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AAFES shoppette opening in N.D.; Susser building store near Texas base
MINOT, N.D. -- A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Friday for the new $7.1 million Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) shoppette (convenience store) at Minot Air Force Base, reported The Minot Daily News. The Shoppette Class Six Gas & Car Care Center combines the car-care center with the shoppette, providing a facility that will be open 24 hours a day for one-stop shopping, Mae Padgett, general manager of the Minot and Grand Forks Exchange, told the newspaper.

The facility includes Heat & Heat (Java Coffee, hot sandwiches, [image-nocss] fountain drinks, breakfast items), wine, spirits, video rental, automotive with care-care center, gasoline and a car wash, Padgett said.

The 13,200-square-foot shoppette is located along the main road of the base. Graham Construction of Eagen, Minn., was the contractor for the project which took a year to complete.

AAFES also is building a new exchange similar to a civilian department store on the base, which will be completed later in 2009.

Separately, Susser Holdings Corp., Corpus Christi, Texas, is building two Stripes c-store locations in Abilene, Texas,, one near the Dyess Air Force Base and one near Cisco Junior College, said The Reporter News.

Each of the new stores has been issued building permits for $650,000, said the report.

A Town & Country store in Abilene has been rebranded as Stripes, as well.

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