This is RaceTrac store #2331 located on Cumming Highway just off I-575 exit 19 (SR 20 east (Cumming Highway (East), Main Street (West)) - Canton, Cumming) in Canton. This is a relatively new RaceTrac store that opened about a year ago.
This is one of the first "RT6K" newer model stores I've visited. These "6K" stores are so dubbed because the stores encompass about 6,000 square feet in space. These stores started rolling out by 2015 presumably in response to QuikTrip's "Gen 3" stores which started popping up in metro Atlanta around 2012. RaceTrac's 6K and QT's Gen 3 stores are the current generation of gas stations and convenience stores and I believe they should be the standard to which all gas stations and convenience stores should aspire. They're great.
This particular RaceTrac has 18 pumps. When I stopped by after a round at nearby Woodmont, the gas station pumping area was nice and clean. I used pump #18 and it was in great shape. Along with the standard three grades of unleaded fuel, the pump had diesel and ethanol-free (87 octane) fuel. The prices were competitive. In fact, the price per gallon I paid for premium unleaded was exactly the same as the price per gallon I paid for premium unleaded at a QT in Gainesville just one day prior. The receipt from the pump printed out clearly and crisply and it included a survey I could complete online or via phone for a BOGO (buy one, get one free) deal on roller grill items and a free small Pepsi.
Inside, the store is bright, colorful, modern, and spacious. It's a lot like the Gen 3 QTs with uniformed, welcoming staff and a plethora of self-serve food and drink options. They include frozen yogurt with over 40 toppings including fresh fruit ("Swirl World"), coffee with toppings like marshmallows ("Crazy Good Coffee"), and Tetley tea in multiple sweet and unsweet flavors. I don't believe the hot food selection is as good or as freshly made as QT (QT Kitchens), but where RaceTrac has QT beat is its interior seating (in addition to outside seating) and free Wi-Fi.
Well done, RaceTrac. read more