Customers can look forward to a clean, friendly [image-nocss] environment with foods such as fresh sandwiches, salads, fruit and more, the company said. Thorntons' roller grill bar design features "hot off the grill" items like hot dogs, corndogs and more. The chain offers a large variety of fountain drinks, frozen Icee flavors, smoothies and coffee. It offers products at grocery store sizes, competitive prices, as well as "100% guaranteed" fuel.
"We are excited about the expansion in several of our current markets and look forward to the opening of our new stores," said Matt Thornton, CEO of Thorntons. "Our goal is to provide our customers with a unique shopping experience. From our world-class JaLava Coffee, to our high-quality fresh food and value-priced grocery items, we hope to delight our customers with an enjoyable one-stop shopping experience."
Thorntons is a leading independent gasoline/ convenience chain retailer, marketing throughout the Midwest under the brand name of Thorntons QuickCafe & Market. Privately held Thorntons, with more than $1.4 billion in annual revenue, operates 159 gasoline/c-stores, one travel plaza and eight car washes. The company also distributes its petroleum products through the wholly owned Thornton Transportation Co. and operates a river bulk storage terminal in Louisville.
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