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In January 2024, they opened their 10th location in Washington, D.C., their 33rd store in total. [6] [7] Placer.ai rated it together with Trader Joe's as one of its 2024 "hot brands", saying that it was "redefining the convenience store" and noting that it was attractive to its "wine drinker" and "nutritionally aware" categories of customers. [8]
Both chains receive high marks in consumer satisfaction, with Wawa being placed first and Sheetz fourth in the 2024 American Customer Satisfaction Index survey of convenience stores, [4] outperforming some fast food chains. [5] Sheetz and Wawa have historically kept their operations in their respective regions. [6]
Town & Country Food Stores – bought by Stripes Convenience Stores in 2007; Ugo – bought by Poundstretcher in 2012; Uni-Mart – based in Pennsylvania, bought by Kwik Pik in 2009; UtoteM – operated until 1984 in the Southwestern United States; White Hen Pantry – based in Illinois, acquired by 7-Eleven in 2006
As of August 2024, Costco had 884 locations worldwide, with 611 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and another 108 in Canada. The warehouse giant plans to add the following new warehouses in the U.S ...
In July 2024 Casey's purchased Fikes Wholesale, Inc., including its chain of CEFCO convenience stores, in a $1.145B all-cash transaction. The deal, expected to close in the 4th quarter of 2024, will add nearly 200 stores and will expand Casey's further into Texas as well as into the states of Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. [36]
The company's roots go back to a single Chicago, Illinois, gas station in 1938. [1] The owner of Martin Oil, Edward R. Herbst, was credited with becoming "the P.T. Barnum of gasoline" by engaging in unusual marketing strategies, undercutting the competition with low prices, and pioneering the convenience store model. [2]
U.S. retailers have announced more than 7,100 store closures through the end of November 2024, a 69% jump from the same time last year, according to recent data from research firm CoreSight.
On August 1, 2024, FEMSA announced plans to acquire 249 DK convenience stores in the U.S. states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas from parent company Delek US Holdings, Inc. for $385 million. The acquisition was completed in October 2024. [14] FEMSA has not revealed any immediate plans to rebrand the DK stores to Oxxo.