News: Thorp – New Kwik Trip (Feb 2022)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Zietlow, Teigen, Wnek, Schneider, Skibbie, Paczkowski

----Source: THORP COURIER 16 Feb 2022

The shelves are stocked, the coffee is brewing and Thorp's newest business is officially open. While Kwik Trip opened its doors for business on Thursday, February 3rd it held its official ribbon cutting ceremony this past Thursday, February 19th at 10:00 a.m.

On hand for this grand event were Kwik Trip owner Don Zietlow, Kwik Trip Vice President Scott Teigen, Thorp Mayor Richard Wnek, Thorp Police Chief Ty Schneider, Thorp Fire Chief Paul Skibbie, as well as members of the Thorp Fire Department, several Kwik Trip co-workers and members of the community. Kwik Trip Owner Don Zietlow spoke about the history of the company and how it has grown from one store to 805 stores that employ 32,000 co-workers. Zietlow explained that Kwik Trip processes 800,000 gallons of milk per day in its facility as well as making its own ice cream, breads, buns, donuts and cookies.

As a way of giving back to their new community Kwik Trip presented checks in the amount of $ 1,000 each to the Thorp Police Department and the Thorp Fire Department. Thorp Police Chief Ty Schneider and Thorp Fire Chief Paul Skibbie accepted these donations.

The new Kwik Trip is 9,000 square feet, and features 48 parking stalls with 20 of those being under the gas canopy. It also has a single bay automatic car wash as well as two lanes dedicated to diesel trucks on the south end. The new store that is managed by store lead Jim Paczkowski plans to be open 24 hours a day to serve the community of Thorp and its surrounding neighbors.