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Voting Open for Best Gas Station Brand for 2025

USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards features 20 nominees
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Voting has opened and there are 20 nominees for best gas station brand in the 2025 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

“On Dec. 1, 1913, America’s first drive-in gas station opened in Pennsylvania,” USA Today said. “Instead of hauling gasoline cans from pharmacies, motorists could now pull up, refuel and keep on driving. As more and more families owned cars (and lived further and further from city centers), fueling stations began popping up along highways across America.

“Today, we measure a gas station experience by much more than just the fuel, though,” USA Today continued. “How clean are the bathrooms? How fresh is the coffee? What snack options are available? These 20 brands, nominated by an expert panel, cater to the needs of drivers in all of these ways.”

Those interested can vote once per day until voting ends at noon Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, May 5. Ten winners will be announced May 14. 

The 2025 nominees, and their spot on CSP’s Top 202 list (if applicable), are:

  • Allsup’s/Yesway, Fort Worth, Texas (No. 19)
  • Buc-ee’s, Lake Jackson, Texas (No. 116)
  • Casey’s, Ankeny, Iowa (No. 3)
  • Cumberland Farms, Westborough, Massachusetts (No. 6)
  • Hy-Vee, West Des Moines, Iowa (No. 43)
  • Kwik Trip, La Crosse, Wisconsin (No. 11)
  • Love’s Travel Stops, Oklahoma City (No. 15)
  • Maverik, Salt Lake City (No. 12)
  • Parker’s, Savannah, Georgia (No. 86)
  • Pilot Flying J, Knoxville, Tennessee (No. 16)
  • QuickChek, El Dorado, Arkansas (No. 4)
  • QuikTrip, Tulsa, Oklahoma (No. 9)
  • RaceTrac, Atlanta (No. 17)
  • Royal Farms, Baltimore (No. 30)
  • Rutter’s, York, Pennsylvania (No. 78)
  • Sapp Bros. Travel Centers, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sheetz, Altoona, Pennsylvania (No. 13)
  • Terrible’s, Las Vegas, (No. 46)
  • TravelCenters of America, Chicago (No. 5)
  • Wawa, Wawa Pennsylvania (No. 10)

10Best Readers’ Choice Awards highlight the best in contests covering categories such as destinations, food and drink, hotels and things to do. A panel of experts chooses the nominees in all categories, and readers can vote once per category, per day for four weeks.

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