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Wawa began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming, and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa, Pennsylvania, in 1902.

As home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s, Grahame Wood, George’s grandson, opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy products. Today, Wawa is an all-day, everyday stop for freshly prepared foods, beverages, coffee, fuel and surcharge-free ATMs.

Wawa stores are located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C. The stores offer a large fresh foodservice selection, including custom-prepared hoagies, freshly brewed coffee, hot breakfast sandwiches, specialty beverages and an assortment of soups, sides and snacks.

Established in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Sheetz Inc. is one of America’s fastest-growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains, with more than 23,500 employees. The company operates more than 670 store locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and North Carolina.

Sheetz provides an award-winning menu of sandwiches and salads that are ordered through unique touchscreen order-point terminals.

QuikTrip Corporation is a privately held company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1958 by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux, QuikTrip has grown to a more than $11 billion company with 900+ stores.

QuikTrip began to sell gasoline in 1971 as states legalized self-service stations. 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.

Made-fresh-to-order food, premium specialty drinks and tasty frozen treat selections are available at QuikTrip’s QT Kitchens counters each day.

QuikTrip gives back to the communities it serves, donating five percent of net profits to charitable organizations in those communities. With more than 24,000 employees, QuikTrip has consistently been ranked as one of the top convenience store marketers in product quality and friendly service.

After saving up money from renting roller skates throughout Idaho and Utah, Reuel Call opened his first gas station in 1928 in Afton, Wyoming. In 1964 the company expanded to Moab, Utah, and has kept growing to hundreds of stores and millions of gallons of gasoline sold. Maverik has helped millions of people gear up for adventure. The company is committed to building the coolest convenience experience on the planet, and that adventurous spirit fuels every operational decision.

Maverik operates more than 380 locations across 12 Western states, making it the largest independent fuel marketer in the Intermountain West. It’s known for its premium BonFire foodservice offering—made fresh in every Maverik, every day—and values on fuel, drinks and snacks. Maverik sells exclusive products such as burritos, sandwiches, pizzas, toasted subs, cookies and coffee blends from around the world.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, family-owned RaceTrac has been serving guests since 1934 and now operates over 550 convenience store locations in the Southern United States.

Operating under the mission of making people’s lives simpler and more enjoyable, RaceTrac stores offer guests an affordable one-stop shop featuring a wide selection of food and beverage favorites, as well as Swirl World frozen desserts, freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee and competitively priced fuel.

The company has been named a top workplace across four of the states in which it operates and has been recognized on Forbes’ list of largest private companies every year since 1998.