<div>The retailer is shifting priorities based on downward trending alcohol and tobacco sales.LA CROSSE, Wis. — Kwik Trip Inc. will close 13 Kwik Spirits and Tobacco Outlet Plus locations this summer as alcohol and tobacco sales continue to decline across the country.The stores are expected to close their doors for the last time by the end of August, according to a WXOW report. All employees affected by the closures are being offered positions at nearby Kwik Trip convenience stores.Kwik Spirits stores focus on alcohol sales, including wine, liquor and beer, and do not offer Kwik Trip's standard menu of hot prepared food and snack items. Kwik Trip first debuted the store format in 2022 with locations in Cloquet, Rush City, Byron and Owatonna, Minn.; Cumberland, Janesville (two stores) and Baraboo, Wis.; and Fort Dodge, Iowa, as Convenience Store News previously reported.The closings reflect Kwik Trip's broader shift away from standalone alcohol and tobacco stores based on widespread sales trends, according to Ben Leibl, spokesperson for the c-store chain."I would say moving forward, we are looking to move past the standalone Kwik Spirits and Tobacco Outlet Plus stores, especially these 13 locations," Leibl said. "Again, due to the nature of the declining sales for both alcohol and tobacco."Headquartered in La Crosse, Kwik Trip is a family-owned company that operates more than 900 convenience stores and fuel stations across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, North Dakota and South Dakota under the Kwik Trip and Kwik Star Kwik Trip is No. 10 on the 2026 Convenience Store News Top 100 ranking.</div>

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LA CROSSE, Wis. — Kwik Trip Inc. will close 13 Kwik Spirits and Tobacco Outlet Plus locations this summer as alcohol and tobacco sales continue to decline across the country. The stores are expected to close their doors for the last time by the end of August, according to...

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LA CROSSE, Wis. — Kwik Trip Inc. will close 13 Kwik Spirits and Tobacco Outlet Plus locations this summer as alcohol and tobacco sales continue to decline 

Kwik Trip to Shutter 13 Standalone Alcohol Stores

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