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Minit Mart
Minit Mart LLC is a chain of convenience stores operating in South Central and Western Kentucky, northern Middle Tennessee, eastern Wisconsin, the Kansas City metropolitan area, Northeast Illinois, and Northeast Ohio. Its corporate offices are located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the chain consists of 231 locations scattered around the United States.
In 1967, Fred Higgins, and his father, Ralph, the latter of whom previously operated a now-out-of-business Stuckey's location just outside of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, and had owned locations in four other states, founded a new convenience store, known as Minit Mart. After having gained experience from working for his father, by the time Fred graduated from law school at the University of Kentucky in the spring of 1969, he expanded the operation to a chain of six locations in the metro Lexington area.
Fred Higgins served in the U.S. Army between 1969 and 1972. When he returned in 1972, Minit Mart Foods became incorporated with 16 locations. After that time, Fred began acquiring single convenience stores and select sites on which to build new locations across Kentucky. The chain's original headquarters were located in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
During the 1970s, Minit Mart became one of the first convenience store chains to add gas pumps to their locations.[citation needed] Marathon brand gasoline has been part of Minit Mart's offered services since then. Minit Mart was at the forefront of adding delis and game machines during the same decade.[citation needed] Minit Mart started offering videotaped movie rentals when the VHS format gained popularity in the very late 1970s and early 1980s after it beat out the Betamax videocassette format. DVD movie rentals began to be utilized by Minit Mart around 2000.
Ralph Higgins, the co-founder, played an active role in the management of Minit Mart Foods Inc until his 1987 death.
Minit Mart began to expand in Tennessee in 1988 after acquiring 19 Bread Box convenience stores. By 1991, Minit Mart had 107 stores in Kentucky and Tennessee. Many locations included Godfather's Pizza and O'Deli's, the latter of which was Minit Mart's in-house sub sandwich shop for much of the chain's existence in Kentucky. Other select locations also previously served Baskin-Robbins ice cream and had Taco Bell Express restaurants, thereby grossing $250 million each year, and employing exactly 1,200 people.[citation needed]
In 1998, Fred lost his wife of 25 years to cancer; she was diagnosed in 1978. After the loss of his wife, he and the management team decided the chain needed change. In 2001, Minit Mart Foods leased its operations to Clark Retail, retaining ownership of the assets. In addition to Clark's original 600 stores, that company also acquired several other chains in the Midwestern United States, mainly in Indiana and Illinois, growing to approximately 1,200 stores. Competition, however, was intense during that time, and Clark eventually ended up in bankruptcy. After filing for bankruptcy, Clark returned 37 stores to Minit Mart Foods Inc.
Fred's Minit Mart LLC had taken over the operation in August 2003. A management team was formed, and 34 locations remained in operation.
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Minit Mart
Minit Mart LLC is a chain of convenience stores operating in South Central and Western Kentucky, northern Middle Tennessee, eastern Wisconsin, the Kansas City metropolitan area, Northeast Illinois, and Northeast Ohio. Its corporate offices are located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the chain consists of 231 locations scattered around the United States.
In 1967, Fred Higgins, and his father, Ralph, the latter of whom previously operated a now-out-of-business Stuckey's location just outside of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, and had owned locations in four other states, founded a new convenience store, known as Minit Mart. After having gained experience from working for his father, by the time Fred graduated from law school at the University of Kentucky in the spring of 1969, he expanded the operation to a chain of six locations in the metro Lexington area.
Fred Higgins served in the U.S. Army between 1969 and 1972. When he returned in 1972, Minit Mart Foods became incorporated with 16 locations. After that time, Fred began acquiring single convenience stores and select sites on which to build new locations across Kentucky. The chain's original headquarters were located in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
During the 1970s, Minit Mart became one of the first convenience store chains to add gas pumps to their locations.[citation needed] Marathon brand gasoline has been part of Minit Mart's offered services since then. Minit Mart was at the forefront of adding delis and game machines during the same decade.[citation needed] Minit Mart started offering videotaped movie rentals when the VHS format gained popularity in the very late 1970s and early 1980s after it beat out the Betamax videocassette format. DVD movie rentals began to be utilized by Minit Mart around 2000.
Ralph Higgins, the co-founder, played an active role in the management of Minit Mart Foods Inc until his 1987 death.
Minit Mart began to expand in Tennessee in 1988 after acquiring 19 Bread Box convenience stores. By 1991, Minit Mart had 107 stores in Kentucky and Tennessee. Many locations included Godfather's Pizza and O'Deli's, the latter of which was Minit Mart's in-house sub sandwich shop for much of the chain's existence in Kentucky. Other select locations also previously served Baskin-Robbins ice cream and had Taco Bell Express restaurants, thereby grossing $250 million each year, and employing exactly 1,200 people.[citation needed]
In 1998, Fred lost his wife of 25 years to cancer; she was diagnosed in 1978. After the loss of his wife, he and the management team decided the chain needed change. In 2001, Minit Mart Foods leased its operations to Clark Retail, retaining ownership of the assets. In addition to Clark's original 600 stores, that company also acquired several other chains in the Midwestern United States, mainly in Indiana and Illinois, growing to approximately 1,200 stores. Competition, however, was intense during that time, and Clark eventually ended up in bankruptcy. After filing for bankruptcy, Clark returned 37 stores to Minit Mart Foods Inc.
Fred's Minit Mart LLC had taken over the operation in August 2003. A management team was formed, and 34 locations remained in operation.