Buc-ee's is closing a 26-year-old Texas location that will become a 7-Eleven

Buc-ee's will close its Port Lavaca, Texas convenience store and rebrand the site as a 7-Eleven paired with a Laredo Taco Company, according to a local official.

Derrick Smith, director of the City of Port Lavaca Building and Standards Commission Board, said he received an email from a sign company on March 16 confirming the transition. "I did get an email from a sign company, on March 16, stating that Buc-ee's is being rebranded as 7-Eleven with a Laredo Taco," Smith said. No building permits have been submitted for the project, and a timeline for the transition has not been announced.

At 2318 W. Main St., the site operates as Store No. 12 — a relic of the compact convenience store model Buc-ee's once relied on, before the chain pivoted to the sprawling travel centers it builds today. Buc-ee's opened its first store in Clute, Texas in 1982 and began expanding into larger travel centers starting in 2003.

If the transition proceeds, Port Lavaca would gain its third 7-Eleven — and its first location to carry a Laredo Taco Company, the restaurant concept that 7-Eleven owns and runs. Texas is home to close to 1,460 7-Eleven stores, and the Victoria Advocate reports that around 500 of them have a Laredo Taco Company on site.

The closure is not the first for a small-format Buc-ee's. Other older, smaller locations in Lake Jackson, El Campo, West Columbia, and Gonzales, Texas have also closed, according to Men's Journal. In Texas, Buc-ee's has 36 stores open, and the chain expects to add another two in the state before the end of 2027. When the Victoria Advocate went to press, Buc-ee's had yet to respond to the outlet's requests for comment.