TULSA, Okla. -- QuikTrip Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary on September 25, and it is holding a music festival on September 20. Free tickets will be available in stores starting September 2. "The Tulsa community is our home and has supported us for the past 50 years," Chet Cadieux, QuikTrip's president, told The Tulsa World. "We thought it would be fitting for us to throw a party for our local customers who have been so loyal to us through the decades."
The event, to be held on the River Parks West Bank Festival grounds, will highlight Tulsa-based performers, with Leon Russell [image-nocss] and Hanson as the headline acts. The slate of nine bands will run from noon-9 p.m., followed by fireworks on the river. A wide variety of music is planned, with groups like Crooked X, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, South 40, Little Chair and Mid Life Crisis filling out the bill.
In addition, two bands whose members include Tulsa-based QuikTrip employees will play—Uche and the Crash from Wichita and Rattle & Hum, a U2 tribute band from Kansas City.
A QuikTrip mobile store will offer fresh QT Kitchens sandwiches, wraps, salads and fruit cups. In addition, they will be selling QuikTrip's Oscar Mayer hot dogs for 50 cents.
Separately, this summer, Ankeney, Iowa-based Casey is celebrating its 40th anniversary. During the month of July and August Casey's patrons can purchase any two-liter bottle of soda for 40 cents with any large pizza purchase. Casey's is also teaming up with Pepsi Co. and providing in store coupons on specially marked Mountain Dew 24 packs for $5.99.
This month, Casey's is introducing a 40th anniversary train set. It will retail for $39.99 and will be available in stores and on line, while supplies last. Proceeds from the train set will go to Casey's Charities.
Anhueser Busch will be giving away 40 consumer NASCAR ridealongs at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.
And the retailer is offering a free gasoline promotion. There will be 40 prize packs each including $2,500 in Casey's gift cards, 26 large one-topping Casey's Pizzas, 52-dozen Casey's Donuts, 26 12 packs of Pepsi products and a Tracfone with 1440 minutes of airtime.
The free fuel promotion is scheduled to end August 31. All drawings will be completed by September 30.
Also, the Washta, Iowa, Car-Go Express Store celebrated its 10th anniversary last week with a three-day "gala," which launched last Thursday with a live KCHE radio broadcast, said The Chronicle Times.
The day's celebration offered free pastry puff samples as well as a free customer appreciation barbecue with grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, with beans and chips. The location also featured in-store specials, including discounts on appetizers, king-sized Bing candy bars and Little Debbie boxed snacks, said the report.
There were hourly drawings throughout the day for a variety of prizes including caps, t-shirts and many other items. The drawings were topped off with two grand prizes of $50 in fuel.
On Friday, the store offered discounts on appetizers and novelty ice cream items, as well as half-priced fountain drinks and two-for-one movie rentals.
On Saturday, Car-Go offered discounts on large-box candy, appetizers and 18-packs of beer and 79-cent ice cream cones.
Five drawings took place on both Friday and Saturday, giving away five pizzas and five eight-piece boxes of chicken.
Outdoor activities all three days included craft demonstrations and sales, as well as bake sales hosted by local groups.
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