Many chains (QuikTrip in the midsouth and Wawa and Sheetz in the Mid-Atlantic for example) are clearly preparing for this future by emphasizing the convenience

Many chains (QuikTrip in the midsouth and Wawa and Sheetz in the Mid-Atlantic for example) are clearly preparing for this future by emphasizing the convenience store/deli/coffee shop/fast food aspect above the gas. They want you to come in for the food and sundries and only incidentally grab some gas too while you're there, not the other way around. It's working. The kind of mediocre little shops that you mostly only stop at for gas and only go into the store if you really need something though will suffer.