WASHINGTON – The Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip chain was named the best in the country for fueling stops and convenience stores by USA Today readers for the fourth year running. Readers were asked to rank bathroom cleanliness, coffee freshness, snack options, and fuel service. Kwik Trip is known for its central bakeries in LaCrosse, which make more than two dozen different items a day, and its milk products from dairy farms within a 100-mile radius of La Crosse. Other leaders:
> 2: Hy-Vee (Iowa headquarters, 126 locations)
> 3: RaceTrak (Georgia, 650).
> 4: Royal Farms (Maryland, 200).
> 5: Maverik (Utah), 400.
> 6: Parker’s (Georgia, 70).
> 7: Sheetz (Pennsylvania, 670)
> 8: Love’s (Oklahoma, 600).
> 9. Quik Trip (Iowa, 900).
> 10: Sapp Bros. (Nebraska, 17).
800 stores. And counting.