Wisconsin convenience chain continues on its ambitious expansion track.

Kwik Trip Inc. is planning to build a 7,000-square-foot store in the city of Kenosha on the east side of the parking lot, according to a recent Milwaukee Business News report.

The store will be built near the popular Brat Stop Inc., owned by Gerald Rasmussen, who sold the land to La Crosse-based Kwik Trip for $1 million, according to state records and reported by the business publication.

This summer, Kwik Trip will begin construction of its new store, which will also include a car wash, said Hans Zietlow, Kwik Trip’s director of real estate and co-owner.

GROWTH MODE

Kwik Trip has been in growth-mode for years adding numerous new locations. It now has more than 500 stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. In addition to its gas stations and retail stores, Kwik Trip also operates a large real estate development company.

Kwik Trip announced in November 2017 a $300 million growth plan. The capital projects are expected to create 300 jobs and are designed to support its expanding convenience store operations.

The jobs will be created over the next five years while the projects include the construction of a $113 million, 200,000-square-foot bread and bun production plant.

In July 2017, Kwik Trip acquired PDQ Food Stores Inc.’s company-owned convenience stores in south central and southeastern Wisconsin, excluding its one location in California.

Founded in 1965 in Eau Claire, Wis., Kwik Trip, Inc. is one of the largest independently- held convenience store chains in the U.S. Today, Kwik Trip owns and operates over 570 stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa and employs over 19,000 co-workers. Kwik Trip has annually been named a “Top Workplace” in each of the three states in which it operates.