Kentucky, including one in Paducah, and one in Centerville, Indiana. In late March 2016 TCA closed on the purchase of Quality State Oil's "QMart Marketplace" 17-store chain of convenience stores based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which were immediately converted into Minit Mart locations. The acquisition was done mainly to acquire the technology and patents for QSO's convenience store industry award-winning RFID keychain card-based loyalty program. Pizza sales According to Minit Mart's Facebook post on June 17, 2015, two Godfather's Pizza locations within the Minit Mart chain has been listed as the first and second place in terms of pizza sales. The location in Brownsville (Edmonson County) had the highest sales of any non-traditional location in the entire Godfather's Pizza chain nationwide, with one of Minit Mart's Bowling Green locations taking second place. Competition in the region Minit Mart's main competitors include Jr. Food Stores and Crossroads IGA locations. Both of those chains are owned by Houchens Industries, which also owns their flagship supermarket chain, Houchens Markets, and several IGA Foodliner stores in south central Kentucky. Minit Mart's other competitors include several locally owned convenience stores around southern Kentucky, some of which offer pizza and/or fried chicken, as well as some Speedway locations. Phillips 66-branded stores under the name "Traveler's Food Plaza" in areas around Glasgow, Edmonton, and Tompkinsville, Kentucky also competed with Minit Mart for quite some time. Gas stations offering rival branded gasoline also often competed with Minit Mart for consumer allegiances. In the eastern Wisconsin market, Minit Mart's main competitor is Kwik Trip. Key Dates 1967: Fred and Ralph Higgins, a father-and-son duo founded a convenience store in Lexington, Kentucky under the name of "Minit Mart". 1969: Minit Mart expands to six locations around the Lexington area. 1970s: Minit Mart began offering Marathon gasoline. Late 1970s: Delis and game machines were added. Sometime between 1978 and 1983: Videotape rentals were first offered. Mid 1980s?: Godfather's Pizza became part of Minit Mart's offered services. 1988: Minit Mart expands to Tennessee after acquiring Bread Box stores in certain parts of that state. 1999-2000: DVD rentals were offered in tandem with VHS movie rentals. 2001: Clark Retail leased Minit Mart's operations. Unknown date: Minit Mart launches their website. 2003: Clark Retail went bankrupt, and 37 Minit Mart stores were returned to Fred's Minit Mart LLC. January 2008: Earnhardt + Friends had been chosen for the advertising firm of Minit Mart. Both companies