GTB Area Retail Blog

RaceTrac/Selmon Marathon/Circle K 410 South 50th Street, Tampa, FL Opened in 2000 as a RaceTrac gas station, and was converted to a Marathon gas station and a Circle K convenience store in 2014. This store still has Circle K's older logo as of 2019! Most Circle K stores would do an outside remodel to get the new logo. These doors were replaced by Circle K in 2014. RaceTrac stores would have had two separate enter and exit doors. All of this interior is from Circle K, and was installed in 2014. Straight ahead is the coffee station. Most of the layout here is from this store's days as a RaceTrac. Soda and beer can be seen at the end of this aisle. Dairy products, energy drinks, and water can be found here. This store is no longer selling frozen foods or free ice. Although blocked by the Hershey's display, you can see the signs for the Circle K Froster (another name for ICEE), and the Polar Pop's. Now approac...

Circle K #2694/Circle K #9908 3650 S. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL The current Circle K #9908 opened in 2014, as a replacement for former Circle K #2694, which opened in 1995. This is also located in a Shell station. Commonly used in newer Circle K buildings, this outside design is for the late 2010's locations. The inside follows the layout of a late 2010's Circle K store. This is where you can get a Circle K coffee. This view makes the Circle K look big. Mostly all sections are found here. Now that we are leaving Circle K, let's go outside for the Shell gas station! Shell Gas Station 3650 S. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL Opened in 1995 along with Circle K #2694, and closed in 2013. After about 1 year worth of rebuilding, the new Shell station opened in 2014. Gas pumps 5 to 16 are shown here. Looking at the opposite direction, are pumps 1 to 6. In the background is an Exxon gas station, which used to be a Sunoco, and before that, H...

Balm Mobil/On The Run/Circle K 11292 Boyette Rd, Riverview, FL - Shoppes of Boyette This Mobil station opened in 2000, along with an On The Run convenience store. On The Run converted into a Mobil Food Mart in 2009, and the Dunkin' Donuts was a 2012 addition. Mobil Food Mart closed in July 2018, and became a Circle K in August 2018. The next 5 pictures are from the pre-Circle K era. This is a typical Mobil Food Mart, and opened in 2009. Mobil's enter doors, complete with a beer? Dunkin' Donuts was an addition in 2012, previously it was a Krispy Kreme and probably Quiznos Subs. This is aisle 1 in the store. The dairy sign is On The Run original, and is from 2000. An overview of the store, from aisle 2. Now, let's leave the Mobil Food Mart, and head on over to the new Circle K! PART 2: Circle K Grand Opening This Circle K store opened in August 2018 and April 2019. This was the April 2019 reopening, co...

Circle K #2707202 10520 South County Road 39, Lithia, FL Opened in 1974, and is currently a Circle K with no updates yet! Remember these style of Circle K buildings? This is one of them in Florida!