
St. Joseph City Council Member and Kwik Trip Assistant Store Leader Renee Symanietz enthusiastically greets excited shoppers during the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce’s open house and ribbon-cutting at the St. Joseph store on Aug. 30.

A man looks at the hot sandwich specials featured at the Kwik Trip in St. Joseph on Aug. 30, some of which were grand opening deals offered by the store to welcome new customers. The new convenience store occupies the former site of El Paso Bar and Grill, which closed in September after 70 years in business.

St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein listens on Aug. 30 to a concerned citizen inside the Kwik Trip in St. Joseph, one of more than half a dozen Kwik Trip stores that will open in the St. Cloud metro area in the near future, including locations in Sauk Rapids and Sartell.

Prioress Michaela Hedican (center) of the Sisters of St. Benedict in St. Joseph stops to chat with Karen Sieben Backes (wearing black), dean of admissions at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, as Teri Durbin (right), director of admission services at CSB/SJU laughs during the two-hour open house on Aug. 30 at the St. Joseph Kwik Trip, which opened for business on Aug. 25.