Stripes Stores is a chain of more than 700
convenience stores in
Texas
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Louisiana
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New Mexico
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, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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Oklahoma. The locations are former
Circle K
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and
Town & Country Food Stores. Other convenience store brands they operate under include ''IceBox'' and ''Quick Stuff''. It is one of the largest non-refining operators of convenience stores in the United States.
In late 2017, all Stripes locations in Louisiana and parts of Texas were sold to
7-Eleven. 7-Eleven set out to buy all the Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma locations as well but could not get around a
noncompete agreement with 7-Eleven franchises such as
Delek US Holdings.
In early 2018, however, 207 West Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma locations were sold to a newly formed company called Cal's Convenience Inc., with plans for all stores to retain the Stripes name. The rest of the locations in Texas are owned by 7-Eleven.
Many stores offer
Sunoco,
Chevron
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Conoco,
Exxon,
Phillips 66,
Shell
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Texaco
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Valero, and unbranded gasoline; most locations previously sold gasoline under the
CITGO name, when the chain was Circle K. More than 300 locations also feature the proprietary Laredo Taco Company brand of Mexican fast food, or ''Country Cookin’'' branded fast food.
In 2007, the company acquired the
Town & Country Food Stores chain and in August 2009, it bought acquired 25 Quick Stuff convenience stores in Texas and Louisiana from
Jack in the Box Inc.
In August 2014, Stripes was acquired by Houston-based
Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of East Coast gas brand
Sunoco, when ETP bought Susser Holdings Corporation, which operated more than 580 stories at the time. The stores were then re-branded under the Sunoco and
A-Plus names.
The headquarters are located in
Corpus Christi, Texas.
References
External links
Stripes StoresSusser Holdings CorporationSunoco LPTown & Country Food Stores
{{Seven & I Holdings
Companies based in Corpus Christi, Texas
Economy of the Southwestern United States
Convenience stores of the United States
Retail companies established in 1938
2014 mergers and acquisitions