✓ Founded 1958
About QuikTrip & QT Kitchens®
Learn about QuikTrip’s story from a small grocery market in Tulsa, Oklahoma to one of America’s most beloved and awarded convenience restaurant chains.
The QuikTrip Legacy of Quality & Speed
Founded in 1958 by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux in Tulsa, Oklahoma, QuikTrip has grown into an industry-leading privately held powerhouse with more than 1,000 stores across 17 states. Famous for its lightning-fast customer service, immaculately clean restrooms, and high-quality food offerings, QT revolutionized the industry by introducing QT Kitchens®—bringing fresh, stone-baked pizzas, made-to-order subs, and specialty drinks to convenience travelers.
Unlike standard pre-packaged convenience food, QT Kitchens prepares whole pizzas from scratch dough in high-speed stone-deck ovens, toasts sub sandwiches fresh to order, and crafts hand-spun milkshakes.
QuikTrip donates 5% of its annual net profits to local non-profit charities in the communities it serves, supporting education, first responders, and youth development.