QuikTrip’s first Mississippi store opens in Clinton

Special to The Clinton Courier

QuikTrip (QT), one of the nation’s leading convenience and gasoline retailers, recently celebrated the opening of the first QT location in the state of Mississippi – at 500 Springridge Road in Clinton.

QuikTrip greeted its first Clinton customers on March 23, and the retailer says it has plans to continue expanding throughout the state, with an additional five stores scheduled to open this year.

“We are excited to introduce our QuikTrip remote store in Clinton. We look forward to customers experiencing our unique QuikTrip brand and culture,” said Aisha Jefferson-Smith, QuikTrip’s corporate communications manager. “The remote store allows us to not only create meaningful connections with our new local customers in Clinton, but also to contribute meaningfully to our new community.”

QT’s remote store model was created specifically for highly-traveled areas of the country that are also within a reasonable proximity to a QT Distribution Center for access to fresh food.
QT offers a full-service kitchen with fresh, made-to-order “snackles,” as well as fresh food delivered daily through its bakeries and commissaries.

Clinton customers can enjoy the full line of QT snackles, including freshly-brewed coffee and fresh- brewed QTea®, as well as its complete menu of grab-and-go items like fresh donuts, salads, wraps, QT’s signature pizza by the slice and roller grill items. The Clinton Travel Center also features an expanded QT Kitchens location, offering fresh, made-to-order food, including soft pretzels, X-large pizzas, custom breakfast tacos, hardwood smoked BBQ sandwiches, cold brew coffee and frozen treats like QT’s QuikShake®.

Since its inception in 1958, QT has become widely known for taking care of its employees, earning national recognition for creating and nurturing career employees and offering superior employee benefits.

QT offers tuition reimbursement, medical insurance, 401K and advancement opportunities.

QT is also known for its impact on the communities it serves – with each store generating on average $1.3 million in annual local and state taxes. The company donates five percent of its annual net profits to charitable organizations.

QT, a privately-held company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in its 65th year in business and employs over 28,000 people across 17 states. Planning is underway for future locations across the country, including more Mississippi locations in Flowood, Jackson, Byram, Olive Branch and Gulfport by the end of this year.