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Ayres team part of Kwik Trip ' s winning expansion formula
By Bob Brown

Since opening its first store in Eau Claire , Wisconsin , in 1965 , the now more than 800-strong Kwik Trip chain of gas stations and convenience stores has become a familiar sight to travelers across its Wisconsin- Minnesota-Iowa footprint .

And with expansion of that footprint into the Sioux Falls region of South Dakota , continued growth clearly is on the Kwik Trip agenda .
For the past five years , Ayres has been assisting Kwik Trip in keeping up with the construction demands brought on by the rapid pace of the chain ’ s expansion with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and other professionals who design plans for Kwik Trip ’ s new and existing stores .
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