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Local convenience store anchor QuikTrip plans to hire 400 full- and part-time store clerks and assistant managers in the Tulsa area.

“This is the time of year when we really do hire a lot more people because you’re getting into clearly late spring and early summer,” QT spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said. “It’s in preparation for that. We need the necessary people in place to take care of people the best we can.”

A privately held convenience store chain with 22,500 employees nationwide, Tulsa-based QT is a more than $11 billion company with at least 800 stores in 11 states. Metro Tulsa has 81 stores.

“We look forward to expanding our hometown team of employees in the Tulsa area with hardworking, service-oriented people,” Charles Walker, Tulsa Division personnel manager, said in a statement. “Our store employees are the face of QuikTrip and the key to our success, so we are eager to grow our already wonderful team in Tulsa with more talented employees.”

Founded in 1958, QT has been ranked on People Magazine’s “Companies That Care” list. Fortune Magazine has rated QT as one of the Best Companies to Work For for 14 years, according to the chain’s website.