WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – Bucking the current economic trend, QuickChek Corporation continues to perk along. The family-owned company is in the midst of opening three new stores and creating 85 new jobs across New Jersey.

“We strive to be the neighborhood shopping destination close to where our customers live and work,” said QuickChek CEO Dean Durling, a former NACS chairman of the board, in a press release. “These new stores allow us to better serve these markets and provide our customers with more food and fueling options. We’re proud to continue to move ahead, opening new locations and creating new local jobs to serve our local communities.”

QuickChek recently opened a new store in Fairfield on October 13. New stores are scheduled to open in the Morganville section of Marlboro Township on Oct. 27 and in Lakewood on November 16.

In addition to creating new jobs, with most new team members living locally in those respective communities, each new store generates approximately $1 million in tax revenue, adding to the positive economic impact in those areas. With these new stores, QuickChek will have opened 32 new retail locations and hired an additional 1,200 people in the past eight years.

“Our plan has been to maintain good, steady growth over time,” said Durling. “Being privately-held allows us to succeed at our pace.”

The opening of the new Fairfield store brings the company’s total to 141 fresh convenience markets serving New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley and Long Island, including 11 pharmacy stores and 50 locations with fuel. The company, which employs more than 3,500 people, has been named one of the Best Places to Work in both New Jersey and New York State.