Family-owned C.N. Brown Co. operates 75 Big Apple Convenience Stores throughout Maine and New Hampshire.
Several Big Apple Stores feature the company's proprietary Big Apple Deli program with breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Larger locations have quick-service restaurant brands, such as Dunkin', McDonald's, Aroma Joe's and Subway. Bean-to-cup coffee and frozen beverage options round out the dispensed beverage offerings.
Big Apple Stores offers a rewards program where points can be spent like cash.
In 2025, C.N. Brown Co. completed a rebuild in Waterville, Maine, and purchased a store in Epping, New Hampshire.
The company is a proud community supporter and now partners with the MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children's Hospital.
For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2026.
| Headquarters: | South Paris, Maine |
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| No. of Stores: | 75 |
| Rank: | 100 |
| Rank Last Year: | 102 |
| Website: | http://www.cnbrown.com |