The Kent Cos.

In 2024, The Kent Cos., Midland, Texas, acquired Jack's Convenience Stores, adding eight locations to its network. Also based in Midland, Jack's had stores in Abilene, Midland and San Angelo, Texas. Just a year earlier, Kent Cos. had two significant acquisitions, expanding into Alabama with the purchase of D.C. Oil Co. of Birmingham and its 13 locations, along with 14 stores from Tom Thumb Food Stores Inc., based out of Hialeah, Florida.Kent Cos. owns and operates convenience stores and truck stops under the Kent Kwik and Bountyland banners. Its stores and truck stops are in eight states: Alabama, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. Besides its company-owned stores, it has dealer locations. It sells Chevron, Texaco and Exxon branded fuels. While most of the company's stores use the Kent Kwik banner, its 11 Bountyland Food stores in South Carolina and North Carolina, acquired in October 2021, have retained the Bountyland name. In 2022, the company launched Kent Kwik private-label items, such as Kent Kwik-branded chips and water. It installs self-checkout kiosks in new and remodeled stores.

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