The QuikTrip Corporation, more commonly known as QuikTrip (QT), is a Tulsa, Oklahomabased chain of convenience stores that primarily operates in the Midwestern, Southern, and Southeastern United States as well as in Arizona. The first QuikTrip was opened in 1958 in Tulsa by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. The company expanded outside of Oklahoma in 1968, and started selling gasoline in 1971.[1] Chester's son, Chet, Jr., is the current CEO.