Quality Oil operates 42 Quality Marts in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia featuring a slogan of “Quality, our way of life.” It also owns and franchises 56 Quality Plus stores, which sell gas and cigarettes only. The Quality Plus stores are run by husband-and-wife teams who live in furnished apartments attached to the store property. The Quality Plus stores feature drive-thru windows and special cigarette pricing. Quality Mart stores market themselves as “the fastest pumps in town.” Most are open late for customer convenience, some 24 hours a day. Competitors include 7-Eleven, Circle K, Fast Track and Kangaroo Express.
The company, which started in 1929, also supplies heating and cooling services, fleet fueling and operates several hotels. Its top-selling category is cigarettes, and other key categories are beer, energy drinks and carbonated soft drinks, with all showing growth over the previous year.
| Headquarters: | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
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| No. of Stores: | 96 |
| Average Store Size: | 1,000-2,500 sq. ft. |
| Rank: | 81 |
| Rank Last Year: | 64 |
| States of Operation: | North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia |
| Website: | http://www.qocnc.com |
