Casey's General Stores

'''Casey's Retail Company (doing business as Casey's''') is a chain of convenience stores in the Midwestern and Southern United States. The company is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. As of October 1, 2023, Casey's had 2,500 stores in 16 states. Following 7-Eleven's purchase of Speedway, Casey's is the third-largest convenience store chain in the United States (after 7-Eleven and Circle K/Couche-Tard) and the largest that is wholly American-owned. It is one of two Iowa-based Fortune 500 companies. Casey's is famous for their pizza, including a breakfast pizza and a taco pizza, resulting in Casey's being the fifth largest pizza chain in the U.S. thumb|Exterior of a Casey's in Farragut, Tennessee

==History== In 1959, Donald Lamberti leased a service station in Des Moines, Iowa, from his father. After he had successfully remodeled the station into a convenience store and operated it for nine years, his gasoline supplier and friend, Kurvin C. (K.C.) Fish, suggested that he purchase the Square Deal Oil Company, a service station available for sale in Boone, Iowa. Lamberti followed Fish's advice and purchased the station, which he renamed "Casey's" after Fish, then converted it into a convenience store. The logo on the Boone store was used by the chain until 2020.