The expanded stores should be open sometime in May, Kwik Shop president Jeff Parker told the newspaper. The Kwik Shop expansions are driven by the success of a similar layout in Florida, in Kroger's Tom Thumb division, he said.
Kwik Shop, based in Hutchinson, [image-nocss] Kansas, will add deli space to offer more prepared foods, expanding its response to QuikTrip's venture into fresh foods, said the report. It also will offer a pharmacy staffed by Kroger's Dillons division.
QuikTrip spokesperson Mike Thornbrugh told the Eagle that pharmacies "aren't even on our radar right now."
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