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Best Gas Station Brands & Food Head to a Vote

Consumers can vote daily for their favorite convenience and gas station brands in the 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
Angela Hanson
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NATIONAL REPORT — Convenience store brands are facing off to win accolades for their gas station and foodservice offerings.

Editors at USA Today and a panel of seasoned road warriors teamed up to choose their 20 favorite c-store chains in two categories for the annual 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. Consumers can vote online once per day to determine the final top 10Best Readers' Choice honorees in their respective categories.

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Nominees for Best Gas Station For Food include:

  • 7-Eleven Inc.
  • Buc-ee's
  • Casey's General Stores Inc.
  • Cumberland Farms
  • Dodge's Southern Style
  • Kum & Go
  • Kwik Trip Inc.
  • Maverik — Adventure's First Stop
  • Parker's Kitchen
  • QuickChek
  • QuikTrip Corp.
  • Royal Farms
  • Rutter's
  • Sheetz Inc.
  • The Spinx Co.
  • TravelCenters of America
  • TRIO
  • United Dairy Farmers
  • Wawa Inc.
  • Weigel's

Nominees for Best Gas Station Brand include:

  • Buc-ee's
  • Casey's General Stores Inc.
  • Cumberland Farms
  • Hy-Vee Inc.
  • Kum & Go
  • Kwik Trip Inc.
  • Love's Travel Stops
  • Maverik — Adventure's First Stop
  • Parker's Kitchen
  • Pilot Flying J
  • QuickChek
  • QuikTrip Corp.
  • RaceTrac Inc.
  • Royal Farms
  • Rutter's
  • Sapp Bros. Travel Centers
  • Sheetz Inc.
  • Terrible's
  • TravelCenters of America
  • Wawa Inc.

The best gas station brands are determined by an experience that goes beyond just fuel, including the cleanliness of bathrooms, the freshness of coffee, the available snack options and more, according to the news outlet.

In 2023, Kwik Trip Inc. captured the top spot in the Best Gas Station Brand category for the third year in a row, followed by Hy-Vee, RaceTrac, Royal Farms and Maverik — Adventure's First Stop. According to the publication, one of the reasons readers may have selected Kwik Trip were its bakeries, which make more than two dozen different items each day and source milk from local Wisconsin dairy farms.

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