{"id":64708,"date":"2026-10-27T09:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/64708\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:26:17","slug":"kwik-trip-continues-minnesota-expansion-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/64708\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwik Trip continues Minnesota expansion spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kwik Trip just opened its 930 store, and it&#8217;s in Little Falls.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening was on Oct. 22. Sauk Centre&#8217;s Kwik Trip will open on Dec. 3, with Victoria following suit just before the new year on Dec. 28. Elk River&#8217;s newest Kwik Trip opened on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Kwik Trip chicken tenders\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3f3eb28f-26fe-4188-8825-e8e886dd4445.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These stores are roughly 9,200-square-feet \u2014 similar to most other Kwik Trips, complete with food and fuel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other greater Minnesota stores remain on the docket for this year:<\/p>\n<p>Eagan, expected to open in November<\/p>\n<p>Ham Lake, expected to open in November<\/p>\n<p>Sauk Centre, expected to open in December<\/p>\n<p>Cottage Grove, expected to open in December<\/p>\n<p>Victoria, expected to open in December<\/p>\n<p>St. Cloud couple celebrates Halloween: St. Cloud couple celebrates eighth year of going all out<\/p>\n<p>Kwik Trip is a vertically-integrated company<\/p>\n<p> 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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a080% of the products in its stores are Kwik Trip, Inc.\u2019s own branded product\u00a0that is made, shipped, and sold by Kwik Trip, the company website stated.<\/p>\n<p>More: Where to find pumpkin patches near St. Cloud<\/p>\n<p>Some of the products include Pothole Pizza, Glazers Donuts and Karuba. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Kwik Trip has more than 2,400 members on it&#8217;s Minnesota Facebook fan page, Minnesota Kwik Trip Enthusiast Club, which is not run by the company.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on St. Cloud Times: Kwik Trip continues Minnesota expansion spree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwik Trip just opened its 930 store, and it&#8217;s in Little Falls. The grand opening was on Oct. 22. Sauk Centre&#8217;s Kwik Trip will open on Dec. 3, with Victoria following suit just before the new year on Dec. 28. Elk River&#8217;s newest Kwik Trip opened on Oct. 8. 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