BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 10, 2025) – Parker’s Kitchen – a nationally acclaimed convenience store company and food service leader that was recently included on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America for the seventh time – hosted a ribbon cutting on Jan. 9 to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new store at 311 Robert Smalls Pkwy. in Beaufort, S.C. Local dignitaries in attendance included Beaufort Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFee, Beaufort City Manager Scott Marshall, City Councilman Mitch Mitchell, City Councilman Neil Lipsitz and Downtown Beaufort Manager Linda Roper.
The new Parker’s Kitchen is ideally located at Beaufort Station, a 200,000 square-foot retail center at the intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and Parris Island Gateway, and serves the greater Beaufort community. The new location is the company’s 17th store in Beaufort County, 44th store in South Carolina and 95th store overall.
At the official ribbon cutting for the new Beaufort store, Parker’s Kitchen made a $75,000 Fueling the Community donation to support the Beaufort County School District. The company’s Fueling the Community charitable initiative donates a percentage of gas sold at all Parker’s Kitchen locations on the first Wednesday of each month to area schools. Since the inception of the Fueling the Community program in 2011, the company has donated more than $2.5 million to area schools across South Carolina and Georgia. Beaufort County School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Rodriguez accepted the donation on behalf of local teachers and students.
“At Parker’s Kitchen, we want to be a great community partner and to be a force for positive change in the communities where we operate stores,” said Parker’s Kitchen founder and CEO Greg Parker. “We are incredibly honored to give back to the Beaufort County School District through our Fueling the Community program and know that education has the power to uplift communities, create opportunity and cultivate future leaders right here in Beaufort County.”
The company’s newest store features award-winning, Southern-style, made-from-scratch Parker’s Kitchen food for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as indoor dining, popular grab-and-go food options and a hot bar with convenient electronic kiosk ordering. Popular items include fresh, never-frozen, antibiotic-free, hand-breaded Southern Fried Chicken Tenders, signature mac ‘n’ cheese, potato logs, the Parker’s Kitchen Spicy Chicken Tender Sandwich, freshly made salads and more.
The entire Parker’s Kitchen menu is handcrafted on-site from the freshest ingredients by local chefs who take pride in cooking for the communities where they live and work. Beverages include bean-to-cup gourmet coffee, freshly brewed sweet and unsweet tea, Fancy Lemonade, energy drinks, 28-degree beer and a wide range of fountain drinks with signature Parker’s Kitchen Chewy Ice.
Founded in Midway, Ga., in 1976, Parker’s Kitchen is currently in the middle of an ambitious expansion and plans to expand into new markets including Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Columbia, S.C. Parker’s Kitchen employs more than 1,600 professionals throughout Georgia and South Carolina and completes more than a million transactions weekly. The company was named the Convenience Store Chain of the Year by Convenience Store Decisions, which is the industry’s highest honor, and has been honored by Food and Wine as one of America’s Best Convenience Stores and by Convenience Store News as the Convenience Foodservice Leader of the Year.
Always on the cutting edge, Parker’s Kitchen uses predictive analytics and machine learning to determine the most seamless, frictionless and time-efficient ways to complete transactions and to prepare the freshest possible food to meet customer demand. The company is also a pioneer in GPS-enabled mobile app technology, customer loyalty programs and high-quality foodservice.
Since its founding in 1976, Parker’s Kitchen has become a nationally acclaimed company and was honored as a USA TODAY Top Workplace in 2024. The Parker’s Rewards loyalty program, which includes more than 300,000 members, has saved customers more than $15 million to date.
Known for its commitment to charitable giving, Parker’s Kitchen stands apart as one of the most generous companies in the convenience store industry and in the Southeast. Over the past six years, the company has donated more than $30 million to support education, expand access to healthcare, fight hunger and celebrate local heroes.
ABOUT PARKER’S KITCHEN:
Honored by USA TODAY as a Top Workplace, Parker’s Kitchen is strategically redefining the nation’s convenience store industry, offering customers high-quality products, freshly prepared food and superior customer service at retail stores throughout Georgia and South Carolina. Proudly headquartered in Savannah, Ga., Parker’s Kitchen has a commitment to exceeding customer expectations and has repeatedly been recognized as one of the nation’s leading convenience store and foodservice companies. The company serves world-famous hand-breaded Southern Fried Chicken Tenders as well as made-from-scratch mac ‘n’ cheese, a breakfast bar and daily specials. The popular Parker’s Rewards loyalty program, which includes more than 300,000 members, has saved customers more than $15 million to date. Featured on Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest growing companies in America seven times and honored as the Convenience Store Decisions Chain of the Year, Parker’s Kitchen employs 1,600 professionals and completes more than one million transactions weekly. Learn more: www.parkerskitchen.com.
RECENT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
● Inc. 5000 List – Fastest Growing Companies in America – Inc. Magazine (7 times)
● Top Workplaces USA 2024 – USA TODAY
● Best Places to Work in South Carolina – SC Biz
● Hall of Fame Inductee – Convenience Store News
● Best Gas Station Brand and Best Convenience Store Food Top 10 – USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards
● Convenience Store Chain of the Year – Convenience Store Decisions
● Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award
● Legacy Leader – Georgia Trend
● America’s Best Convenience Stores – Food and Wine
● Southeast Retailer of the Year – The Shelby Report
● Convenience Foodservice Leader of the Year – Convenience Store News
● Top 10 U.S. Gas Station Brands – Gas Buddy
