QuikTrip Corp.

QuikTrip Corp., one of the nation's top-performing c-store chains, hit a milestone in 2023 with the opening of its 1,000th location in Converse, Texas, within the San Antonio metro area. A privately held company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma and founded in 1958, QuikTrip has grown to more than 1,000 stores in 17 states.

Recent expansions with new-to-industry locations have occurred in Colorado, Mississippi, Illinois and Texas. For more than a dozen years, Fortune magazine has ranked QuikTrip among its 100 Best Companies to Work For, offering tuition reimbursement, medical insurance, 401K and advancement opportunities for its roughly 31,000 employees.

The company donates 5% of its net profits to charitable organizations in communities where it operates, officials said. In 1958, Chester Cadieux and Burt Holmes invested their life savings to open the very first QuikTrip, which was a small grocery store serving their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chester's son, Chet Cadieux III, has served as QuikTrip's CEO since 2002 and added the role of Chairman to his responsibilities in 2006.

Over six decades, the chain has evolved to run full-service kitchens with fresh, made-to-order sandwiches, as well as fresh food delivered daily through its bakeries and commissaries.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2024.