[8] Unlike many other convenience store chains, Kwik Trip is a food service leader; the company is vertically integrated across most of its product lines.

Kwik Trip also has an internal bakery operation that provides bread, doughnuts, and muffin products to its stores, along with a store-brand snack line called "Urge!".

Notably, the chain has sold bananas, baking potatoes, and yellow onions for 39 cents per pound as a loss leader, along with fresh beef, hot dogs, bratwurst, and chicken.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Kwik Trip saw an influx in company growth; it expanded its corporate offices three times and the distribution center twice, and in 1986 it hit the 100-store mark.

[14] The Zietlow family bought out Hansen's 50% share of Kwik Trip, Inc., in 2000, making them the sole owner.

The company looked to differentiate itself by focusing on cleanliness everywhere, on the theory that a clean store attracts more customers and makes them trust the food more.

His son, former Mayo Clinic trauma surgeon Scott Zietlow, succeeded him as president and CEO.

[needs update] There are also plans for more locations in northern Sioux Falls, another in Harrisburg, and one near the future interchange between Interstate 29 and 85th Street.

[22][23] Until May 2024, it carried bagged milk and orange juice in pouches under the Nature's Touch brand via its in-house dairy.

[24] Kwik Trip has also begun to offer home delivery of hot food in select markets through a partnership with EatStreet.

[citation needed] As of January 2025[update], Kwik Trip Inc. operates 898 stores across six states under five different brand names.

[26] Stores off major highway exits operate as full-service truck stops, with dual-pump fuel islands.

[39] Its various private label brands include: Kwik Trip has strong values regarding its treatment of its employees, which it calls "coworkers".