Valero Closed

[brassmonkey]

What a shame. I always hate to see the little guy go out of business. I'm having trouble understanding it, however, because Valero is a chain. It wasn't a single store/gas station. Don't they have some sort of safety net or set of guidelines of pricing schedule when they order fuel?

I only stopped there a few times, but he was always pleasant, and I heard they made an awesome breakfast sammich.. I never got my gas there because he was always overpriced and, well, I'm not a woman. Any man that stops at the one full-serve service station in town and pays up to a dime more per gallon to have someone pump his gas needs a testosterone level check.
If you received faster service at McDonalds, a claim made on the BYF, it's because that's FAST FOOD, but Valero was a DELI......

[brassmonkey]

I think what finally did him in, besides the cost of fuel, was that he wouldn't accept anything but Valero credit cards.. Can't stay in business that way.

[homebase]

I was kind of shocked because just last week someone was telling me that things were looking good (from the outside looking it) for Valero. Noticing lots of cars around the parking lot for lunch. Must not have been enough. They never did open the take out window, wonder why. I went there quite a bit for lunches last winter.

I wonder if the credit card policy was his or the Valero Corp. policy? But, anyway the mega corporations are crushing any competition.

It is sad to see it closed up, I'm sure it is very hard on them!

I noticed the Village Square closed a few days out of the week also. He sited the economy.

It is hard to go in places that used to be full and really busy and only see a few there. It costs so much now to keep things running and in Winchendon many of the elderly and retired went there to get a good meal at a good price but I would imagine it is getting harder for them to be able to eat out.