Loaf 'N Jug is a chain of convenience stores/Filling station, gas stations, owned by EG Group#EG America, EG America, headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, Westborough, MA. Kroger owned Loaf 'N Jug and its respective brands for over two decades before exiting the convenience store business and selling them to EG Group. Some Kroger supermarket locations, such as King Soopers and Smith's Food and Drug, Smith's, have retained the Kroger convenience store signage that is still used at Loaf 'N Jug today.
History
Loaf 'N Jug was founded by five businessmen from southern Colorado. Kroger purchased Loaf 'N Jug in 1986.
Mini Mart (not to be confused with the mini mart, generalized term nor another EG America subsidiary, Minit Mart) was founded in Casper, Wyoming, Casper, Wyoming, WY in 1968 and was bought out by Loaf 'N Jug within two years of the Kroger buyout in 1986. This was about 12 years before relocating the Mini Mart headquarters from Casper to Pueblo, Colorado, Pueblo in 1998.
Starting in 2005, Loaf 'N Jug began converting all the Mini Marts to Loaf 'N Jugs.
In 2006, Kroger reimaged its convenience store brands (Loaf 'N Jug, Kwik Shop, Quik Stop, Tom Thumb, and Turkey Hill Minit Markets) under a common logo.
[Kroger to re-brand hundreds of c-stores in 16 states](_blank)
NPNweb.com, March 28, 2006. At about the same time, Kroger debranded the gasoline sold at its convenience stores, eliminating Conoco which had been sold at many Loaf 'N Jug locations.
As of 2008, there were 175 Loaf 'N Jug stores, primarily in Colorado and Wyoming with additional stores in Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Loaf 'N Jug has since exited Oklahoma.
On February 5, 2018, Kroger announced it was exiting the convenience store business and selling them to EG Group of the United Kingdom for $2.15 billion. The deal closed April 20, 2018. The individual store banners, such as Loaf 'N Jug, retained their imagery and branding. The EG America headquarters was initially established in Cincinnati but was moved to Westborough, Massachusetts, Westborough, MA following the acquisition of Cumberland Farms.
In November 2020, EG Group entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition of 18 locations of Schrader Oil in Fort Collins, Colorado. These locations were re-branded to Loaf 'N Jug following the acquisition.
Gallery
File:LoafNJugMap.JPG, Map of Loaf 'N Jug locations at a store in Casper, Wyoming, Casper, Wyoming
File:LoafNJugNCasperI-90Exit191.JPG, Loaf 'N Jug in north Casper, Wyoming, Casper, Wyoming, at Interstate 25 exit 191.
File:Loaf N Jug, Ft Collins, CO.jpg, Loaf 'N Jug in Fort Collins, Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado
File:Loaf N Jug sign, Pueblo, CO.jpg, A Loaf 'N Jug sign at a station in Loaf 'N Jug's birth city, Pueblo, Colorado, Pueblo.
References
External links
Loaf 'N Jugdivision website
corporate website - convenience stores detail
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Kroger
American companies established in 1986
Retail companies established in 1986
Pueblo, Colorado
Companies based in Pueblo County, Colorado
Economy of the Western United States
Gas stations in the United States
Convenience stores of the United States
1986 establishments in Colorado