Here is a tour of their new concept QT store in downtown Tulsa. They partnered with Amazon to create a checkout-free shopping experience. I think we could all get behind one of these downtown….

Check it out here:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRyAuCUC/

QT's recent Instagram post showcasing this new store hinted at building more of these around different cities. I'd love to see one at Lambert and/or somewhere downtown.

jacob_rb_15 wrote: ↑

Aug 13, 2022

QT's recent Instagram post showcasing this new store hinted at building more of these around different cities. I'd love to see one at Lambert and/or somewhere downtown.

I have wondered why they haven’t built some without the gas station. I know gas stations bring in some extra people but I feel like most of the time when I go to QT the majority of people aren’t there to get gas. Would have a much smaller footprint also. DGX type spot.

jshank83 wrote: ↑

Aug 14, 2022

jacob_rb_15 wrote: ↑

Aug 13, 2022

QT's recent Instagram post showcasing this new store hinted at building more of these around different cities. I'd love to see one at Lambert and/or somewhere downtown.

I have wondered why they haven’t built some without the gas station. I know gas stations bring in some extra people but I feel like most of the time when I go to QT the majority of people aren’t there to get gas. Would have a much smaller footprint also. DGX type spot.

Yeah I'm surprised. Their tagline is "More Than a Gas Station". I've gotten gas at QT once or twice, but I go there for lunch all of the time. It's a great breakfast/lunch break option.

Urban QTs could be what our local 7/11 franchise group could have been

I'm mixed on this. This concept seems like good urban form, but I also can't imagine myself shopping at anything QT branded as long as they continue their destructive expansion with their gas stations.

^At one time I really liked the 7-11s. I genuinely miss them. Whoever controlled them didn't keep them up, didn't invest. There's still a few out in the burbs, right? At Manchester and Big Bend, maybe? (The ones with the gas, probably.) And several of those old 7-11s are now independent markets of one kind or another. Not sure if they're generally any better, but the one on Bates at least looks marginally better. (Not much, mind. Only very marginally. But it's early days and nothing there looks all that good.) And the one at Morganford and Chippewa, which was a childhood hangout, looks fine when I pass by every now and then. I keep meaning to check it out for old time's sake.

The one at Manchester and big bend closed a few months after QT opened at the old car dealership. The only one I know of still open is at Manchester and Ballas.

7-Eleven seems to have a bigger presence in the city than in the county. 

You can find one at the Morganford strip near Tower Grove Park, Gravois/Bates, Kingshighway at Christy Park, Chippewa/Macklind, Watson/Southwest, Southwest/McCausland, and Gravois/Jefferson. And then there are several in the county as well. 

Culinaria is a shell of its former self - from just a few years ago.

Can’t see demand for another DT grocery store.

Need more people & daytime traffic / office workers.


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Are we still allowed to say "red headed step child" these days?

framer wrote: ↑

Aug 29, 2022

Are we still allowed to say "red headed step child" these days?

Yes, you can say whatever you choose.  

So what's the beef with the artist formerly known as Culinaria? I've been going there pretty much weekly since 2018. It's always well stocked and clean.

What is wrong with Schnucks downtown? There's no longer a line out the door for pre-made stuff during the noon hour, but that was more of an annoyance than anything to people trying to use the grocery store to buy groceries.

To me, it's still basically the same as it ever was.  I don't notice a difference in how busy it is outside of the noon hour. There are always plenty of other shoppers in the aisles and in the checkout line. They've finally expanded their hours to be open almost as late as they were pre-pandemic, which is much more than  you can say about their other locations.

Schnucks Downtown just put a sign up about extending operation hours

Downtown Schnucks is fine as is, only thing thats different is that its not blasting techno music at lunch hour 

dweebe wrote:QT just opened a convenience store only in downtown Tulsa that uses the Amazon's "Just Walk Out Technology". The store looks to be in the lobby of the tower that has some of the company's offices.

From QT:
https://www.quiktrip.com/quiktrip-opens ... echnology/

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