New Convenience-Store Roundup for April 2024

This edition of CSP’s New Convenience-Store Roundup features new-to-industry (NTI) c-store openings, as well as closings, that took place in April 2024.

Ohio added the most stores for the month, with four new locations.

The unscientifically gathered roundup—gleaned from company announcements, websites, email, social media and newspapers around the country, among other sources—is by no means complete, but it serves as a monthly competitive snapshot of newly opened or closed U.S. c-stores, gas stations, truckstops and travel centers.

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Many of the stores listed here are owned by independent operators, while others belong to major chains. Some are part of CSP’s Top 202 ranking of c-store chains by size. Some of the owners and operators are new entrepreneurs, and some are industry veterans.

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Wawa opened a new convenience store in Fairhope, Alabama, on April 25, its first in the state. 

Net new stores*: 1

*Represents new-to-industry stores opened minus stores closed in this state for the month of this count only. Other c-stores not captured by this count may have opened or closed in the state. The roundup does not include razed-and-rebuilt, remodeled or replacement stores, acquisitions, new ownership or temporary closings.

Jiffy Trip has opened a new convenience store in Roger, Arkansas, on April 10.

Net new stores: 1

QuikTrip opened a new convenience store in Greenwood Village, Colorado, in late April, its 13th in the Centennial State.

Net new stores: 1

Daybreak Market & Fuel opened new 76 gas stations and convenience stores in Riverview, Florida, on April 20 and in Fort Myers, Florida, on April 27.

Net new stores: 2

Stinker Stores opened a new convenience store in Nampa, Idaho, on April 12.

Net new stores: 1

QuikTrip opened a new convenience store in Rockford, Illinois, on April 11. The location, off Interstate 90, offers gasoline service for 18 cars and six diesel bays for trucks.

Casey’s General Stores opened a new convenience store in Crystal Lake, Illinois, on April 18.

Net new stores: 2

Casey’s General Stores opened new convenience stores in Ames, Iowa, on April 11 and in Waukee, Iowa, on April 26.

Net new stores: 2

Casey’s General Stores opened a new convenience store in Topeka, Kansas, on April 4.

Net new stores: 1

The Wills Group opened a new, 4,800 square-foot Dash-In convenience store in Indian Head, Maryland, on April 10. It also features Dash In fuel and in-bay automatic Splash In ECO Car Wash. The centerpiece of the store is an open kitchen, and the store design features natural wood exterior finishes, polished concrete floors and an excellent line of sight throughout the store. Customers can place their orders at kiosks and have the option of dining in the indoor seating area. The kitchen is flanked by a beverage wall on one side featuring bean-to-cup coffee and blended beverage offerings as part of a craft beverage wall. Menu choices include specialty griddle-pressed burgers, house-made potato chips and baked goods made onsite. The Made for You and Fresh to Go menu includes main course salads such as Southwest Steak and Crispy Chicken Cobb, Kitchen Bowls including La Cocina and the Veggie Power, as well as Wings and Stackadillas. The store also features a self-serve, automated shake and smoothie machine that can mix to order more than 40 beverages. The store also serves breakfast all day. A dedicated Dash In concierge focuses solely on customers’ needs.

Royal Farms opened a new convenience store in Jessup, Maryland, on April 15.

Net new stores: 2

Casey’s General Stores opened a new convenience store in Berrien Springs, Michigan, on April 18.

Net new stores: 1

Casey’s General Stores opened a new convenience store in Granby, Missouri, on April 4.

Pajco Inc.’s Rhodes Convenience Stores opened a new location in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on April 9.

Net new stores: 2

Bolla Oil opened a new Bolla Market convenience store in Islip, New York on April 28. It features a Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop.

CPD Energy Corp. has opened a new Chestnut Market in White Plains, New York, on Hutchinson River Parkway, in early April. The convenience store fuses contemporary and industrial architectural motifs—vaulted ceilings, oversized exterior windowpanes and a cupula featuring Chestnut Market’s squirrel, which appears throughout the store. It offers the company’s proprietary grab-and-go Hot Bites foodservice and bean-to-cup coffee featuring Colombian Regular, Hazlenut and French Vanilla. The store also features touch-free restrooms with automatic hand dispensers and dryers, Mashgin’s self-checkout, shelf lighting across the coolers and double-wide cooler doors. It does not offer a beverage fountain. This location also does not sell tobacco because of regulations for state-owned thoroughfares.

Net new stores: 2

Sheetz opened new convenience stores in Beavercreek, Ohio, on April 9 and in Springboro, Ohio, on April 17.

Meijer opened a Meijer Express gas station and convenience store in North Canton, Ohio, on April 18, adjacent to a new Meijer supercenter.

An In N Out convenience store opened on April 25 in Ashtabula, Ohio. The store will offer Chester’s Chicken and Hunt Brothers Pizza.

Net new stores: 4

Casey’s General Stores opened two new convenience stores in Oklahoma City, a goodstop on April 5 and a Casey’s on April 26.

Net new stores: 2

Dar USA opened a new Shell gas station in Wilsonville, Oregon, in late April.

Net new stores: 1

Chef Chad Durkin opened Breezy’s Deli & Market in South Philadelphia, in April. The menu includes hoagies; signature recipe smoothies and slushies from a Botrista DrinkBot, an automated craft drink solution for foodservice providers; Greenstreet coffee; grab-and-go offerings; local, fresh produce; and a grocery inventory. It will add tables and outside seating around the perimeter, and the space will also be available to rent out for parties, dinners, showers, receptions and corporate functions. It will also offer private cooking classes.

Rutter’s opened a new, 10,250-square-foot convenience store in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, on April 30, its 87th location and second of 2024. It has 16 auto-fueling positions and six commercial fueling lanes. The store features a 29-degree beer cave, wine and Spiked Slushies. The location offers Rutter’s Top Tier certified gasoline, Supreme 93 gasoline and Rutter’s Premium Diesel, as well as traditional grades of gasoline, along with Ethanol Free, Unleaded 15 and Flex Fuel. The forecourt will also offer Premium Auto Diesel, Kerosene and Off-Road Diesel. For commercial drivers, high-speed truck diesel and in-lane diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) is available.

Net new stores: 2

Parker’s opened a new Parker’s Kitchen convenience store in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 8.

Net new stores: 1

Casey’s General Stores opened new convenience stores in Morristown, Tennessee, on April 18 and in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 25.

Net new stores: 2

QuikTrip opened new convenience stores in Pflugerville, Texas, on April 3 and in Round Rock, Texas, in mid-April.

Net new stores: 2

Royal Farms opened a new convenience store in Bedford, Virginia, on April 15, near the National D-Day Memorial. This location features a gas station with 16 standard flow fueling positions. Royal Farms will be an official sponsor of The National D-Day Foundation’s 80th Anniversary of D-Day Commemoration Ceremony in Bedford.

Net new stores: 1

NEW STORES OPENED IN APRIL 2024: 33

STORES CLOSED IN APRIL 2024: 0

NET NEW STORES IN APRIL 2024: 33

TOTAL NET NEW STORES IN 2024: 123

To be sure your locations are listed in upcoming roundups, please send new-store announcements and other news to Greg Lindenberg at greg.lindenberg@informa.com