KwikCast

Chris chats with Brock Caufield, fifth-year senior on the University of Wisconsin hockey team, about the upcoming Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff in Milwaukee at the Fiserv Forum. Brock talks about the season so far for UW, the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota rivalry, growing up in a legendary hockey family, and more. Check out Brock and the Badgers at the Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff, December 28th and 29th, alon...

Recorded at Lambeau Field, Chris is joined by the one and only Charlie Berens to talk about a wide array of topics, including how Midwestern life is the perfect comedic fodder, having the patience to follow your passions, the accessibility of comedy these days, and living life one joke at a time. Charlie also weighs in on the Tornado pronunciation debate, casts his vote in Brown Cap vs. Green Cap,...

Chris is joined by Mike Vold, Zone Leader at Kwik Trip, to chat about the growing Kwik Spirits brand within the Kwik Trip family. Mike talks about his unique position, which oversees all Tobacco Outlet Plus stores, Stop N Go stores, and all Kwik Spirits stores, which highlight a greater number of beer, alcohol and tobacco offerings than a traditional Kwik Trip or Kwik Star. They chat about some of...

Chris chats with Steve Novak, Marquette basketball legend and NBA journeyman, about growing up in Wisconsin, playing basketball all over the country, and retiring to now live in the Dairy State. They talk about his experiences playing in the Final Four, the experience of New York City during Linsanity, how basketball in the state of Wisconsin has taken off over the past decade, and about the Milwa...

Chris sits down with Brad Clarkin, Production Operation Director at Kwik Trip, to highlight all of the production and manufacturing areas within Kwik Trip as a part of National Manufacturing Month here in October. They give an overview of our dairy, bread and buns, sweet goods, and kitchens facilities, plus dig into the fun facts and statistics about the products that Kwik Trip creates 365 days a...

Chris and CJ Schrunk from Kwik Trip are joined by Josh Osterman and Bill Patton from Discover Mediaworks to discuss the documentary episode of Discover Wisconsin all about Kwik Trip that is debuting on October 5th ( Find how to watch here! ). They talk about concept of the episode, how to tell as much of the Kwik Trip story in 22 minutes, a few of the behind-the-scenes logistics, and how this epis...

Recorded in-person at Lambeau Field, Chris sat down with Green Bay Packers linebacker Rashan Gary to talk about transitioning into becoming a veteran into the NFL, his time at the University of Michigan and the locker room rivalries between alma maters, what cold games on the Frozen Tundra really feel like, being welcomed in Wisconsin, and what his hashtag #PutCheeseOnEverything really means.   

Chris and McKenna are joined by Shannon Jandt, a Project Coordinator with Kwik Trip within the Store Engineering department, who teaches us all about car washes! We learn about what goes in to adding car washes to our stores, the science involved with the different soaps and waters, the efficiency and environmental enhancements that have been made recently, and what might be coming up on the car w...

Chris and McKenna were LIVE at Kwik Trip Day at the Wisconsin State Fair with Jen Puente, Chief Marketing Officer at the Fair, talking about her 20-plus years working for the State Fair. Jen shares what it takes to pull off 11 days of fun, her experience getting engaged on stage during a Salt-N-Pepa concert, a plan of attack for eating at the Fair, plus the balance of bringing in new innovation in...

Chris and Kendra chat with Don Cada, Category Manager at Kwik Trip in charge of all of the produce that comes into the stores, but specifically, bananas (which are on sale for 29¢/lb now through Sept. 5). They talk about how bananas became synonymous with the Kwik Trip brand, the sheer volume of bananas that come in from Guatemala every day, the infamous banana ripening room, and answer some banan...

Chris sits down with Green Bay Packers play-by-play announcer Wayne Larrivee about growing up as a Packers fan in Massachusetts, his career path that eventually landed him in Wisconsin, and what he thinks it is that makes Lambeau Field and the Green Bay community so special. They chat about the Bart Starr era, some of his favorite stadiums around the league, calling Super Bowl XLV in Dallas, and w...

Chris is first joined by Paige to discuss the upcoming Red Bull Flugtag event that Kwik Trip is sponsoring (July 16th at Veteran's Park in Milwaukee!), including the KT Banana Crew that will be piloting a craft in the event and her role as a Flugtag judge. We're then joined by Rick Verthein, captain of the "Team America" craft competing at Flugtag, about the dads in his neighborhood banding togeth...

Chris and McKenna chat with John Ewert, the communications director at Elkhart Lake's Road America, about the upcoming Kwik Trip 250 on Sunday, July 3rd. They chat about NASCAR coming back to Wisconsin, the unique experience that Road America presents to drivers and fans alike, and set a record for Kwik Trip product plugs along the way. 

Chris and McKenna sit down with Paul Servais, the Retail Food Service Director at Kwik Trip, to talk about his 20-year career with the company and how the food program has evolved over the past two-plus decades. Paul shares insight on all things fried chicken, reminisces about Chunka Lunka cookies, and settles the tornaydo vs. tornahdo debate once and for all.

Chris and Paige sit down with outdoor enthusiast Kaitlin Woodward to chat about the intersection of hunting, fishing and social media, Kaitlin's favorite places to go fishing in Wisconsin (and how to protect your secret spots), working for Leinenkugel's, and becoming one of the very first brand ambassadors for Kwik Trip. Learn more about Kaitlin's fishing guide business here and follow here on Ins...

Chris and Kendra chat with Lonnie Perkins, whose voice you might know from a Kwik Trip gas pump, car wash, self checkout or radio commercial near you. We chat with Lonnie about the start to his career in radio in Kentucky, developing a business around his voice talents, plus driving from his home in Indiana up to Kenosha just to get Glazer donuts. You can learn more about Lonnie's business and car...

Chris and Paige sit down with Ryan Ruebl from, well, all over social media. You may recognize him from his Wisco_Style and Meanwhile in Wisconsin pages, plus his personal pages as well, where he shares what life in the Northwoods of Wisconsin is really like. We talk about the world of being a content creator, plus accents, old fashioneds, ice fishing, the Packers' need for a wide receiver, and his...

Chris and Paige head to the Leinie Lodge in Chippewa Falls to chat with sixth-generation brewer Katie Leinenkugel about growing up with a famous last name, returning to Wisconsin after living in Texas, #BucksInSix and of course, our Beer In A Bag collaboration for April Fools' Day. 

Chris and Paige are joined by Cassandra Berger - otherwise known as KT Girl - to talk about her 2021 roadtrip in which she documented her travels to every Kwik Trip store in Wisconsin, hitting up 457 stores and covering 8,000-plus miles in the process. You can check out her KT Bound with Cassandra video series here on YouTube!

Paige, Kendra and Chris from the Kwik Trip marketing department sit down for the very first episode of the KwikCast to talk about what they hope this podcast will be, a little bit about their backgrounds, and what it's like working at Kwik Trip!