Check out the spread between unleaded and premium- Go Buc-ees Go!

[GON]

Picture taken 2 OCT 2025 at 4:51pm at Buc-ees, Amarillo, TX.

Supplemental, Buc-ees sells name brand bottles of sweet tea for $1 USD Most gas stations in this area are nearing $4USD for a name brand bottles of sweet tea.

 

[shortyb]

I love Buc-ee's. For many reasons .

 

[tcp71]

Economy of scale. Near Austin, if I recall. This is about 1/2 of the pumps.

 

[haggler]

Those prices make me wanna cry comparing them to Los Angeles.

 

[4WD]

Economy of scale. Near Austin, if I recall. This is about 1/2 of the pumps.
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[John105]

Wonder what Costco would be in that area…

Hard to believe but when I bought the LS430 in 2016, I had to overpay for premium on the trip home, and it killed me: $1.819.

Chuck steak wasn’t always $9/lb. It is as I type. And people buy it too

 

[JTK]

That's awesome! In the PR of NY, premium is ~$1.70 more per gallon than regular. Regular is about $3.20/gal these days.

 

[Hall]

Why is mid-grade cheaper than regular ? This is not normal for Buc'ees either. Something is going on....

And at what altitude do stations drop from 87 down to 86 or 85 ?

 

[dishdude]

Economy of scale. Near Austin, if I recall. This is about 1/2 of the pumps.

Katy, just outside of Houston....the only Bucee's I've been to. What a junk store! I don't see the appeal. The car wash looked nice, but I was in a rental so that didn't help. The store is 3/4 of junk, who wants Bucee's pajamas? They had like 50 premade sandwiches out at 8 PM. Who wants an old sandwich that has been sitting out under a heat lamp for hours?

 

[Klutch9]

Not sure which one, but this summer I was at a Buc-ee’s in Kentucky and the regular/premium spread was only 27 cents.

 

[tcp71]

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Were you following me!? I think there was a driveway about where your picture was taken and then another set of pumps going the other way. huge.

 

[shortyb]

Why is mid-grade cheaper than regular ? This is not normal for Buc'ees either. Something is going on....

And at what altitude do stations drop from 87 down to 86 or 85 ?

Looks like the "midgrade" might be E85. No pics, but the Loxley AL one has over 230 pumps.

Edit: That IS midgrade and the price is correct according to GasBuddy.

 

[Hall]

What a junk store! I don't see the appeal.

Plenty of people do, so to each their own....

 

[Hall]

Looks like the "midgrade" is E85.

It says "10% ethanol" right there and in my experience, E85 is substantially cheaper than regular (around here, 50c per gallon lower). I'm also not aware that Buc'ees sells E85. I'm not sure what they call their mid-grade though as I can make out "Regular" and "Super" but not what they call the 89 octane. It's "Plus".

 

[4WD]

Were you following me!? I think there was a driveway about where your picture was taken and then another set of pumps going the other way. huge.

If they claimed it was the largest to date - Luling Texas …
(47 miles from Austin) …
Hopefully you drove into the city for BBQ though ️

 

[shortyb]

It says "10% ethanol" right there and in my experience, E85 is substantially cheaper than regular (around here, 50c per gallon lower). I'm also not aware that Buc'ees sells E85. I'm not sure what they call their mid-grade though as I can make out "Regular" and "Super" but not what they call the 89 octane. It's "Plus".

Yeah, good catch. I was trying to decipher the label above each grade. Looks to be Regular, Plus, and Super.

 

[4WD]

Katy, just outside of Houston....the only Bucee's I've been to. What a junk store! I don't see the appeal. The car wash looked nice, but I was in a rental so that didn't help. The store is 3/4 of junk, who wants Bucee's pajamas? They had like 50 premade sandwiches out at 8 PM. Who wants an old sandwich that has been sitting out under a heat lamp for hours?

Katy sells E0 - I grabbed a couple of the $30 gas cans to get some …

 

[tcp71]

If they claimed it was the largest to date - Luling Texas …
(47 miles from Austin) …
Hopefully you drove into the city for BBQ though ️

I think it was. Massive. Went to San Antonio for BBQ with co-workers though.

 

[4WD]

Why is mid-grade cheaper than regular ? This is not normal for Buc'ees either. Something is going on....

And at what altitude do stations drop from 87 down to 86 or 85 ?

I spotted the lower octane - we are typically 87 in that region …

 

[shortyb]

Why is mid-grade cheaper than regular ? This is not normal for Buc'ees either. Something is going on....

And at what altitude do stations drop from 87 down to 86 or 85 ?

Generally, octane ratings can drop around 5000ft. above sea level. Amarillo is about 3600 so maybe they can split the difference .