Wally’s—the Home of the Great American Road Trip—broke ground April 2 on its second Missouri location in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Michael Rubenstein, CEO of the St. Louis-based retailer, said in a LinkedIn post on Thursday. He said a grand opening for the Independence, Missouri, store is planned for August 2027.
“Last week was a proud moment for our Wally's team as we broke ground on Store #4 in Independence, Missouri (KC Metro),” he said on his LinkedIn page.
Currently, Wally’s operates two locations: Pontiac, Illinois, and Fenton, Missouri. The retailer is also set to open its first location in Indiana, which will be the retailer’s third store.
The mega-convenience-store chain’s first store in the Hoosier State will be located in Whitestown, at 4227 Perry Worth Road, off Interstate 65, northwest of Indianapolis.
“With Store #3 in Whitestown Indiana opening in the next 60 days… there’s more ahead,” Rubenstein said on his LinkedIn page.
Wally’s opened its first travel center, a 30,000-square-foot store, in Pontiac, off of Interstate 55, south of Chicago, in 2020. It opened a 36,000-square-foot location in its home town of Fenton, off of Interstate 44, near St. Louis, in 2022.
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