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Headquartered in Altoona, Pa., this family-owned chain of gas stations/convenience stores has a food program that scores quick-service visits — placing it among the top of the convenience-store segment.
Sheetz’s menu is made to order and all items are available 24/7. The chain also serves grab-and-go options, bakery items and espresso beverages made on the spot from traditional Italian espresso machines.
Customers can order custom food and beverage options through touchscreens or online.
The coffee program at Sheetz is made from coffee beans that are freshly ground in-store.
Wawa is a convenience-store chain that also offers fuel services. Its locations are in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Central Florida.
Offering an extensive food and beverage menu for any daypart, Wawa uses a touchscreen ordering system that allows customers to mix and match their meals.
In addition to the built-to-order menu, there is a selection of prepared foods and drinks — including sandwiches, juices, soups, wraps, baked goods and more — that customers can take with them on the go.
The Wawa Rewards app lets users pay for purchases, earn rewards and reload their Wawa Gift Cards.
The convenience-store chain also offers a wide array of coffee beverages.
Many of Wawa’s quick-service items, like its signature hoagies, are built to order, so the food is made fresh by Wawa staff onsite.
Circle K is a chain owned by Canadian-based international convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard.
The company has locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe and in Asia and Mexico through franchises.
The C-store offers snacks and meals to-go for customers on the move, such as hot dogs and sandwiches, and fountain beverages served in Polar Pop cups.
There is also a variety of Circle K’s Premium Coffee brews made available to those making quick-service visits, along with an array of creamers and sweeteners.
With over 1,900 corporate stores, Casey’s General Store is a convenience store chain currently dominating the Midwest.
Casey’s locations function as a pizza parlor, bakery, gas station, convenience store and gathering place for locals.
The C-store chain has bakeries in house that serve cookies and donuts made fresh from scratch.
Casey’s has found a lot of success in its pizza delivery service, which is available from a large number of its stores.
With breakfast pizza and sandwiches for breakfast, cheeseburgers and fries for lunch and dinner and an assortment of fountain drinks and coffee beverages on the menu, customers who stop at Casey’s have a variety of options to grab and go on the road.
7-Eleven is a C-store chain that has found success on a global scale — topping the 2016 International 25 — which has largely been achieved through its quick-service visits.
With a wide menu providing sandwiches, salads, pizzas, snacks and sides, taquitos and hot dogs as well as drinks, 7-Eleven is a readily accessible spot for customers to get a meal or beverage.
In 2015, the C-store chain launched its loyalty program, 7Rewards, through the 7-Eleven mobile app.
7-Eleven offers many beverage options like iced coffee, Slurpees and Big Gulps. With the 7Rewards program, every seventh 7-Eleven drink purchase is free, regardless of size or type.
