Stewart's Shops

Founded in 1945, the Ballston Spa, New York-based Stewart's Shops chain operates in upstate New York, New Hampshire and southern Vermont, as well as 45 Jolley convenience stores it purchased from St. Albans, Vermont-based Jolley Associates in December. At the end of last year, the chain operated 362 Stewart's Shops and 45 Jolley stores for a total of 407 locations.

While Stewart's Shops is mostly owned by the family of chairman William Dake, employees also own about 40% of the company through an employee stock ownership plan. 

Stewart's is known regionally for its milk, ice cream, coffee, to-go food, gasoline and other convenience items. The company has an extensive production, distribution and warehousing network that supplies its stores. As a result, the chain is unusual in the number of products it produces in its own facilities, including 20-ounce "refresher" teas and dairy drinks.

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