caseys general stores inc earlier this year acquired 26 minit mart stores in the kansas city mo metropolitan area from eg group in a deal that was not announced at the time caseys confirmed the purchase in an email to opis but declined to provide details on the purchase including what it paid for the stores when the deal closes and its plans for the cstores the company said it had more than 12 caseys stores in the kansas city metro area we are still developing plans for these newly acquired locations to date weve been focused on the details of the acquisition transition for team members and immediate operations the company said we continue to grow in both rural and midsize markets like kansas city other recent examples include growth in omaha oklahoma city and knoxville tenn we think our offering travels well to new communities and our guests love what caseys has to offer we expect with these 26 locations well be able to serve even more caseys fans in kansas city in the kansas city market caseys ranks third in market share behind quiktrip and phillips 66 according to opis marketsharepro caseys has an 1151 market share based on fleet transactions behind quiktrip 5077 and phillips 1519 and a 1209 market share based on visit counts behind quiktrip 3884 and phillips 1407 caseys sells gasoline at market prices while the other two brands are posting prices averaging about a halfcent above market according to opis data this content was created by oil price information service which is operated by dow jones  co opis is run independently from dow jones newswires and the wall street journal