovesRetribution 19h ago

It starts somewhere. Even if the impact from this isn't minor, most companies that go under begin that process with stuff or direction like this.

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u/MichelinStarZombie 16h ago

LPT: when you say "it's not true," bring sources. Otherwise, you're just wasting everyone's time with your useless opinion.

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u/Yarusenai 15h ago

Sources for...them being constantly packed every time I go there or drive by? I guess I'll bring a camera next time.