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}}Founded in 1965 July 16 by John Hansen and Don Zietlow,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kress |first=Melissa |date=2025-06-17 |title=Wisconsin Celebrates 60 Years of Kwik Trip |url=https://csnews.com/wisconsin-celebrates-60-years-kwik-trip |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Convenience Store News}}</ref> [[wikipedia:Kwik_Trip#Early_Kwik_Trip|Kwik Trip, Inc.]](or Kwik Star) is a family owned business primary serving gas, food, bakery items, and a variety of beverages. It is a member of  Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

==Consumer-impact summary==

===Kwik Trip Cybersecurity incident===

On October 9, 2023, Kwik Trip was hacked that resulted in their website and Kwik Trip Rewards app being nonoperational for 2 weeks and causing milk and bread shortages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=Kwik Trip confirms system outage as cyberattack |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kwik-trip-confirms-system-outage-as-cyberattack |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=WTMJ-TV Milwaukee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250806190516/https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/kwik-trip-confirms-system-outage-as-cyberattack |archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref> The company initially responded saying it was a cybersecurity incident via a post and sent a letter to all possible infected customers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Joe |date=2023-10-20 |title=Cybersecurity incident disrupted Kwik Trip’s system. It’s not the only employer to face cyberattacks recently |url=https://www.wpr.org/economy/cybersecurity-incident-disrupted-kwik-trips-system-its-not-only-employer-face-cyberattacks-recently |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Wisconsin Public Radio |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250709172015/https://www.wpr.org/economy/cybersecurity-incident-disrupted-kwik-trips-system-its-not-only-employer-face-cyberattacks-recently |archive-date=9 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-22 |title=Kwik Trip |url=https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27308.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=agportal-s3bucket.s3 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251002205553/https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27308.pdf |archive-date=2 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Kwik Trip confirms Cybersecurity Incident |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRzxeHOCU7c |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=eRzxeHOCU7c |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><blockquote>"Although a thorough investigation is ongoing and further information may be uncovered, current findings indicate that we experiences a cybersecurity incident that caused disruption to systems located on our internal network on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The incident was detected within hours and mitigation efforts began immediately with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kress |first=Melissa |date=2023-10-20 |title=Kwik Trip Findings Point to Cybersecurity Incident in Systems Outage |url=https://csnews.com/kwik-trip-findings-point-cybersecurity-incident-systems-outage |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Convenience Store News |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241008035217/https://csnews.com/kwik-trip-findings-point-cybersecurity-incident-systems-outage |archive-date=8 Oct 2024}}</ref></blockquote>Although the company said no financial information was stolen, it wasn't disclosed who the original perpetrators was, or how many customers were affected.

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