largest convenience store chain, aims to add 600 jobs and pay $16 an hour to start. The jobs, said spokesperson John McHugh, will require working with advanced technology and automation at the company’s LaCrosse facility that produces dairy and bakery commodities and also a new product line of ready-to-eat meals. McHugh called the 600 goal hefty but within reach “The hiring environment has become much more challenging for all of us,” McHugh said. What will help Kwik Trip is that being known the last 10 years as a top workplace, McHugh said: “When people research good opportunities for work in the area, they often find Kwik Trip.
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Industry profile
> 7-Eleven: 9,300 stores
> Alimentation Couche-Tarde (Circle K, Holiday, Corner Store): 5,900
> Speedway: 3.900
> Casey’s: 2,200
>EG America (Kroger C-Stores, Travel Center, Minit Mart, Cumberland Farms): 2,700
> Murphy: 1,500
> GPM (FasMart, RStore, Mad Max, Jetz): 1200
> BP (Ampm, Thorntons): 1,000
> ExtraMile: 900
> Wawa: 900
> QuikTrip: 800
> Pilot: 800
> Kwik Trip: 700
> Sheetz: 600