BreakTime Corner Market LLC

Breaktime Corner Market LLC (BTCM) broke into CSP's Top 202 ranking of convenience-store chains with two significant acquisitions in 2024. The Houston-based chain purchased 23 Loaf N' Jug stores in June, also from Westborough, Massachusetts-based EG America LLC. Then later in the year, it acquired 39 convenience stores operating under the Minit Mart brand in central and northern Illinois, again from EG America LLC, the U.S. unit of U.K.-based EG Group Ltd.

BTCM plans to rebrand the Minit Mart stores under its "BrakeTime" name, enhance the merchandise selection and retain all existing team members, reinforcing its commitment to community integration and employee retention, the company said.The company that would become BTCM bought its first convenience store in Houston in 1999. Established as BTCM in 2004, it has emerged as a multifaceted enterprise specializing in the operation and management of gas stations, convenience stores, retail shopping centers, office buildings and the acquisition of land for retail development.

BTCM and the BrakeTime brand are not related to Columbia, Missouri-based MFA Oil Co.'s BreakTime convenience-store brand.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2025.