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WICHITA — Construction starts next week on a new Dillons Fuel Center at the Dillons at 13th and West. It will be similar to the company’s fuel center at 13th and Tyler and should be open by late summer.

“It’s all abut convenience,” says spokeswoman Sheila Lowrie.

The center will be at the southwest corner of the Dillons parking lot.

It will have five fuel pumps as well as a service kiosk that sells things like cigarettes, newspapers, lottery tickets and candy bars. There also will be vending machines.

A QuikTrip is located across the street on the southeast corner of 13th and West. But Lowrie says that’s not why Dillons selected this new location.

“Really, it’s about feedback from our customers,” she says. “It’s a convenience that our customers tell us they really enjoy.”

Lowrie says the fuel center will allow customers to easily redeem Dillons’ fuel-saver rewards while stopping off for groceries. That’s 2 cents off every gallon with a Dillons Plus Card, or 10 cents off a gallon if customers are part of the Dillons fuel-saver rewards program.

Lowrie says customers can shop, get their rewards for grocery purchases and “fill up right there at the store.”