QuikTrip (abbreviated QT) is a chain of convenience stores primarily found in the Midwestern and Southern United States (not to be confused with Kwik Trip convenience stores).The first QuikTrip opened in 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the privately held company is still headquartered today. QuikTrip heavily promotes its high-quality gasoline which it backs by a money-back guarantee. In 2004 QuikTrip and Chevron were the first two retailers to earn a "Top Tier" rating from General Motors, BMW, Honda, and Toyota. (The "Top Tier" rating exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency's standards for gasoline additives.) QuikTrip stores are well known for their large selection of fountain drinks, where customers can add cherry or vanilla flavoring to their drinks. They also have a wide range of comparatively good quality coffee and sandwiches. Normally its stores are quite large, offering anywhere from 6 to 24 gas pumps and a large retail space inside. Because all of its stores are owned and operated by the company, the interior has a uniform layout: to the right of the doors are magazines, potato chips, and other packaged snacks and the coolers housing bottled drinks; and to the left is the candy display, fountain drinks (including coffee and frozen drinks), the hot food area (currently comprising hot dogs, taquitos, Eggrolls, and stuffed breadsticks), the coolers with cold sandwiches inside and the microwaves for those frozen products. Front and center in this layout is the checkstand, which usually has space for two or three employees and three to five POS registers.QuikTrip operates 471 stores, most of which are concentrated in these eleven United States metropolitan areas:
Oklahoma: Tulsa (60 stores)
Kansas/Missouri: Kansas City (71 stores)
Kansas: Wichita (35 stores)
Iowa: Des Moines (38 stores)
Arizona: Phoenix (50 stores)
Missouri: St. Louis (68 stores)
Georgia: Atlanta (108 stores)
Texas: Dallas/Fort Worth (41 stores)
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