Kwik Trip continues Minnesota expansion spree

Kwik Trip just opened its 930 store, and it’s in Little Falls.

The grand opening was on Oct. 22. Sauk Centre’s Kwik Trip will open on Dec. 3, with Victoria following suit just before the new year on Dec. 28. Elk River’s newest Kwik Trip opened on Oct. 8.

These stores are roughly 9,200-square-feet — similar to most other Kwik Trips, complete with food and fuel. 

Other greater Minnesota stores remain on the docket for this year:

Eagan, expected to open in November

Ham Lake, expected to open in November

Sauk Centre, expected to open in December

Cottage Grove, expected to open in December

Victoria, expected to open in December

St. Cloud couple celebrates Halloween: St. Cloud couple celebrates eighth year of going all out

Kwik Trip is a vertically-integrated company

Kwik Trip, Inc., a family-owned convenience store, started in 1965 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. More than 38,000 employees work at over 900 stores across the Midwest.

As a vertically-integrated company, it operates its own bakery, dairy, kitchens, food-safety lab, distribution center, LP plant, blow mold facility, transportation company and health clinic. About 80% of the products in its stores are Kwik Trip, Inc.’s own branded product that is made, shipped, and sold by Kwik Trip, the company website stated.

More: Where to find pumpkin patches near St. Cloud

Some of the products include Pothole Pizza, Glazers Donuts and Karuba.

It wasn’t until 2003, that Glazer Donuts was first introduced. By 2013, the convenience store celebrated 400 locations. Three years later, it grew to 500. Fresh fried chicken came along in 2019, and one year later, take home meals were introduced.

Kwik Trip has more than 2,400 members on it’s Minnesota Facebook fan page, Minnesota Kwik Trip Enthusiast Club, which is not run by the company.

This article originally appeared on St. Cloud Times: Kwik Trip continues Minnesota expansion spree