Parker’s Kitchen recently opened its largest location yet, a 7,122-square-foot store in Kingsland, Georgia. The new location is the company’s southernmost location on I-95 and the first store in Camden County, featuring larger retail, food, and checkout areas, along with a gaming room and expanded restrooms. The store features a new prototype with a “contemporary glass-front façade, lime-washed brick, designer lighting, and the cleanest bathrooms in the industry,” said the retailer.
The 6.84-acre site includes parking for large commercial trucks as well as cars and offers three grades of unleaded fuel plus ethanol-free fuel, diesel, and high-flow diesel, said the company.
Parker’s Kitchen said that the Kingsland store is the first in a cluster of Parker’s Kitchen stores designed to serve residents and visitors throughout the metro Jacksonville, Florida area and South Georgia.
To celebrate the grand opening, the retailer is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony and will present a $300,000 round-up campaign donation to Wounded Warrior Project to support injured local veterans throughout the company’s corporate footprint. It will also make another surprise charitable donation “with strong Camden County ties,” the retailer said.
Thorntons is opening its 95th location in the state of Illinois today. The new Chicagoland store is the 75th store that Thornton’s operates in the Chicago area.
The new location is a 4,400-square-foot facility set on 1.8 acres and features a number of amenities including: self-checkout, freshly made burritos and sandwiches, fresh-baked pizza from the store's onsite kitchen, and 20 auto fueling positions.
During the grand opening event, there will be giveaways and a $2,500 donation to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Sheetz opened a new store in Middletown, Virginia. This location is located directly off Interstate I-81. It also opened a new location in Norton, Ohio. The store will be open 24/7.