Knowing Growing: QuikTrip Flexes in 2023

Expansion is the name of the game at Tulsa, Oklahoma-based QuikTrip, which hit the 1,000-store milestone in 2023, opened another urgent care facility and entered its 17th state.

QuikTrip, No. 10 on CSP’s2023 Top 202 ranking of convenience-store chains by store count, also finished ninth in a nationwide poll of the country’s best gas stations.

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QuikTrip last spring celebrated the opening of its 1,000th retail location in Converse, Texas.

Because the c-store chain is growing so quickly, it had its choice of five new-store openings to designate as the 1,000th. The other four are in Surprise and Tolleson, Arizona; Macon, Georgia; and Thornton, Colorado. At the time of this milestone, the company had opened 26 stores in 17 markets since Jan. 1, 2023.

The Converse location is a 4,900-square-foot store with nine gasoline pumps. It features an expanded fresh-to-order foodservice menu, including pulled beef and hardwood-smoked barbecue sandwiches, breakfast tacos, pizza, soft pretzels, premium specialty drinks and QuikShakes.

There are also freshly made grab-and-go sandwiches, salads and wraps. Its line of QT “snackles” includes freshly brewed coffee and QTea, pizza by the slice and roller grill items.

QuikTrip on Sept. 19 opened its 13th MedWise urgent care facility in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, further expanding its medical clinic business.

Although some MedWise facilities are near QuikTrips, they are standalone businesses on separate lots.

There are 10 to 15 employees per facility, which treat same-day, non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses, including allergies, burns, colds, poison ivy, cuts, sprains, strains and broken bones for adults and children. Other services in the 3,057-square-foot space include X-rays, diagnostic testing, seasonal vaccinations and other minor procedures. They also offer preventative care including physical exams. Appointments are not necessary.

QuikTrip sponsored NBA stars from the Atlanta Hawks shooting hoops for youth at day-camp basketball courts in the Atlanta area in summer 2023.

The sponsorship of the Hawks’ 2023 Community Court Tour is one way QuikTrip is giving back to the communities it serves. QuikTrip contributes several million dollars to nonprofit organizations in the Atlanta area dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods and families and helping youth lead active, healthy lives, the company said.

The sponsorship, which is continuing this basketball season, aims to create memorable experiences for participating youth, Andrew Saltzman, the Hawks’ chief revenue officer, said at the time.

Clinton, Mississippi, is home to QuikTrip’s first store in the Magnolia State. The location, which opened in late March, was the first of five Remote Store Network locations in the chain’s expansion plans in Mississippi in 2023.

Remote Store Network sites have larger lots and bigger stores than a traditional QuikTrip, with room to service 20 cars for gasoline and six diesel bays for trucks.

QuikTrip created this model for highly traveled areas of the country also in reasonable proximity to a QuikTrip Distribution Center for access to fresh food. It has a full-service kitchen with fresh, made-to-order “snackles” along with fresh food delivered daily through the chain’s bakeries and commissaries.

QuikTrip was named the ninth best gas station chain in the U.S. in the 2023 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

A panel of experts from USA Today partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial nominees. Readers then selected the top 10 winners by popular vote.

“QuikTrip is beloved for its made-to-order food (like barbecue sandwiches and breakfast tacos) and soft-serve ice cream, enjoyed alongside a range of convenience store items and grab-and-go snacks,” USA Today wrote.