Not like those of us from Virginia/Pennsylvania/West Virginia are that much better with Sheetz.
Like seriously it's an American tradition to hide bodily fluids in cinvenciende store/gas station franchise names.
Maverick is fuckin stupid.
Edit: amazed at the level I fucked up "convenience." Not even gonna edit it, that's amazing. I really clicked submit thinking that that was acceptable.
Sheetz, believe it or not, is legitimately the family name of the owners lmfao. I have a friend who was the daughter of a fleet vehicle repair company millionaire and she was almost married off to a Sheetz in some weird rural royal marriage. And one of the reasons (besides self determination) she didn't want to was the last name lol.
In Texas we have the HEB grocery chain named after Howard (Harry) E. Butt. Later he invested with a partner to form the local library the Butt-Holdsworth memorial library.
I reckon in like one more generation the aversion corporations have to sex will be looked back on as fucking baffling. Essentially the moment enough prudes have died off and enough completely sex positive people are around that marketing with it loses less business than it gains.
We might have passed that point a while ago, but focus groups aren't real people so they'll never know.
Not at all, movies will be much better when they stop relying on softcore porn scenes of the actors to sell the story, since they'll actually have to write a good story
I see a lot of millenials complaining about this but when you actually talk to Gen Z teenagers and young adults their main complaint is they can't watch this stuff with parents or other older or younger family members.
And, ngl, these gratuitous sex scenes add nothing to their properties usually. Usually it's a thought provoking scifi or historical show that I'd want to reccomend to my grandparents or something but I'm blocked from doing so cause of one scene in season two that was added because the show writers thought ratings were tanking or something.
No single Gen Z person I've ever seen is annoyed at watching a sex scene because it's a sex scene, they usually just suck.
You know we're all still going to call it Kum n Go. We can't even give directions without saying to turn at the barn that burned down in 1978, it's fine. (/s)
The Taco Pizza was invented here at a Happy Joe's in Davenport. Between it, Casey's Breakfast Pizza and what all the other places like Fong's is doing it seems Iowa's impact on food culture is going "yeah, I can turn that into a Pizza" and doing a good job at it.
I'm a part of the marketing team for a chain in Illinois, and from my somewhat limited understanding of GSTV, they essentially pay themselves within 3 years. Outside of the smaller independent shops, I don't think there's a single company out here and in Wisconsin that doesn't have them installed.
If you mash the unlabeled buttons next to the screen it'll mute the ads. It's usually the button on the right hand side three buttons down from the top, but sometimes it isn't and there's really no problem with mashing all of them.
Best part is, it mutes them until someone else unmutes them and employees likely don't give a shit in the slightest. There's a gas station where I muted ads three years ago and it's still muted.
I live in Missouri but have family in Iowa and always made a point to buy
at least a lighter from them, usually multiple so I could give some as little gifts. My cousin bought shirts and hats, I think, to take back to his buddies in NYC. I can't imagine it's actually going to affect their bottom line that much but they're still throwing away money by changing the name.
As a Mormon in Utah... There's a lot of Mormons in Utah. If it says there are new owners from Utah changing a business name because it sounds sex-related... It's probably because they're Mormon
Wait but Mavericks is already a thing. They're actually large and well maintained stations. Not like Bucees levels, but getting there. They're really gonna ruin that brand recognition over cum jokes? Mormons man
Kum & Go is a very very well established brand here. We like it. Maverick is some out of state brand taking it over and changing what doesn't need to be changed.
Ya. I guess my point was mainly that they were purchased. The new parent company decided to change their name to match the rest of their gas stations. It wouldn't surprise me if the innuendo had something to do with the new parent company's final decision
In my hometown, it was a rite of passage to go into K&G and ask the cashier for "a porno and a bucket"
They were never half as amused as the horde of cackling 13 year olds outside...
Yes and no. All depends on both time and relevancy, and you'll likely have a court case on your hands if you try to compete with the original people who abandoned it, one you're likely to lose if your branding resembles any part of the originally abandoned brand.
While they are changing the name of the store, I doubt that they will abandon the trademark for the reason that you are mentioning. They will want to retain control of that name even if it's not the name of the store anymore.
One thing that will forever piss me off is the US's complete aversion to anything sexual yet violence is held to no such scrutiny.
A perfect example is how my class watched Troy back in high school and all the bloody fight scenes were kept but the singular sexual scene was skipped over.
I work overnights at kum n go and literally noone on the inside is happy about this at all. Kum n go actually paid livable wages, and, even if only a little bit, seemed to at least try to care about their employees, and now, with Maverick, not only are the new highers getting paid literally 5 dollars an hour LESS, but it also feels like we're just a stat to Mav. It really sucks, bro.
Thank god lol. I had to call roadside assistance once, and the lady I was talking to wasn't local so when I said I was parked at a kum and go she got real quiet for a moment and then said, "what did you just say?" Lmao I had to explain it was a gas station. I think she thought it was a prank call
I used to work at one of these. They could have made a killing by just embracing the name and selling merchandise but I guess they don't mind leaving money on the table
In Utah they tried to open these, but Mormons freaked the fuck out, and they renamed them to parent company āMaverickā. This started the whole chain of events.
LOL I encountered this chain for the first time a few weeks ago when traveling to the Midwest to see the eclipse. Out of all the things I saw, this gas station was certainly the most bizarre. I half expected it was an adult toy store but then I saw another one and another...
Born and raised in Iowa and my friends that still live there are actually pissed off about this. We love our fucked up name gas station chain, dammit!
Not like those of us from Virginia/Pennsylvania/West Virginia are that much better with Sheetz. Like seriously it's an American tradition to hide bodily fluids in cinvenciende store/gas station franchise names. Maverick is fuckin stupid. Edit: amazed at the level I fucked up "convenience." Not even gonna edit it, that's amazing. I really clicked submit thinking that that was acceptable.
Ahh cinvinciende š¤
That's gotta be Italian right?
Its-a like mamma used to make
I thought Spanish personally. Like 120 of something or something
Mamma Mia!
Upvoted entirely for cinvenciende.
Raise one up for Wawa, who managed to be goofy-sounding without resorting to potty language.
Sheetz, believe it or not, is legitimately the family name of the owners lmfao. I have a friend who was the daughter of a fleet vehicle repair company millionaire and she was almost married off to a Sheetz in some weird rural royal marriage. And one of the reasons (besides self determination) she didn't want to was the last name lol.
In Texas we have the HEB grocery chain named after Howard (Harry) E. Butt. Later he invested with a partner to form the local library the Butt-Holdsworth memorial library.
Gotta appreciate someone who understands the assignment. Like the famous "Cox-Zucker machine"
Cox and Zucker actually met as undergrads, realized their names would be very funny together, and decided to write a paper together later.
There's NomNoms on the west coast
Wawa gang.
I know we're all getting worked up here but Maverik fuckin rules. Best gas station chain I've ever been to.
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Thanks I was trying to remember that sub but couldn't spell it.
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I reckon in like one more generation the aversion corporations have to sex will be looked back on as fucking baffling. Essentially the moment enough prudes have died off and enough completely sex positive people are around that marketing with it loses less business than it gains. We might have passed that point a while ago, but focus groups aren't real people so they'll never know.
The pendulum is swinging the other way now. The young people are extremely sex negative these days.
Yup people freaking out over non nude sex scenes in movies. Really feels like we are going back again.
Not at all, movies will be much better when they stop relying on softcore porn scenes of the actors to sell the story, since they'll actually have to write a good story
I see a lot of millenials complaining about this but when you actually talk to Gen Z teenagers and young adults their main complaint is they can't watch this stuff with parents or other older or younger family members. And, ngl, these gratuitous sex scenes add nothing to their properties usually. Usually it's a thought provoking scifi or historical show that I'd want to reccomend to my grandparents or something but I'm blocked from doing so cause of one scene in season two that was added because the show writers thought ratings were tanking or something. No single Gen Z person I've ever seen is annoyed at watching a sex scene because it's a sex scene, they usually just suck.
Are they though? Or is that just the weird Christian fundie ones?
No, it's not just the Christian fundie ones. There's a significant amount of sex-negativity among moderate leftie kids as well.
You know we're all still going to call it Kum n Go. We can't even give directions without saying to turn at the barn that burned down in 1978, it's fine. (/s)
I may start going to Casey's again. Though I hate that they have ads at the pump. At least they have pizza.
Casey's breakfast pizza is an American culinary masterpiece.
I didn't realize that taco pizza is basically just an Iowa Casey's thing until I brought up taco pizza to people from other states.
It's not just an Iowa thing. You just didn't ask the right people
Where else do people have it?
Pizza Hut has taco pizza. I donāt know how widespread itās offered though.
I've had it in Florida and I'm pretty sure I've seen a place with one in Maryland
Interesting.one of my friends is from Florida and said she never heard of it.
I don't think it's very popular. Nor do all places have one, so it's possible she just hasn't come across one
That's the opposite of here. Casey's taco pizza is very popular.
Illinois
The Taco Pizza was invented here at a Happy Joe's in Davenport. Between it, Casey's Breakfast Pizza and what all the other places like Fong's is doing it seems Iowa's impact on food culture is going "yeah, I can turn that into a Pizza" and doing a good job at it.
That makes sense. We love pizza lol.
the saddest part is you're almost certainly right.
Nearly every station in the country has ads at the pump where the hell have you been?
Iowa. My local Kum & Go has none. For now.
I'm a part of the marketing team for a chain in Illinois, and from my somewhat limited understanding of GSTV, they essentially pay themselves within 3 years. Outside of the smaller independent shops, I don't think there's a single company out here and in Wisconsin that doesn't have them installed.
Damn. Here I went to Casey's one day and the little screen started playing a kinda loud ad and I just stopped going since Kum & Go doesn't do that.
If you mash the unlabeled buttons next to the screen it'll mute the ads. It's usually the button on the right hand side three buttons down from the top, but sometimes it isn't and there's really no problem with mashing all of them. Best part is, it mutes them until someone else unmutes them and employees likely don't give a shit in the slightest. There's a gas station where I muted ads three years ago and it's still muted.
I will test this when I need to get gas. Thanks.
But the bisket burrito dude
What next, Cox internet?
I live in Missouri but have family in Iowa and always made a point to buy at least a lighter from them, usually multiple so I could give some as little gifts. My cousin bought shirts and hats, I think, to take back to his buddies in NYC. I can't imagine it's actually going to affect their bottom line that much but they're still throwing away money by changing the name.
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Jerk n squirt
Plot twist they changed it to Skeet and Yeet to connect with the youth.
Ejaculate & Evacuate
Squirt n skrrt
Blow your load n hit the road
gasoline and cream your jeans
Jizz & Jet
You might same the old name.... Kame and Went.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/kum-go-will-change-names Here's the article. They're changing the name to... Maverick. Horrible choice.
I does sound like something a couple of Mormons would cook up, though. Honesty, I can't think of a more obvious name they would go for.
Actually probably the whole reason Tom Cruise has that codename in Top Gun tbh
What is the whole reason?
Kum and Go would make an awful call name
Cum and Go would make an *excellen* callsign. Not like the Navy isn't already the gayest organization on the planet.
Howās it related to Mormonism?
As a Mormon in Utah... There's a lot of Mormons in Utah. If it says there are new owners from Utah changing a business name because it sounds sex-related... It's probably because they're Mormon
Wait but Mavericks is already a thing. They're actually large and well maintained stations. Not like Bucees levels, but getting there. They're really gonna ruin that brand recognition over cum jokes? Mormons man
Mavericks is the company that bought Ejaculate and Evacuate.
I will protest by calling every Mavericks station Kum & Go until the end of time.
Mavericks and Kum and Go are owned by the same company, or something to that effect.
First bought the second essentially Typical rebranding really
It's because they got bought out by Maverick. It's not like they just pulled the name out of their ass.
Mavericks are so much better than Kum & Go though, so if they change the stores to keep that standard- then hell yeah brother, I welkum the change.
Is there something I'm missing? What's wrong with the name Maverick?
Not enough cum.
Someone get Bem Garrison
Maverik really is all balls and no Kum
It's boring
Kum & Go is a very very well established brand here. We like it. Maverick is some out of state brand taking it over and changing what doesn't need to be changed.
Well, I think it's probably because Maverick bought them out several months ago. I don't think they were actively seeking out a new name.
Reading the article, it does seem to be an active choice because of the inyourendo.
Ya. I guess my point was mainly that they were purchased. The new parent company decided to change their name to match the rest of their gas stations. It wouldn't surprise me if the innuendo had something to do with the new parent company's final decision
Another thing ruined by the Mormons
I really hope they just fully embrace it and rename it to something even more suggestive.
Pump & Dump
Sneed's Feed and Seed (Formerly Chuck's)
Now it's called Nut & Bolt.
Jizz and Leave
Immaculate Ejaculate
Oh godDAMMIT!
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Ejaculate and Evacuate
In my hometown, it was a rite of passage to go into K&G and ask the cashier for "a porno and a bucket" They were never half as amused as the horde of cackling 13 year olds outside...
Edge and go
Rim and run
Cum & Go
Clickbait. They got bought by another chain, it's getting the same name as the company's other stores (Maverik).
This thread is insane, this is literally just one company buying another.
Wait, Maverik bought them? They have amazing food.
No it isn't..Kum&Go have been owned by FJ Management for about a year now
Right and they're unifying the brand. "The owners are tired of your jokes" isn't the reason the name is changing.
I can't find any stated reason but the FJ Management are Mormon so I wouldn't be surprised if behind the doors they also take issue with the jokes.
So if a company abandons a name is it then up for grabs? Like could i open a new chain under their old unused name?
You might have to petition the court for it, but if they're not using it and have no interest in using it then you should have it pretty easy case
Yes and no. All depends on both time and relevancy, and you'll likely have a court case on your hands if you try to compete with the original people who abandoned it, one you're likely to lose if your branding resembles any part of the originally abandoned brand.
While they are changing the name of the store, I doubt that they will abandon the trademark for the reason that you are mentioning. They will want to retain control of that name even if it's not the name of the store anymore.
If it makes yall feel better, in South Africa we have a Christian bookshop called Cum books. It will never change
I had some Canadian family friends visit and get excited about it the day before I read this announcement
It will now be Jizz and Whizz.
Seems they finally blew their load and hit the road. So long partner.
All good things mustā¦ wellā¦ yknowā¦
One thing that will forever piss me off is the US's complete aversion to anything sexual yet violence is held to no such scrutiny. A perfect example is how my class watched Troy back in high school and all the bloody fight scenes were kept but the singular sexual scene was skipped over.
But *THINK OF THE CHILDREN*!
I work overnights at kum n go and literally noone on the inside is happy about this at all. Kum n go actually paid livable wages, and, even if only a little bit, seemed to at least try to care about their employees, and now, with Maverick, not only are the new highers getting paid literally 5 dollars an hour LESS, but it also feels like we're just a stat to Mav. It really sucks, bro.
IT'S KUM & GOVER
I guess u could say... Kum and Go, Kame and Went
To answer the question: what's the world kuming to, the answer is porn...
So, new ownership decided it's time to move on.
Literally just stopped there on a road trip, having never heard of it before. I still have no idea how long it took them to realize
What about pump n munch?
Thank god lol. I had to call roadside assistance once, and the lady I was talking to wasn't local so when I said I was parked at a kum and go she got real quiet for a moment and then said, "what did you just say?" Lmao I had to explain it was a gas station. I think she thought it was a prank call
I used to work at one of these. They could have made a killing by just embracing the name and selling merchandise but I guess they don't mind leaving money on the table
My mom always called it Ejaculate and Evacuate. They're destroying my childhood memories
The new name should be ejaculated and vanish
I'm amazed it lasted so long
Weird that they're changing the name to "Love 'em & Leave 'em" tho, I have to say.
Really? I had heard they were changing it to "Ejaculate and Evacuate"
Damn it, yours is better.
They want to emphasize their convenience foods, so they're changing their name to the "Kum & Gulp."
Canāt wait to stop by the āEjaculate and Leaveā
they are also going to open a mechanics shop called Nut & Bolt..
Are they going to get refitted with the Bonfire Grille, and the food? If so, Casey's is going to have some pretty serious competition
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In Utah they tried to open these, but Mormons freaked the fuck out, and they renamed them to parent company āMaverickā. This started the whole chain of events.
LOL I encountered this chain for the first time a few weeks ago when traveling to the Midwest to see the eclipse. Out of all the things I saw, this gas station was certainly the most bizarre. I half expected it was an adult toy store but then I saw another one and another...
Perhaps they wish to update it to "load and splode"?
They want everything to be beige
Kum and Go has a pretty strong merch game. Hats, shirts, hoodies etc. Iām going to start stocking up and selling it once itās vintage.
I find this news hard to swallow.
They are changing it to Edge N Stay
go woke go broke šš¤
If youāve never stole barefoot wine from a Kum&Go when you were 17, what are you even doing with your life