The Flying Pilot corporation is expanding, but instead of building new, they either buy out an existing smaller place, or do their deal with leasing the fuel side of a smaller chain leaving the c-store under the control of original chain (like Rump Ranger, er...I mean Road Ranger). The one way they update their older stores is have a couple convenient accidental fires a year like the Indy J or the Salinas KS J last year.
Are Love's slowly taking control of the truck stop industry?
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by A Bug, Apr 9, 2016.
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They are travel plazas, where they and care for the 4 wheelers, truckers get your fuel get out.luftkoph and bigkev1115 Thank this. -
Loves built a nice one at Fond du Lac, WI, US 41/I-41 one exit north of US 151 junction. Closed shop and showers as nice as any of the majors, not sure how many, but I used #5. Downside is a Subway, but that one isn't the worst I have seen. More staff than usual but I'm only there during the day, no wait for that shower in early evening.
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You may refer to them as travel plazas, pardon me for being in the business for 40+ years and using the common terminology of my era.
And I have stayed in many "travel plazas" since that change occurred and have never been asked to "get your fuel get out". I don't know how you conduct yourself to get that reaction from them. I am glad they are there and so do thousands of drivers who stay in them every night, mostly for free. -
I don't buy my fuel from pfj , loves and just enuff from petro ta for a shower if if I need it ...the independent suppliers are 10 to 20 cents a gallon cheaper and I don't have to sit behind schoolboys playing with them selves at the fuel island . .
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If I only traded at the "independent truck stops" and did not want to pay for showers, I'd smell pretty bad after several days. They are simply too far and few between to be practical for most who run all 48. It's funny to hear many beat up on PFJ and Loves but they should be the MOST thankful these exist in the numbers they do, otherwise their precious independents would not be so precious.
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They're building another one in Tri Cities Washington (Prosser).
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article71292097.html
Anything is going to be better than that craphole Broadway J in Pasco.
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