QuikTrip made Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list in the restaurants, dining and food services category. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based retailer ranked No. 41.
The 2026 list from the New York-based media brand includes 720 honorees across 59 categories. Fast Company said this year’s list highlights an emerging divide: the difference between innovation that creates wholly new products and services that create value.
Fast Company recognized QuikTrip’s Coffee Wow tap system that offers a selection of 12 choices—six for hot coffee and six for cold coffee. “QuikTrip upped its self-serve coffee game to such a degree that customers busted off the handles,” Fast Company said on its website.
The tap system features “freshly brewed bean-to-cup coffee and real milk and sugar flavors,” Aisha Jefferson, the convenience-store chain’s corporate communications manager, told CSP.
- QuikTrip is No. 9 on CSP’s 2025 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by store count. Watch for the full 2026 Top 202 ranking in June.
Fast Company said the list is determined from the following four criteria:
- Innovation: Did the company create something truly original?
- Impact: Did that innovation have a measurable impact on the company and its industry?
- Timeliness: Did the innovation emerge or meaningfully evolve within the past 12 months?
- Relevance: Does it address broader challenges facing industries or society?
QuikTrip is a privately held company. Founded in 1958, the chain has grown to a more than $11 billion company with more than 31,000 employees.
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