He said stores are continuing to practice safety. “We are obviously down on sales but we have had zero layoffs and we are hiring,” Minton said. Minton said OnCue has had a decline is sales with the economic downturn from COVID-19 and challenges during the pandemic.įewer people have been driving as much during the pandemic, and less gasoline is being sold, he said. “We look at sites that have the traffic and the need for services,” Minton said.Īnother area OnCue store is planned in about two years to be located at State Highway 66 and John Kilpatrick Turnpike on the southeast corner of the intersection. Minton is the real estate director for OnCue, and he has been working in the position about two years ago. OnCue headquarters is based in Stillwater and the chain has expanded in Oklahoma City in the last 20 years with currently 35 stores in Oklahoma City and 65 statewide. It will be a nice store in the area,” Minton said. “It is a dirt lot today but it will start looking different pretty soon. A housing addition is being built north of Northwest Expressway between Hefner and NW 122. “We are still months away from it being serviceable,” Minton said. Dirt work will start soon on the new store, he said. New sanitary sewer lines are being built in the area, so construction cannot begin until the lines are done. “It will be a nice-sized store with a drive-thru,” Minton said. The new store will be about 9,000 square feet, with up to 14 gas pumps. “We are excited to begin construction within the next six months,” Minton said. Scott Minton, OnCue Marketing spokesman, said the store will be the OnCue chain’s biggest when it opens. The fast-growing areas along the John Kilpatrick Turnpike corridor of eastern Canadian County continue to see more development.Īnd the newest and biggest OnCue is planned for Northwest Expressway and Hefner Road, on the northeast corner of the intersection, just east of the turnpike.

Work on what will be the largest OnCue convenience store in the state is scheduled to begin in about six months just east of Yukon.

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