$11B QuikTrip’s Colorado push to tap several northern sites

MEAD and EVANS — An Oklahoma-based operator of convenience stores and travel centers that plans 70 locations in Colorado has marked out 30 of those, including several in the state’s northern climes.

Privately held QuikTrip Corp. in Tulsa owns and operates 911 locations, its website said. About 94% of them are conventional convenience stores, with the rest travel centers; a handful of the latter are “remote travel centers” the company said, with a larger footprint and more gas pumps.

All but one of the 911 sell gasoline.

Nearest to Colorado are 87 in Nebraska and Kansas.

Convenience-store and travel centers overall run 4,100 to…