Kroger will add gas station to existing Washtenaw County store
(This story has been updated to reflect a headline correction.)
A new Kroger gas station is expected to open by the end of 2012 on a property adjacent to the Kroger store in Ypsilanti Township.
The planning commission recently approved site plans for the building, which will be on a nearly 1 acre lot at 1771 E. Michigan Ave.
The station mainly will focus on gas with 10 pumps on five islands. There will be no convenience center, but an approximately 100-square-foot kiosk that will sell a few items.
The site of a planned Kroger gas station in Ypsilanti Township.
Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com
Ypsilanti Township officials said the stations, like one on Carpenter Road in Pittsfield Township, are popular with residents because they can receive discounts on gas for signing up for various Kroger incentive programs in the grocery store.
The company steadily has been adding gas stations to their stores throughout the last several years.
For every $100 spent on groceries in the store per month, a customer receives 10 cents per gallon off gas. Customers with a Kroger Plus Card and a Kroger 1-2-3 Visa receive 15 cents off each gallon of gas.
Ypsilanti Township Planning Coordinator Joe Lawson said the plans are in the final engineering stage and he expects construction to begin soon.
Quad Investments owns 4.08 acres of land just east of the store and Kroger plans to purchase around an acre pending approval of the final plans. The entire plot of land has an assessed value of $73,800.
Lawson said the township is pleased another business is opening and expanding in the E. Michigan Ave. corridor.
“This is an example of how what we’ve been doing to clean up that area is being taken seriously by business owners and other stores to a point where they are willing to reinvest in that corridor,” Lawson said. “We do what we can at the township to keep those blight programs moving along and get businesses to reinvestment.”
He said construction has begun on a nearby Taco Bell and cited a Speedway whose owners recently rebuilt a larger and newer operation. He said several other projects along the corridor are in the works and will soon be announced.
Comments
AySquared
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 9:02 a.m.
The Kroger off of Plymouth road should open a gas station as well!
Joe_Citizen
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 8:11 a.m.
Very Cool!
ypsiRK
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 4:04 a.m.
The challenge here will be finding an open pump with the dozens of carts scattered throughout the parking lot and probably spilling into the gas station on a daily basis. And there is also the potential obstacle I had one morning of the homeless guy peeing next to my driver's side door when I returned to my car after picking up some bagels. This location should invest upkeep and improvements on what they have, not anything new. Probably the most run down Kroger I have ever shopped in.
jns131
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 7:46 p.m.
I hate to say it, but I use Whittaker more so then the one on Michigan. The one on Michigan is not the cleanest. All I will use them for is gas and that is it. I will shop in Canton or Whittaker. So, yes, I do agree with you, this Krogers needs to be cleaned up.
ypsiRK
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 6:38 p.m.
I appreciate your comments and, yes, mine is overly negative. I was commenting based on first hand experiences and at this location the bad outweigh the good. I no longer shop here.
craigjjs
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 11:56 a.m.
So shop and buy your gas elsewhere. It can't be worth all of that emotional distress you are suffering.
Joe_Citizen
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 8:14 a.m.
OK? so is that all you have to say. The homeless are all around you, and your going to pick at something better happening? I sure am happy your not on the county seat. Good Day
thedime
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 1:25 a.m.
The best part of the discussion on this article is the grammar police. Not one person has mentioned the fact that it is Kroger, not Krogers. Tom uses Kroger and the police use Krogers. Lol
Joe
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 6:30 p.m.
Um, the only people to use "Krogers" were referencing 2 Krogers. As in the plural form of Kroger.
Ron Granger
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 10:23 p.m.
The gas I bought at Costco last week was about 20 cents/gal cheaper than other alternatives.
Tom Todd
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 9:05 p.m.
why did gas jump almost 50 cents a gallon,is this an early scare tactic to get people to vote for Romney?
Ann English
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 9:37 p.m.
Arborani, You may have the specifics about what Gas Buddy calls, "a new crude oil pipeline problem " causing the rise in gas prices.
arborani
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 3:40 p.m.
According to the Freep this morning, part of the Enbridge pipeline from Canada is closed off for repairs; hence less oil coming through at present. Enbridge now claims Feds are imposing an additional reporting/inspection requirement which will further delay opening the section. I don't have the article in front of me, but for what it's worth this is the general idea.
Joe_Citizen
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 8:16 a.m.
Could be
Ann English
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 2:18 a.m.
If you take a look at the gas price heat map, linked to annarborgasprices.com, you'll notice that Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have the most expensive gas in the U.S.A., more expensive even than California's. Usually California has the most expensive gas. The cheapest gas in the nation is still in South Carolina.
jns131
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 9:22 p.m.
I was wondering the same thing. I nearly fainted dead away when I saw that one. Good question.
jns131
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 3:20 p.m.
I am absolutely thrilled to hear that Krogers is having a gas station so close to home. Otherwise, that 10 cents used at a Shell gas station. Gas is cheaper at Krogers and will be waiting for them to open. The one at Whittaker was denied because there isn't a place for them. I hate to disagree with our township board, but there is a place right across the street. I'll drive to that one too. Thanks for the info.
djacks24
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 5:43 p.m.
"The one at Whittaker was denied because there isn't a place for them. I hate to disagree with our township board, but there is a place right across the street. I'll drive to that one too." You are right. Across the street would be ideal as there is not much of anything there. Better yet, if they bulldoze the vacant restaurant the sits just North of the Kroger parking lot, that would be perfect. I guess they are just waiting for another restaurant to move into that building and fail within a year like all the past ones have? I think a Kroger gas station would probably stay open and do quite well considering there is only one gas station in that area south of I-94, and their prices are always high without any immediate competition. When I first read this article I was hopeful that was the Kroger they were talking about. The Michigan Ave one is pretty much out of my way.
ownrdgd
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 1:50 p.m.
Have you people who write these stories ever heard of spell check. Really were going to have to wait till the year 2102,Really. My 7 yr old granddaughter caught that . And you wonder why people write all the negative replies about aa.com.
paniroza03
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 2:47 p.m.
I like that several hours and comments later, the error is still not fixed. I expected a little more from the staff that scans the comments.
Tony
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 2:33 p.m.
"were going to have to wait till the year 2102,Really"????? Sigh.
flyonthewall
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 2:23 p.m.
Spell Check would not have caught 2102, it's a legitimate date. But good old fashioned Copy Editing would. It's been my biggest complaint since the newsprint edition went away. It seems like the first people let go were the Copy Editors in favor of Spell Check. But even that application can't detect when incorrect homonyms are used, as is often the case in A2.com
Myles
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 1:26 p.m.
Ypsilanti has 2 Krogers
Joe
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 6:26 p.m.
Joe_Citizen is wrong. The Township has 2 Krogers. One on Whittaker, and the one mentioned here
Joe_Citizen
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 : 8:21 a.m.
Ypsi City has none, and the TWP has one, that's it. The one on Carpenter RD, is Pittsfield TWP.
paniroza03
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 12:59 p.m.
Is Kroger really planning into 2102? Oh, Ann Arbor.com....
Frank Grzybek
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 12:53 p.m.
Completed by 2102? Wonder what the price of gas will be then?
arborani
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 2:47 p.m.
Sorry - make that $2,102.99.
arborani
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 2:45 p.m.
Probably $2,102.
HPD
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 12:51 p.m.
"expected to open by the end of 2102" I'll wait.
Paula Gardner
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 11:23 a.m.
The headline has been corrected on this story. Thanks to king, fjord and vivian for pointing out the discrepancy this morning.
vivian
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 10:59 a.m.
Yes, and the 4th paragraph tells us that 'the station...are popular with residents...,' so it's all rather confusingly (or carelessly) written. Can you straighten it out, A2.com?
fjord
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 10:48 a.m.
The headline mentions two new gas stations ... the article mentions only one.
king
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 10:26 a.m.
2 stores?