Earth moving work is underway to bring a Kwik Trip to South Highway 75 in Luverne.
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.
The gas station convenience store is known for its fried chicken and take-home meals, and it also has vegetables and fresh meat for grilling, plus potatoes, bread and bakery items.
Kwik Trip has its own dairy, sweet goods and bread production in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from where it distributes 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 have unleaded, premium and E-85 gas (no diesel).
The Luverne location is among several new Kwik Trip stores in the works, including one in Worthington and several in Sioux Falls.
Construction will begin this fall, with opening expected in January 2024.