Convenience store chain in big expansion move

QuikTrip Corp. is expanding into two new markets.



The convenience-store chain plans to open a total of 100 stores in the San Antonio and Austin (Texas) areas. Construction is expected to begin this winter, with the first locations scheduled to open in the summer of 2018.



The expansion marks QuikTrip's first new market entry in six years. In 2011, the company launched its Carolinas division, adding 75 stores in Charlotte, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina.



The privately help QuikTrip is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1958, it has grown into an $11 billion company with more than 750 stores in 11 states.