What Danny's Place does

Danny's Place is a single-location, independently operated convenience store and grocery retailer established in 2011 in Concord, North Carolina. The business serves residents of Concord and surrounding communities including China Grove and Midland through one physical storefront at 300 Church St N, Concord, NC 28025, with extended daily operating hours of approximately 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM seven days a week. The product offering combines a full convenience/grocery assortment — fresh produce, bread, dairy, snacks, and beer — with a prepared food counter featuring fried chicken, cheesy pizza, and Philly cheesesteak as signature items, plus an extensive vape, tobacco, and smoke shop category.

The business has no proprietary technology platform, no e-commerce or delivery infrastructure, no mobile app, and no digital integrations. The website serves as a keyword-optimized SEO presence to capture local organic search rather than as a transactional interface. All revenue is generated through point-of-sale transactions at the single physical location; there are no recurring revenue components, subscription tiers, or online sales channels. Pricing is set at point-of-sale with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers.

The revenue model is purely one-time transactional retail across food, beverage, and tobacco categories. The customer base consists entirely of walk-in local consumers, segmented geographically within the Concord trade area. The company is privately held with 1–10 employees, no disclosed investors, no parent company, and no documented ownership changes. Marketing relies on local foot traffic, physical visibility, and organic search; no paid advertising, formal social media presence, email marketing, or loyalty program is referenced. Danny's Place operates in a highly competitive convenience retail category against chain competitors but differentiates modestly through prepared food quality and extended local presence.

Name

Danny's Place

Legal name

Danny's Place

Website

https://dannysplacenc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Danny's Place is a privately held, single-location convenience store and grocery store in Concord, North Carolina, serving local residents since 2011 with prepared foods, groceries, snacks, beer, and tobacco/vape products through point-of-sale retail transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Convenience Store Retail

NAICS

Convenience Retailers (445131), Grocery and Convenience Retailers (4451)

SIC

Retail-Convenience Stores (5412), Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Convenience Retail with Quick-Service Foodservice (Hot Food/Prepared) (CRANAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Traditional Convenience Stores (Alcohol/Tobacco-led) (CRANAJAA)

Keywords

• Convenience store retail
• Grocery store
• Prepared foods
• Minimart retail
• Tobacco and vape

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Retail Product Sales: Revenue generated through point-of-sale transactions at the physical retail location. Products include fresh groceries, prepared foods (fried chicken, pizza, Philly cheesesteak), snacks, beverages, beer, and tobacco/vape products. All sales are one-time transactional purchases with no recurring revenue component.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Danny's Place operates a single-location convenience store and minimart in Concord, NC, selling everyday groceries, prepared foods (fried chicken, cheesy pizza, Philly cheesesteak), snacks, beverages, beer, and tobacco/vape products to walk-in consumers. The business combines the functions of a convenience store, grocery store, and food counter under one roof.

Product overview

Danny's Place is a single-location convenience store and minimart established in 2011, serving Concord, NC and surrounding areas including China Grove and Midland. The business operates as a unified retail offering combining a convenience store, grocery store, and food service counter. The product portfolio includes prepared foods (Fried Chicken, Cheesy Pizza, Philly Cheesesteak), retail products (Snacks, Beer, Grocery items), and tobacco products (Vape and Tobacco, Smoke Shop). All offerings are available through their physical location at 300 Church St N, Concord, NC 28025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fried Chicken

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Royal Farms: Mid-Atlantic convenience chain built around signature fried chicken alongside traditional c-store, fuel, and grocery items. Closely comparable to Danny's 'fried chicken + c-store' pitch and small-format footprint.
• Wawa: Convenience retailer famous for its built-to-order hoagies, prepared foods, coffee, and grocery-adjacent offerings. Shares Danny's one-stop c-store + fresh-prepared food positioning, though operating at hundreds of locations.
• Sheetz: Mid-Atlantic convenience store chain known for its made-to-order food menu, fuel, and grocery-adjacent assortment. Conceptually the closest comparable to Danny's hybrid c-store + prepared-food model, though at vastly greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• Murphy USA: Small-format convenience retailer operating primarily adjacent to Walmart stores, with focus on snacks, beverages, beer, and tobacco. Comparable to Danny's on the small-footprint, high-turnover convenience format though without Danny's prepared-food specialization.
• QuikTrip: Large multi-state convenience and fuel operator with strong prepared-food and bakery programs. Comparable to Danny's on the convenience-plus-prepared-food model, but serves different geographies with far greater scale.
• 7-Eleven: Largest U.S. convenience chain offering packaged food, beverages, snacks, and an expanding fresh-food platform. Overlaps Danny's on convenience staples, snacks, beer, and tobacco, though typically without sit-down prepared-food specialty items.
• RaceTrac: Southeast-focused convenience and fuel chain with expanded fresh-food offerings. Comparable in regional retail positioning to Danny's and overlaps on the convenience-store/grocery-adjacent assortment.
• Circle K: One of the largest global convenience store operators with broad assortment including fresh food, coffee, and fuel. Competes with Danny's for neighborhood convenience trips but does not anchor on signature hot prepared foods like Danny's does.
• Speedway: Large U.S. convenience and fuel chain with broad assortment including fresh food and beverages. Overlaps with Danny's on core c-store categories including beer, snacks, and tobacco, though with a different geographic footprint post-7-Eleven acquisition.

Regional players

• Kwik Trip: Midwest convenience chain with a strong own-brand prepared-food, bakery, and grocery program. Conceptually similar to Danny's c-store-plus-kitchen model, but geographically separate and not a direct competitor in North Carolina.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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