UPDATE. Matchbox-sized Kwik Trip razed to accommodate University Avenue reconstruction in Middleton WI


Photo by Retiring Guy


11/2/2017 update, " Even without the widening of University Avenue, Kwik Trip had no intention of renovating this postage-stamp PDQ", starts here.



Original 8/9/2017 post, "Don't expect to see a Kwik Trip at this Middleton location", starts here.

Photo by Retiring Guy

PDQ announces layoff dates and number of affected employees but questions remain.  (Madison.com, 8/8/2017)
Double or triple the staff at this shoebox, with all of 3 parking spaces?  When it announced the purchase, Kwik Trip said about 1,000 jobs would be created after the sale is finalized in October because the company will double and in some cases triple the number of people that PDQ employs at each store.

Even without the Kwik Trip purchase of PDQ, this store has a short shelf life due to the reconstruction of the intersection of University Avenue and Parmenter Street.

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