QuikTrip looking to expand to Northwest Pensacola

Escambia County could be getting its first QuikTrip if the corporation's application is approved.

The site plans submitted to the county’s Development Review Committee show that the QuikTrip will be built on the southeast corner of West Nine Mile Road and Pathstone Boulevard’s intersection.

QuikTrip’s proposed store is currently planned to be than 5,000 square feet and will be built on 1.72 acres of land that hasn’t yet been developed.

Developers plan to include 47 parking spaces for the store, eight gas pumps and an air station for automobiles. The convenience store will be accessible using either East River Oaks Drive or Pathstone Boulevard, according to the project’s latest site plans filed with the county.

QuikTrip’s corporate branch is responsible for developing this potential location.

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What is QuikTrip?

QuikTrip is a chain of more than 1,000 gas stations and convenience stores across 17 different states, but their headquarters is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The chain has been operating since 1958 when its two founders, Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux, opened their first store in Tulsa.

QuikTrip, like many of its gas/convenience store competitors, offers hot food, snacks and drinks for purchase, including hot breakfast, lunch and dinner sandwiches, as well as pizza and frozen treats. The closest QuikTrip to the Pensacola area is in Saraland, Alabama.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: QuikTrip convenience store, gas station applies for Pensacola location