MINNEAPOLIS – Holiday Stationstores, through an agreement with I-90 Fuel Services Inc., is expanding the Holiday brand in the South Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota markets.

"The Gas Stop and Holiday are teaming up to create a powerful market presence which draws on the best of both companies' capabilities," said Brent Blackey, Holiday's president and CEO. "Gas Stop is an excellent convenience store operator and we believe we can help Gas Stop rise to even greater levels of service, programs and quality for their customers."

Tom Howes, president of I-90 Fuel Services, which owns The Gas Stop, remarked, "Our stores are successful and highly regarded in our communities and we believe the conversion to the Holiday brand will be very pleasing to our customers." 

The Gas Stop stores converting to Holiday are located in Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Brandon, Mitchell, Mobridge, Pierre and Volga, South Dakota; and Luverne and Worthington, Minnesota. Additionally, Holiday will supply petroleum and merchandise to three other South Dakota Gas Stop stores, which will continue to operate under the Gas Stop name.

Holiday Stationstores has 492 corporate and franchise locations in 10 states throughout the upper tier of the United States and Alaska.