la crosse wisconsin based chain of convenience stores . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message the neutrality of this article is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message quiktrip corporation type private industry retail convenience stores fast food founded september 25 1958 headquarters tulsa oklahoma number of locations 730 key people chet cadieux ceo revenue 11.2 billion 2013 number of employees 19 920 website quiktrip.com quiktrip abbreviated qt is a tulsa oklahoma based chain of convenience stores which primarily operates in the midwestern southern and southeastern united states . the first quiktrip was opened in 1958 in tulsa by burt holmes and chester cadieux . the company expanded outside of oklahoma in 1968 and began selling gasoline in 1971 . 1 chester s son chet jr. is the current ceo . since 1991 quiktrip has promoted its gasoline as high quality with an unconditional guarantee . in 2005 quiktrip and chevron were the first two retailers to earn a top tier rating from general motors bmw honda volkswagen audi and toyota . the top tier rating exceeds the united states environmental protection agency s standards for gasoline additives . 2 contents 1 stores and locations 2 history 3 highlights 4 customer expedition 5 qt kitchens 6 references 7 external links stores and locations edit quiktrip operates 730 stores 3 which are located in the following areas of the united states arizona phoenix metro 88 stores arizona tucson metro 20 stores georgia atlanta metro 130 stores iowa des moines metro 24 stores kansas wichita metro 38 stores kansas missouri kansas city metro 82 stores missouri illinois st. louis metro 71 stores nebraska iowa omaha metro 11 stores north and south carolina charlotte metro 36 stores oklahoma tulsa metro 74 stores south carolina greenville spartanburg metro 30 stores texas dallas fort worth metro 128 stores all stores are owned and operated by the company . in the dallas fort worth and atlanta metro areas quiktrip competes head to head with racetrac an atlanta based convenience store chain that is very similar to quiktrip inside and out . both chains tend to have new clean facilities with abundant on site lighting and a large convenience area . original research . in many cases the two competitors are located directly across the street or on opposite street corners from one another . because the company operates stores in iowa and holds the trademarks to the name within that state competing chain kwik trip uses a different name for their stores in the state kwik star . citation needed history edit in 1994 quiktrip acquired the former memorex telex communications headquarters in tulsa and remodeled part of the building for its oklahoma division . in 2003 quiktrip decided to consolidate all employees into one corporate campus in south tulsa and sold the building to community care college . 4 in 2007 quiktrip also operated a store within the sprint center in kansas city . 5 the location only offered concessions and not gasoline . the store was closed in mid 2013 . in 2011 quiktrip purchased a former dillons grocery store in wichita kansas and initially used it for storage . the former supermarket was demolished c. 2012 2015 . future plans for this particular property have not yet been determined . 6 in 2014 a quiktrip store in ferguson missouri was looted and subsequently burned in a riot following the fatal august 9 police shooting of michael brown . 7 highlights edit exterior of a quiktrip store in des moines iowa quiktrip has been consistently listed among fortune s 100 best companies to work for . the january 2006 version of the rankings placed qt at 21 ninth among companies classified as mid size . for 2008 qt was ranked 27 in fortune s top 100 list 8 quiktrip often uses this fact in recruiting new employees . quiktrip also ranked 30th on forbes magazine s list of largest private companies in 2013 . 9 quiktrip had its own branded goods marketed from the 1970s 1980s including qt beer qt for quittin time . the ad campaign would say that it was it s qt time again and would often show a dog named lamar . the dog s owner was portrayed in television commercials by actor ben jones who often asked the dog ain t that right lamar citation needed on october 10 2007 as a founding partner qt also began operating a location inside the sprint center in kansas city missouri . this unit was closed in 2013 . 10 qt opened its 500th store in may 2008 in broken arrow oklahoma . chester cadieux reprised his role at the milestone store by ringing up the first customer burt holmes who was the co founder of quiktrip . quiktrip signed an agreement with the city of grand prairie texas for naming rights to the grand prairie airhogs new stadium to be named quiktrip park . qt will have a booth at the stadium and within two years will sell qt kitchens products at the park for store price . the company s second store without gasoline store no. 1700 has opened in midtown atlanta at the viewpoint midtown condominium building on peachtree street . the first such store opened in the sprint center in downtown kansas city missouri when the arena opened in 2007 and subsequently closed in 2013 . 11 customer expedition edit in an attempt to increase speed and improve customer service at checkout quiktrip asks customers to stand at the counter versus standing in a long line . employees are taught at orientation to go provide assistance on an additional register when the customer to cashier ratio exceeds 3 1 and to direct customers to the closest available checkout . citation needed qt kitchens edit quiktrip has begun an initiative of offering fresh food made daily at its own bakery and commissary referred to as qt kitchens . the new offer includes fresh sandwiches wraps salads fruit and various pastries made and delivered daily . 12 with the completion of the dallas fort worth facility the line of products are available in all current markets . citation needed since then quiktrip has expanded the qt kitchens brand to include actual kitchens in their stores with made to order hot food as well as specialty drinks . 13 they have also retrofitted their older style stores to include the new kitchen operations in addition to building entirely new gen 3 stores . references edit brian barber 2007 06 19 . a more congenial spot camelot site may be quiktrip milestone . tulsa world . retrieved 2007 07 02 . ouiktrip gasoline archived july 14 2007 at the wayback machine . locations . quiktrip . retrieved june 2 2016 . laurie winslow july 11 2003 . quiktrip sells former office to school . tulsa world . city kansas september 20 2007 . quiktrip will open store in sprint center . quiktrip buys former dillons building in wichita . permanent dead link carroll rory august 17 2014 . in the ferguson tempest fury and resentment fuel protesters fire . the guardian . 100 best companies to work for . fortune . 2006 . retrieved august 19 2014 . forbes ranks qt 30th largest private company . http www.kansascity.com news local article317837 quiktrip to close in sprint center.html http www.kansascity.com news local article317837 quiktrip to close in sprint center.html siebenmark jerry november 3 2012 . quiktrip to build gen 3 store at kellogg broadway . the wichita eagle . http www.quiktrip.com food made fresh to order external links edit official website reifman shlomo ; murphy andrea d. november 6 2008 . 32 quiktrip . america s largest private companies . forbes . v t e tulsa based corporations within the tulsa metropolitan area fortune 500 oneok 219 williams companies 342 forbes largest private companies quiktrip 26 list of companies based in tulsa oklahoma v t e convenience stores v t e major convenience stores in africa kenya national oil morocco mini brahim south africa sasol spar zimbabwe spar express v t e major convenience stores in asia east 759 store 7 eleven circle k circle k sunkus cu daily yamazaki familymart gs25 hi life lawson ministop ok mart parknshop express poplar spar storyway vango with me southeast 108 shop 7 eleven all day alfamart b s mart choices co.op food cheers circle k fairprice xpress fresh mart jiffy lawson lawson 108 familymart indomaret mini big c ministop mesra shop & go star mart tesco lotus express tops daily vango south spar west circle k spar former ampm buy the way bp connect daily stop on the run v t e major convenience stores in europe northern 7 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eleven bp connect newslink nightowl convenience stores spar express new zealand bp connect night n day woolworths gull list of convenience stores retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quiktrip & oldid 743939382 categories companies based in tulsa oklahomaprivately held companies based in oklahomaprivately held companies in the united stateseconomy of the midwestern united stateseconomy of the southeastern united stateseconomy of the southwestern united statesconvenience stores of the united statesgas stations in the united states1958 establishments in oklahomacompanies established in 1958hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles needing additional