MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee’s newest Buc-ee’s travel center opens its doors at 6 a.m. Central time Monday, Nov. 16, making Murfreesboro the third city in the state with one of the Texas chain’s sprawling stores.
The store sits at 3355 Elam Road. It covers 74,000 square feet and has 120 fueling positions, and like every location in the chain it will stay open around the clock, every day of the year.
A ribbon-cutting follows at noon. The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce confirmed the ceremony, and the company said the Murfreesboro and Rutherford County mayors, along with members of the City Council and County Commission, plan to attend.
The opening brings more than 250 jobs. According to the company, starting wages sit well above the minimum, and workers get full benefits, three weeks of vacation and a retirement plan that matches 6%.
Shoppers can expect the chain’s familiar menu, including Texas barbecue, homemade fudge, kolaches, jerky, fresh pastries and its signature Beaver Nuggets snack.
The company pitched the site as a stop for drivers heading between Nashville, Atlanta and the Gulf Coast. Tennessee’s two existing stores are in Crossville and Kodak, and another Buc-ee’s is under construction in West Tennessee with an opening planned for next year.
Murfreesboro brings the chain to 58 stores nationwide. Founded in 1982, Buc-ee’s now operates in more than a dozen states, from Texas and Florida to Ohio, Colorado and Virginia, and it has more new sites in the works, including a San Marcos, Texas, location and one in Benton, Arkansas, announced earlier this year.
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