Spinx is an American company with multiple gas station and convenience store locations in South Carolina and North Carolina.[1] The company was founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 1972 by Stewart Spinks.[2]

The Spinx Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
FoundersStewart Spinks
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
80 (July 2023)
Area served
South Carolina
Key people
Stewart Spinks
Products
Services
Number of employees
1,400 (2023)
Websitewww.myspinx.com

The company name is a word play on the family Spinks and the Sphinx.

History

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Founded in 1972, Spinx operates 80 convenience store locations and 50 car washes across South Carolina and North Carolina.[3] The company has also raised money for the American Cancer Society.[4]

The company's gas stations also sell fried chicken, chicken biscuits, and chicken tenders. Writing for It's a Southern Thing, Mary Patterson Boone gave it a negative review, stating "if I'm fantasizing about fast-food fried chicken while eating something claiming to be better because it's the opposite, something isn't quite clicking."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Find Your Spinx". MySpinx.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Donovan, Spencer (August 9, 2023). "Prominent Greenville street dedicated to Spinx gas station founder". Post and Courier.
  3. ^ "Greenville-based Spinx expands with Charleston location/". December 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Spinx raises more than $300K for the American Cancer Society". November 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "I tried Spinx gas station fried chicken, here's my review - It's a Southern Thing". www.southernthing.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.