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The original store, operated by Lamberti's parents, entered the Casey's fold in 1977. In 1982, Casey's opened its first Distribution Center in Urbandale, Iowa. [9][10] Casey's became a publicly traded company in October 1983, with an initial public offering of 700,000 shares.
Since our humble beginning in 1968 as a general store, Casey’s has steadily grown from the heart of one community to the next. Today, we serve communities across 17 states in more than 2,600+ store locations. Learn all about what Casey's has to offer!
Casey's origins can be traced to Domenic Lamberti, an Italian immigrant and former coal miner who opened a coal- and ice-delivery business on the north side of Des Moines, Iowa, at Broadway and Northeast 14th streets, in 1935. His business developed into a neighborhood grocery store with gasoline outside. (It later became a Casey's.)
A complete timeline of Casey's's History from founding to present including key milestones and major events.
- It Began as A Gasoline Service Station
- A Partnership
- Casey’s General Store
- Small Towns
- Early Expansion
- Named For Co-Founder K.C. Fish
- Co-Founder Donald Lamberti
- Donuts and Pizza
- Offers by Circle K & 7-Eleven
- More Than 2,000 Stores
Donald Lamberti was born in a small town in Iowa in 1937. His dad owned a service station and general store in Des Moine. When his dad’s health began to fail, the older Lamberty leased the store and service statioin to his son in 1959. The younger Lamberti built up the general storeand service station corner of E. 14th Street and Broadway over the ...
During his nine years of successfully running a gas station and convenience store in Des Moines, Donald Lamberti became friends with gasoline salesman, Kurvin (K.C.) Fish. Seeing the success of Lamberti’s store, Fish encouraged the younger man to purchase Square Deal Oil Company which owned four service stations and a three-bay service garage in Bo...
Casey’s General Store was born in 1967. Lamberti decided to name his new convenience stores for his friend and partner K.C. Fish. The company continues to have its original logo. It’s bold yet simple red and yellow colors stand out. It features a simple barn or general store. It has the silhouette of a rooster weather vane. The stores would be all ...
Looking at the success of Sam Walton, Donald Lamberti focused on the idea of building service stations with convenience stores in smaller towns. He hoped to attract regular customers and wanted to keep the feeling of a small Midwestern town in each of his stores. Although his first store was in busy Des Moines, future stores would be in smaller tow...
With success in rebuilding Square Deal Oil Companies service stations into bustling convenience stores, Lamberti and Fish continued to expand their business. Focussing on small towns, their next store was in Creston, Iowa which had a population of 7,000. Lamberti built his next store in Wauker (population 1,500) from scratch. It turned out to be th...
Kurvin “K.C.” Fish was born in 1916 in Sharon, Iowa anddied in 2003 at the age of 86.He graduated from Brown’s Business College and married Helen Cobb. They had two daughters. He worked as a salesman in the oil industry throughout Iowa. K.C. was known as a shrewd but honest salesman. After co-founding Casey’s General Stores in 1967 and subsequently...
Donald Lamberti’s ideas to expand gas stations to include a general store, to keep the small town feel of each store, and good timing led the success of Casey’s General Stores. Lamberti grew up working at his father’s service station and general store. It was good timing when Lamberti got the idea to purchase more stores in the late 1960’s. He saw ...
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. opened its first warehouse in the late 1970’s and its first distribution center in 1982. The following year, the company went public and sold 700,000 shares of its stock. Casey’s added donuts and pizza to its menu and became well known for the delicious fresh baked food. Pizza is now the stores’ signature item. They off...
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. continued to grow. The company purchased Gas ‘N Shop out of Lincoln, Nebraska in 2006 before purchasing Cedar Rapid’s HandiMart’s 33 store chain for $63 million. In 2010 Casey’s was offered billions of dollars to merge with Alimentation Couche-Tad, the company that owns Circle K and with 7-Eleven but refused to sell. Th...
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. continues to expand throughout the Midwest. There are currently 2,073 stores in 16 states. This includes 518 Iowa locations and stores in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The company is currently b...
Casey's origins can be traced to Domenic Lamberti, an Italian immigrant and former coal miner who opened a coal- and ice-delivery business on the north side of Des Moines, Iowa, at Broadway and Northeast 14th streets, in 1935. His business developed into a neighborhood grocery store with gasoline outside. (It later became a Casey's.)
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In fiscal year 2021, Casey's donated approximately $1 million to regional charities, supporting education, health, and wellness programs. Future Outlook Looking forward, Casey's General Stores aims to position itself as a leader in the convenience store market within the Midwest and beyond.
