Convenience stores do not always disappear when a chain does. A buyer may keep the same building, pumps, and regular customers while swapping the sign for its own name. That is what happened to many of these once-familiar chains. Some were absorbed by national operators, one was split among many buyers, and another vanished through a rebranding campaign that stretched for years. If one of these names still feels familiar, the store itself may still be on your route under a different sign.
White Hen Pantry
White Hen Pantry did not vanish in one sweep. 7-Eleven bought the brand in 2006, but New England stores continued under a separate franchise agreement for a time. When 7-Eleven later acquired that operator, it cleared the way for 55 remaining White Hen stores there to be remodeled as 7-Elevens.
U-Tote-M
U-Tote-M was large enough to make Circle K dramatically bigger. Circle K says it acquired 960 U-Tote-M stores in 1983, doubling the company’s size. The old name then gave way to Circle K as the stores were absorbed into the larger chain, turning a once-familiar regional banner into part of another network.
Kum & Go
Kum & Go lasted for decades before Maverik bought roughly 400 of its stores in 2023. The change took time. By November 2025, Maverik had completed the Kum & Go rebrands. Dozens of other former Kum & Go sites had also been sold to retailers including Casey’s and Mega Saver.
Wilson Farms
Wilson Farms disappeared through a long conversion rather than a mass closing. Stores gradually changed names under 7-Eleven, and by September 2014 an industry update reported that the company had completed the Wilson Farms conversion. For regular customers, a familiar stop could stay open even after the old sign was gone.
PDQ Food Stores
Wisconsin’s PDQ Food Stores disappeared after its sale to Kwik Trip. A 2025 federal court opinion describes PDQ as defunct and says the employee-owned company was sold to Kwik Trip in October 2017. The business went away, but former PDQ sites continued serving customers under Kwik Trip.
Town & Country Food Stores
Town & Country Food Stores became part of the Stripes network after Susser Holdings acquired 168 stores from TCFS Holdings in 2007. Susser’s SEC filing says the Town & Country rebranding was about 85% complete by the end of 2010, with the final conversions scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.
Hess Express
Hess Express signs once dotted the East Coast and Southeast, but Hess sold its retail operations to Marathon Petroleum in 2014. Those stores joined Marathon’s Speedway business. By early 2016, Marathon said Speedway had substantially completed the conversions of its new East Coast and Southeast locations to the Speedway brand.
New York’s Express Mart
Speedway acquired 78 Express Mart locations in New York in late 2018. The $266 million deal centered on the Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo markets. By 2019, Marathon’s SEC filing described the acquired stores as locations that had operated under Express Mart, reflecting the brand’s disappearance into Speedway.
GasAmerica
GasAmerica had served Indiana and Ohio for nearly a century when Speedway agreed to buy its stores in 2012. The deal covered 88 operating locations, and the companies said the vast majority would become Speedways. Speedway later finalized the purchase of 87 locations.
Gas City
Gas City disappeared through a breakup rather than a single rebrand. During its bankruptcy case in 2011, the Illinois-based company auctioned all 50 stations and truck stops for $135 million to 14 buyers. The properties were spread across Illinois, Indiana, Arizona, and Florida, leaving no single Gas City network behind.
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes had been a central New York fixture since 1980. CST Brands and CrossAmerica Partners acquired its assets in 2014. After Alimentation Couche-Tard later bought CST, the Nice N Easy locations were rebranded as Circle K stores.
The Stores Often Outlasted the Signs
That is the thread running through most of these chains. A convenience store can change owners and signs without losing its role in a neighborhood. Years later, you may still stop at the same corner for coffee, snacks, or gas, even if the name you once knew is now part of retail history.