Welcome to our Ask Axios series, where we answer any of your questions about the Des Moines metro.
Q: “With Kum & Go’s sale to Maverik now finalized, what’s going to happen to all of the Kum & Go signs? Four hundred stores and each one has multiple exterior signs. There must be thousands of them, right? And no place or purpose for any of them?”
- “I want to buy a lighted ampersand and hang it in my garage. I would settle for a full Kum & Go logo sign or a K or a G.” — Andy Heiting-Doane
A: “The ampersand signs will remain in place at rebranded locations as long as they are structurally sound and safe,” Michelle Monson, spokesperson for Maverik — a convenience store chain — wrote in an email to Axios.
- “Our priority is ensuring signage remains safe and functional and at this time there are no plans to make signage or individual elements available for purchase.”
State of play: We asked for more clarity on which ampersand signs will be saved and what will happen to the external Kum & Go signs, and haven’t heard back…