Quiktrip Maple And West (2024)

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What is the full name of QuikTrip? ›

QuikTrip Corporation is a privately held company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1958, QuikTrip has grown to a more than $11 billion company with more than 1,000 stores in 17 states.

Quality Customer Service. Thornbrugh said QuikTrip is successful because it executes quality customer service—the most important trait—at such a high level. “Anyone can have a nice-looking building and merchandise, but if you don't concentrate on customer service and performance, people will go elsewhere,” he said.

Chester (Chet) Cadieux III, a Tulsa native, is the Chairman and CEO of QuikTrip Corporation, a regional gasoline/convenience store operation based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company was founded in 1958 by his father, Chester Cadieux II and is now the 33^rd largest privately-held company in the United States.

The state with the most QuikTrip locations is Texas, with 270 stores. This is about 28% of all QuikTrip locations in the United States. The city with the most QuikTrip locations is Tulsa, with 48 locations.

This definitive ranking serves as a benchmark, helping to navigate the ever-changing landscape of convenience retail." The new list shows the top three positions holding steady with 7-Eleven, Circle K and Casey's General Stores leading the industry.

Tulsa, OK

QuikTrip / Headquarters

The first QuikTrip was opened in 1958 in Tulsa by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. The company expanded outside of Oklahoma in 1968, and started selling gasoline in 1971. Chester's son, Chet, Jr., is the current CEO.

1957. A visit to Dallas where he saw thriving 7-Eleven stores inspires Burt Holmes with the idea to open a small grocery store — then called bantam stores or drive-in groceries — in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

QT always has free air and water for your car.

The case notes that full-time employee turnover at QT is 13 percent, compared to 59 percent in the industry's top quartile and 109 percent in the industry overall. (Part-time employee turnover for QT is 36 percent, compared to 84 percent in the top quartile and 157 percent overall.)

Is QuikTrip top tier? ›

With that said, QuickTrip or QT is a Top Tier brand, meaning its fuel products are treated with an approved Detergent Gasoline additive at the right concentration. As a Top Tier brand, QuickTrip's fuel will less likely help develop deposits in your engine's fuel injectors and intake valves.

QuikTrip 's primary competitors are Wawa, Sheetz, Kwik Trip and 12 more.

Most places like Costco and QT buy gas from the same refineries on the spot market, so the gas is pretty much the same except from larger companies that have their own refining facilities. QT gas may come from a Shell refinery one week, and a Sunoco refinery the next...

No, contrary to what you might see on other websites, QuikTrip does not offer franchises. There is no mention of a QuikTrip Franchise on its website. This means that all QuikTrip stores are owned and operated by the company itself, and they have full control over the operations and management of each location.