KWIK TRIP: MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES
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1986
Chain grew to 100 stores.
1983
Chain grew to 50 stores. Corporate offices expanded for the 3rd time. Distribution Center expanded for the 2nd time.
By 1986, a mere 21 years after Don Zietlow founded Kwik Trip, the company opened its 100th store. Fast forward to 2021, and Kwik Trip opened its 800th store. And two years later, in 2023, Don’s son, Dr. Scott Zietlow, who had worked at Mayo Clinic since the 1990s, left his position of professor of surgery in Mayo Clinic’s trauma, critical care, and general surgery division, to take
on the titles of President and CEO of the La Crosse-based family-owned company. “Today, with over 870 stores company wide, we have expanded our production facilities in La Crosse as
2023
well. We believe strongly in vertical integration which allows Kwik Trip to be in control of the process for how things are made,” Leibl said.
The Founders son, Dr. Scott Zietlow, who had worked at Mayo Clinic since the 1990s, became President and CEO of the family-owned company.
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