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Royal Farms

American chain of convenience stores

Summary

American chain of convenience stores

Field	Value
name	Royal Farms
logo	Royal Farms logo.svg
image	Royal Farms Food and Fuel - panoramio.jpg
image_caption	A Royal Farms store in Hadlock, Virginia
type	Private
industry	Convenience store
former_name	White Jug (1959–1968)
predecessor
successor
founded	in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
defunct
hq_location_city	Baltimore, Maryland
hq_location_country	United States
num_locations	263
num_locations_year	2023
area_served	Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, New York
key_people	John Kemp (CEO)
Joshua Wolfe (CFO)
Brian Roche (CPO)
products	Fried Chicken, Western Fries, Sandwiches, Burgers, Hot Dogs
owner	Cloverland Farms Dairy
revenue	US$974.7 million (2022)
num_employees	1,300 (2022)
website

Joshua Wolfe (CFO) Brian Roche (CPO) Royal Farms is a privately owned chain of convenience stores headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The company operates more than 200 stores throughout Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Many of the stores also have gasoline and electric vehicle charging sold on the premises, as well as house-made fried chicken, chicken sandwiches, and fries.

History

In 1959, Cloverland Farms Dairy opened its first store in Baltimore, under the name White Jug, which remains where the company's headquarters are based. In 1968, Cloverland Farms Dairy merged with Royal Dunloggin Dairy and the name was changed to Royal Farms.

In September 2014, Royal Farms purchased naming rights to the Baltimore Arena. On November 22, 2022, Royal Farms announced that it would open up its first North Carolina location in early 2023, with more locations coming soon to that state.

Format

, Royal Farms has 263 locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic as well as North Carolina. More than half are in the home state of Maryland. The chain sells typical convenience-store items, such as coffee, candy, soft drinks, bagels and donuts, lottery tickets, and other basic groceries. All locations offer a kitchen serving hot food items. Royal Farms' major competitors include Wawa, Sheetz, 7-Eleven, Rutter's, High's and Turkey Hill Minit Markets.

References

"Royal Farms {{!}} Locations".
[https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2023/06/07/8-things-to-know-royal-farms-north-carolina.html#:~:text=Royal%20Farms%20announced%20late%20last,second%20one%20yesterday%20in%20Greenville 8 things to know: Royal Farms opens first North Carolina locations; Baltimore firms picked for elite medtech accelerator]
"About Royal Farms". Royal Farms Official Website.
(September 15, 2014). "Royal Farms taking over naming rights to Baltimore Arena". [[Baltimore Business Journal]].
(September 22, 2014). "Royal Farms quietly grows fromdairy business". [[The Baltimore Sun]].

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