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QuikTrip began to sell gasoline in 1971 as states legalized self-service stations. In the early 1970s, co-founder Cadieux eliminated slow-moving merchandise from the stores' inventory, such as canned vegetables, and stocked a larger quantity of items, priced low for high-volume sales, such as beer, soda, coffee, cigarettes, and candy. [ 8 ]
The first La Crosse location opened in 1971, and in 1973, a distribution center was built and the headquarters moved to La Crosse. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Kwik Trip saw an influx in company growth; it expanded its corporate offices three times and the distribution center twice, and in 1986 it hit the 100-store mark.
OLCO Petroleum Group – 319 stations in Ontario and Quebec; Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and Gulf Oil in the 1980s; Pioneer Petroleum – 130 stations in Ontario; 7-Eleven brand gasoline; Shell Canada – Canadian unit of Shell with 1800 stations across ...
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Dec. 22—QuikTrip is continuing in its pursuit to set up a convenience store that sells alcohol and nicotine and a gas station that fuels heavy vehicles in Albuquerque, despite community opposition.
In Brazil, most convenience stores are installed at gas stations; over 8,100 stores are operating at service stations. In 2019, over 3,100 individual convenience stores were operating in the country. [ 30 ]
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On April 2, 2019, GPM announced that, through a subsidiary, they had acquired Port St. Lucie, Florida–based Town Star, adding 18 locations, and entering the Florida market. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On December 8, 2022, GPM officially took over ownership of Pride Convenience Holdings LLC a 31 c-store chain based of Springfield, Massachusetts , from ARKO ...