Inspiring, determined, empathetic and supportive are all words that her HOP Shops coworkers use to describe store manager Anne Domaschko.

“Anne has a unique ability to lead with empathy while keeping everyone focused on our goals,” said one of her team members. “She’s the type of manager who not only inspires us to do our best but also makes us feel valued every day.”

Anne started working at her local Dairy Queen when she was 15, which at the time was owned by Harper Oil and later acquired by Valor Oil, the parent company of HOP Shops. She quickly became an assistant manager. After several years of work and about one year off after having her daughter, the now 23-year-old Anne returned to HOP Shops in March 2023 with a goal in mind—to become a store manager.

She spoke with NACS about why she loves working in convenience: “I love it—I love the people I work with. Everybody is like family. I also love my customers. We have a lot of regulars at my store, some of whom come in twice a day. You can really meet some incredible customers at this job who are almost like family, too.

I’m also a single mother, so this position and its flexibility really help me and my daughter a lot.

Convenience is a really good place to start a career if you want to move up in management roles. You can move up in the industry and you can meet a lot of really great people while working here, including out-of-state people traveling.”

Read the rest of Finding Family in the February 2025 issue of NACS Magazine.

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