Super Duper

How and why do people choose a name for their convenience store business?

Let’s see,

we have ’7-Eleven,’ ‘Zippy Mart,’

‘AM/PM,’ ‘Circle K,’ and ‘Stop & Go,’

those are the ones I can think of quickly

that I see around Seattle.

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For the fun of it I did a Google search,

and here are some of the names of convenience stores I found:

‘Loaf ‘n Jug,’ ‘Kum & Go,’ ‘Gross Convenience Store,’ (Really?)

‘Quick Stop,’ ‘In & Out,’ ‘Kwik-E-Mart,’

‘One Stop’ and ‘Hasty Market.’

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Here,

in the small northwestern Washington town of Sumas,

we find the ‘Super Duper Foodstore.’

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Sumas is one of two U.S./Canada border crossings

between Washington and British Columbia,

the other is at Blaine which is on busy Interstate 5.

The drive up State Route 9 to Sumas

travels at a much more leisurely pace

on two lane black top,

with lots of farms and barns and majestic mountain views.

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Canadians (well of course, Americans too)

are welcome at the Super Duper

where Canadian money is accepted at par,

there are high flow diesel pumps for the truckers,

clean restrooms,

a dairy outlet,

and oh let’s not forget the ‘beer cave.’

A beer cave?

One wonders what is that exactly,

and how does it fit into a convenience store format?

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What are some names of convenience stores

in your neck of the woods?