Wheels are in motion to bring a Kwik Trip to South Highway 75 in Luverne, with earth moving to start this spring, construction this fall and opening expected in January 2024.
Company officials said Luverne’s Kwik Trip footprint will be 9,000 square feet located on 2.88 acres just south of the Econo Lodge Hotel near the intersection of Highway 75 and Gabrielson Road.
The Luverne Kwik Trip will be open 24 hours per day, seven days a week with 20 full-time employees.
The newer “Gen 3” design will be similar to the Kwik Trip in Windom, and will include all the same amenities, except a car wash.
“People really like our fried chicken and take-home meals,” said Emily Helwig of Kwik Trip’s headquarters in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
“We have vegetables and a fresh case with meat for grilling, potatoes, bread and bakery items.”
Kwik Trip has its own dairy, sweet goods and bread production in La Crosse, where it distributes from directly to more than 800 of its stores in the upper Midwest.
In addition to standard convenience store merchandise and grocery items, Luverne’s Kwik Trip fuel pumps will offer unleaded, premium and E-85 gas (no diesel).
Helwig said the decision to locate in Luverne came down to finding a property that works for the company, with access to well-traveled roadways.
The company will publish a legal notice in next week’s Star Herald about the project’s proposed conversion of a floodplain and potential environmental effect. Public comment will be accepted until March 3 at the USDA office in St. Paul.
The Luverne location is among several Kwik Trip stores in the works, including one in Worthington and several in Sioux Falls.