Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data

		Year ended April 30, 2013
Total revenue		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Year Total
Gasoline	$	1,330,670	1,393,476	1,185,640	1,319,371	5,229,157
Grocery & other merchandise		386,129	362,662	329,657	340,263	1,418,711
Prepared food & fountain		142,709	146,540	137,033	138,642	564,924
Other		8,794	8,966	10,035	10,253	38,048
	$	1,868,302	1,911,644	1,662,365	1,808,529	7,250,840
Gross profit*
Gasoline	$	58,795	57,634	52,002	64,287	232,718
Grocery & other merchandise		128,834	121,206	104,660	107,963	462,663
Prepared food & fountain		90,565	91,515	83,011	83,902	348,993
Other		8,780	8,958	10,013	10,240	37,991
	$	286,974	279,313	249,686	266,392	1,082,365
Net earnings	$	39,031	32,859	15,463	23,272	110,625
Earnings per common share
Basic	$	1.02	0.86	0.40	0.61	2.89
Diluted	$	1.01	0.85	0.40	0.60	2.86
		Year ended April 30, 2012
Total revenue		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Year Total
Gasoline	$	1,377,914	1,288,498	1,141,230	1,284,669	5,092,311
Grocery & other merchandise		365,171	357,816	311,199	330,809	1,364,995
Prepared food & fountain		123,843	128,838	118,750	128,281	499,712
Other		6,904	7,366	7,771	8,745	30,786
	$	1,873,832	1,782,518	1,578,950	1,752,504	6,987,804
Gross profit*
Gasoline	$	65,320	62,688	49,180	49,371	226,559
Grocery & other merchandise		118,729	116,221	99,099	109,196	443,245
Prepared food & fountain		75,843	76,658	72,714	77,944	303,159
Other		6,890	7,351	7,757	8,729	30,727
	$	266,782	262,918	228,750	245,240	1,003,690
Net earnings	$	39,391	37,632	16,699	23,069	116,791
Earnings per common share
Basic	$	1.04	0.99	0.44	0.61	3.07
Diluted	$	1.03	0.98	0.43	0.60	3.04

*Gross profit is given before charge for depreciation and amortization and credit card fees.