I can't read the story. But have you tried searching list of company which accept Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency? If you did that, you can find such list such as
https://bitpay.com/directory/.
https://bitpay.com/directory/autozone/BitPay makes it easy to
buy gift cards for AutoZone with cryptocurrency.
i wouldn't necessarily call that being a company that accepts bitcoin lol. if they're all like that then that directory is a waste of effort. who wants to buy gift cards that locks your money into one single vendor. and then if you happen to change your mind and rather use your money somewhere else you probably can't or it's a major hassle to cash out that gift card somehow. gift cards? seriously? that's the best bitcoin can let me do?

Did you miss the filter section where you can find merchant which accept Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency directly?