'charging the car and yourself'

On the site of this ESSO filling station comes Tango’s first-ever energy hub with Bakker Bart

Published on 17-03-2025 at 12:34

Op de plek in Deventer waar nu nog deze bemande ESSO met SPAR Express zit, moet nog dit jaar de allereerste gemakshub van Tango met Bakker Bart openen.

Petrol station formula Tango and sandwich chain Bakker Bart announced a week ago their cooperation for the realisation of a ‘unique’ refuelling and loading location including luxury eating and drinking facilities, the first in the Netherlands. It is on the site of this ESSO petrol station in Deventer where the convenience hub should open before the end of this year. Not directly on the motorway, but very close to it.

The Netherlands’ very first Tango fuelling and loading station with Bakker Bart will be on Siemelinksweg in Deventer, better known as the N348. This is a stone’s throw from the slip road ‘Deventer-Oost’ of the A1 motorway and also one of the busiest access roads to the biscuit town. This location currently houses a staffed ESSO petrol station with a shop according to the SPAR Express formula. The current station also has a trailer rental service. ESSO Siemelinksweg was realised here in early 2019 as a replacement for a Texaco. It is at this location near the busy A1 motorway where a brand-new Tango refuelling and loading location is due to rise before the end of this year, along with an on-the-go branch of Bakker Bart located separately from the station.

Comfortable

According to the initiators, the station in Deventer will soon combine a “contemporary food concept with fresh sandwiches and coffee” with a “comfortable environment where visitors can work or relax”. Besides the food and beverage outlet with prominent Bakker Bart on the façade, visitors will soon find an unmanned Tango where they can not only refuel, but emphatically also recharge. According to Tango, the increase in electric driving calls for “a rearrangement of the location with a more prominent place for chargers and additional facilities for people loading or refuelling”. Audiences can come from the motorway, but also live nearby.

Charging

According to Tango and Bakker Bart, the convenience hub in the southeast of Deventer should respond to the trend in the market in which the traditional petrol station is changing into a modern meeting place where both the vehicle and the visitor can recharge themselves. Tango and Bakker Bart say they intend to jointly develop several locations across the Netherlands. The location on the N348 in Deventer underlines that the first stations in this form will not be located directly on motorways, but will be local branches. This, according to the initiators, not only adds value for travellers, but should also form a meeting place for the neighbourhood.

Over the next two years, the first 10 Tango locations in the Netherlands should transform to the new concept, in which electric charging, refuelling and a tasty break go hand in hand. After that, additional locations will be transformed.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

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