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PDQ Food Stores company history timeline

1949

1949 PDQ Food Stores Inc. is founded

1954

Founded in 1954, ACG is the premier M&A dealmaking community with 59 chapters worldwide.

1962

1962 Company opens second store, first under the PDQ name.

1986

According to the Madison Capital Times, in 1986, PDQ bought 52 Kwik Way stores in southern Colorado.

1991

In 1991, a relatively spacious 3,400 square foot format had been launched.

1991 Sam Jacobsen sells business to sons Jeff and Chris.

1995

Seeking time-saving measures, PDQ eliminated the lottery in 14 of its 18 stores in 1995.

1998

With gross sales for 1998 at $110 million, a survey by accounting firm Arthur Andersen ranked PDQ as the 79th largest privately held company in Wisconsin.

2004

In 2004 the nation had 138,205 convenience stores and reported record revenues of $394 billion.

2009

In 2009 our Founders, Bob and Nick, were hungry to build a new kind of restaurant.

2011

They made a deal on the spot with mom and pop, and in 2011 opened the first PDQ in Tampa, Florida.

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