Top 202 Convenience Store Chains

CSP’s annual list of the largest chains in the convenience-store industry
Top 202 Convenience Store Chains

Kum & Go LC

In 1959, W.A. "Bill" Krause and T.S. Gentle formed a partnership and created the beginnings of the now large convenience-store chain Kum & Go. The two, a father-in-law and son-in-law, cr...

Top 202 Convenience Store Chains

GoMart Inc.

In its part of the country, mainly West Virginia, GoMart is what people think of when they think convenience store. The customer base is working-class people employed in the timber, coal and natural-g...

Family Express is a regional chain of foodservice-focused convenience stores with an upscale positioning. The chain dedicates itself to offering fresh food and beverages at value prices in a convenien...

Western Oil operates the Petro-Mart c-store chain. The chain’s competitive advantages are its bright and clean stores and focus on attracting females and families with items such as nacho bars, ...

Cantrell Companies owns and operates the regional chain of 1st Stop convenience stores in Kentucky and Ohio. The company also owns Winchester Wholesale, a food and tobacco warehouse, which supplies c-...

PDQ Food Stores' competitive advantage is its attention to detail regarding marketing and inventory, in addition to the fact that it is a 100% employee-owned company.Source: Convenience Digital Re...

United Refining's c-store chains Country Fair and Kwik Fill/Red Apple are market leaders in the territories they serve, offering a competitive advantage in foodservice. United is also an independe...

Plaid Pantry is a regional chain of 24-hour convenience stores located in the Pacific Northwest, most situated in the metro area around Portland. Positioned as a neighborhood corner store, the chain o...

Southwest Georgia Oil operates convenience stores under the Inland, S&S Food Stores and Sun Valley Market & Deli banners. Most of the stores are in rural locations and are known as destination...

The first BFS Foods convenience store opened in the early 1980s in Mt. Lake Park, Md. The company now has more than 63 BFS Foods locations and eight liquor stores in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva...

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