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The Pantry / Kangaroo Express / Circle K, 4424 Bethel Church Road: 11 November 2020   8 comments

Posted at 11:12 pm in closing

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This one has been mooted about in Have Your Say for a couple of days now, but Circle K on Bethel Church Road closed today.

This store was once a Kangaroo Express and went to Circle K a few years ago when Kangaroo was bought out. The building is smaller than the new Circle K concept you see in recent construction like Forest Drive & Harbison, plus another convenience store recently opened across the street in the old Ravenwood Pharmacy, neither of which can have helped.

The gas prices were not particularly low here, but I enjoyed the fact that if I filled up here, I didn't have to go out on Forest Drive or elsewhere out of the neighboorhood. I also generally found the ladies at the counter here to be very friendly, and the new coffee machines (as at all CKs) made a quite decent cup.

(Hat tip to commenter Matthew)

UPDATE 12 November 2020: Adding The Pantry & Kangaroo Express to the post title.

UPDATE 18 November 2020 -- As mentioned in the comments, the gas tanks have been excavated as seen in these 17 November pix:

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UPDATE 29 March 2023: Updating tags.

8 Responses to 'The Pantry / Kangaroo Express / Circle K, 4424 Bethel Church Road: 11 November 2020'

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  1. Also, it was a Pantry store before Kangaroo Express bough all the Pantries.

    badger

    12 Nov 20 at 9:22 am

  2. Crazy, a gas station has been there since I was in high school and that was forever ago.

    Dan R

    13 Nov 20 at 6:43 am

  3. Wow, I know this station has been there since I was a young child so over 35+ years I think.

    Thomas

    13 Nov 20 at 3:12 pm

  4. Gas pumps are gone.

    Can’t remember when the tanks were replaced.
    Could have been a factor in the closing.

    John

    14 Nov 20 at 7:28 pm

  5. When Circle K at 7735 Broad River Road closed (which has a similar background to this one) the pumps were removed after closing and 2 years later the space still sits vacant...it was noted as a move that Circle K does in general on the Wells Fargo closing (3500 Forest Drive).

    Andrew

    14 Nov 20 at 11:14 pm

  6. Tanks have been removed.
    Looking like no more gas here.

    John

    16 Nov 20 at 7:37 pm

  7. I can't believe I didn't realize it was closed! I've ridden through that intersection several times and didn't even register. I used to go a lot back in the days when I smoked - it was my go-to place. But since I quit years ago, I can't remember the last time I went in.

    Ari

    1 Dec 20 at 11:02 am

  8. I can remember when this was built, it was in the early ‘80s as a “Pantry” store. It competed with the Mini-Mart next door. The Pantry won out eventually. I have spent many dollars at this store. Time keeps moving on.......

    Cam

    16 Dec 20 at 11:15 am

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