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 and the employees through an ESOP plan.\nHeadquartered 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\u2013US 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.\nKnown for branded ice cream, potato chips, hard rolls, milk, coffee and other drinks, three-fourths of their stores also sell gasoline\u2014either their own brand or in partnership with Sunoco. In addition, most also feature a small dining area. \nThere are now 337 shops in operation.