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Street Corner may not be the new kid on the block — it first entered the market in the mid-1980s — but the chain’s reinvention post-pandemic positions it as a cutting-edge, modern c-store business. With a new CEO at the wheel, Street Corner recently debuted a revamped foodservice menu and is aggressively rolling out three tech-forward store prototypes — Urban Market, Express and Fuel Station.

Headquartered in Topeka, Kan., the Street Corner concept is a franchise-only model, registered in all 50 states, with 38 locations across the U.S. currently. In fall of 2021, the chain introduced four new locations. It plans to introduce another seven stores by April and a total of 16 by this summer.

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Street Corner was founded by Peter LaColla and Dan McCabe in 1988. LaColla currently serves as president and chairman of the board for Street Corner, after 30 years leading the chain as CEO. He remains instrumental in helping Street Corner implement and adapt to new technology. McCabe is also the co-founder of legal practice McColla Enterprises Ltd. and provided legal expertise and guidance for Street Corner during his tenure. He is now retired. Today, Street Corner is helmed by Vikram Dhillon, who stepped into the role of CEO in May 2021. Dhillon’s father was a 7-Eleven franchisee, and Dhillon grew up in the family business. He went on to run 7-Eleven stores for 20 years. “We have close to 23 stores in our family, and I was overseeing seven of them,” Dhillon said.

In 2016, Dhillon became a Street Corner franchisee across San Diego and soon began working as a developer for the chain. He went on to become the head of the sales department, selling franchise agreements nationally to retailers.

Dhillon is still a Street Corner franchisee himself, with stores in both California and Arizona. And he’s also a 12% stockholder in the company.

In August, Street Corner welcomed Adrian Aybar as vice president of operations. Like Dhillon, Aybar is an equity partner in the company, and he ran a