Stewart's Shop

General information

Stewart's Shops is a US chain of convenience stores located primarily in eastern Upstate New York and southwestern Vermont, owned by the Dake family.Headquartered in Ballston Spa (with a Saratoga Springs address), the company is well-established, particularly in the Capital District, Adirondacks and North Country. Within New York, its footprint stretches as far north as the Canada–US border, as far west as Oswego and as far south as Goshen at the northern fringe of the New York metropolitan area. Its Vermont outlets can be found in Rutland and Bennington counties.Known for branded ice cream, potato chips, hard rolls, milk, coffee and other drinks, three-fourths of their stores also sell gasoline--either their own brand or in partnership with Sunoco. In addition, most also feature a small dining area, not common in U.S. stores of this type.There are now 337 shops in operation.HistoryStewart's traces its origins to Percy and Charles V. Dake taking over the family dairy farm in Middle Grove in 1917. They began making Dake's Delicious Ice Cream beginning in 1921.