In 1976, it became one of the first convenience store chains to be open 24 hours a day. In the early 1970s, co-founder Cadieux eliminated slow-moving merchandise from the stores' inventory, such as canned vegetables, and stocked a larger quantity of items, priced low for high-volume sales, such as beer, soda, coffee, cigarettes, and candy. QuikTrip began to sell gasoline in 1971 as states legalized self-service stations. The chain grew rapidly, opening its first store outside Tulsa in 1964, expanding to Missouri in 1968 and Iowa in 1974.

The first QuikTrip store was opened in a Tulsa strip mall in 1958, which sold a limited selection of groceries with high prices for the convenience. Holmes and Cadieux each invested $5,000, and three other investors put up $2,000 each for the venture. He took on classmate Chester Cadieux as a partner in his planned venture. While driving through Dallas, Burt Holmes was intrigued by the success of 7-Eleven and decided to open a small grocery store in his hometown of Tulsa. 33 on Forbes magazine's list of largest private companies in 2016. QuikTrip often uses this fact in recruiting new employees. 21, ninth among companies classified as 'mid-size'. QuikTrip was ranked as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. The 'Top Tier' rating exceeds the United States Environmental Protection Agency's standards for gasoline additives. 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. Chester's son, Chet, Jr., is the current CEO. The company expanded outside of Oklahoma in 1968, and started selling gasoline in 1971. The first QuikTrip was opened in 1958 in Tulsa by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. QuikTrip is one of two convenience store chains based in Oklahoma (the other being Love's). The QuikTrip Corporation, more commonly known as QuikTrip ( QT), is an American chain of convenience stores based in Tulsa, Oklahoma that operates in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States.

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