Today's
generation of convenience store consumer demands more sustenance in easily transportable packaging for the millennials.
Not exact matches
As the first
convenience store in the Knoxville area, Weigel's has served
generations of families since 1931.
Most members
of the fourth
generation are still too young to work fulltime at the company business, but do some seasonal work on the farm or in the
convenience stores, helping out wherever they are needed, Kathy Gibson says.
Currently, Joe and Kathy Gibson — the third
generation to work in the family business — manage the
convenience stores with cousin Kurt Straube, vice president
of financials.
Because most
of today's bungalows are tucked into pedestrian - friendly neighborhoods, it's an attractive buy to a younger
generation that thrives on walking or bicycling to
conveniences like a grocery
store, bank, post office, restaurants, shopping and schools.