What’s going at Casey’s?

cyfanatic13

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Depending on the size of the town they seem to print money, both for the corporation and the employees. Very seldom do you see a slow one. Their profit sharing program is really strong.
I think a large part of Kwik Star’s rise to completely lap Casey’s in the last few years is investing in their employees. In my neck of the woods, the K Star employees are miles ahead of Casey’s and it sounds like that’s pretty common elsewhere. I think Kwik Star and Scheels are pretty similar companies, obviously in different spaces, but in terms of investing in employees and not cutting costs and making it an afterthought
 

Isualum13

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What is a Quick Star? Is it different than Kwik Star or are you just writing it wrong? I assume you mean with a K, but it's hard to tell with all the gas station names.
I spelled it kwik it just auto corrected and I didn't notice
 
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I've never been able to figure out how to get pictures on this site. I don't know why it's so damn hard.

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Kwik Star/Trip and QuickTrip are head and shoulders above Casey’s. Only stop at Casey’s if there isn’t anything else around.
I agree but there’s not a lot of locations yet in Iowa. For gas station food, kwik star actually has decent options for a cheap price.
 

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I agree but there’s not a lot of locations yet in Iowa. For gas station food, kwik star actually has decent options for a cheap price.
Way way way more variety than a Casey's, along with a defined section of healthier items, which is thoughtful for people who occasionally want something better than a Tornado off the hot dog roller.
 

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I think I go on the inside of a gas station like 5 times a year.
 

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Iowa
FJ Management is a private company that owns convenience stores, oil refineries, banks and insurance businesses. In addition to Maverik, the company co-owns Pilot Flying J, the country's largest truck stop chain. The other owners are Berkshire Hathaway and Pilot Corp.