On August 7, 2006, Casey's agreed to purchase the 33-store HandiMart chain, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in a $63 million deal. In January 2006, Casey's purchased Lincoln, Nebraska-based Gas 'N Shop. In 1990, Casey's moved to its current facility in Ankeny, Iowa.Ĭasey's 1,000th store opened in Altoona, Iowa, in 1996, the same year Casey's exceeded US$1 billion in annual sales. Around this time Casey's began to sell doughnuts in its stores in December 1984 it introduced pizza into its stores (which is one of its signature items today). In 1982, Casey's opened its first Distribution Center in Urbandale, Iowa.Ĭasey's became a publicly traded company in October 1983, with an initial public offering of 700,000 shares. The Waukee store proved to be the most successful of the three, so Lamberti decided to purchase and open more stores, concentrating on towns of less than 5,000 population (a variation on the tactic used in the early success of Wal-Mart ).īy the late 1970s (when Casey's opened its first warehouse) the chain had 118 stores, including the original store operated by Lamberti's parents which entered the Casey's fold in 1977. Lamberti became more ambitious and decided to open a store from scratch in the even smaller town of Waukee, Iowa (population 1,500 at the time).
He built another store in Creston, Iowa (population 7,000), and that store did well also. The Boone store (located in a town of only 12,500) did well, so Lamberti decided to see if he could duplicate his success. The logo on the Boone store was used by the chain until 2020. Lamberti followed Fish's advice and purchased the station, which he renamed "Casey's" after Fish and as with his leased store converted the station into a convenience store. (K.C.) Fish, suggested that he purchase the Square Deal Oil Company, a service station available for sale in Boone, Iowa. After successfully remodeling the station into a convenience store and operating it for nine years, his gasoline supplier and friend, Kurvin C.
In 1959, Donald Lamberti leased a service station in Des Moines, Iowa, from his father. Casey's is famous for their pizza including a breakfast pizza and a taco pizza resulting in Casey's being the fifth largest pizza chain in the U.S. It is one of two Iowa-based Fortune 500 companies. Following 7-Eleven's purchase of Speedway, Casey's is the 3rd largest convenience store chain in the United States (after 7-Eleven and Circle K) and the largest that is wholly American-owned. As of October 1, 2023, Casey's had 2,500 stores in 16 states. The company is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. Casey's Retail Company ( doing business as Casey's) is a chain of convenience stores in the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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