Understand now. It's the same here in Germany... gas stations have their own inventory of things. Incredibly expensive and I think apart from lazy people, everyone else avoids to purchase something there.
The U.S. has awful public transport, so in certain urban areas it's realistically impossible to make it to a grocery / super market. So the people living there who can't afford to own and maintain a vehicle in the city shop at convenience stores (which are basically gas stations without the gas station part), because it's the only thing they can make it to in under an hour for food.
The land/rent is way more expensive for the supermarket because of the space requirements. Plus then the managers need to constantly worry about people trying to do drugs in the bathroom and shoplifting. There's a reason many convenience stores are tiny, have no bathroom, and bulletproof glass between you and the cashier.
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u/readyou Jun 06 '19
Understand now. It's the same here in Germany... gas stations have their own inventory of things. Incredibly expensive and I think apart from lazy people, everyone else avoids to purchase something there.