40 new Love's locations to be added in 2020

Dude that is insane ! So loves is really making all their money from roller dogs n soft drinks ??

 

They make plenty. Compare the Diesel across the street, Truckstops always .30 higher, all the Gas stations cry low margins. But reality is they make money, off it. And plenty off the c store. Add Alcohol and video Poker. Big profit margins. I think about when fuel was twice today’s prices. The moneys at the fuel stop, not the bank teller. Don’t know why I think such things, but it’s has to be a lot of dough, per shift.

 

That one is not open yet. Just drove bu it yesterday. Wish they would hurry up and get it opened.

 

I worked for a fuel wholesaler. We made about 3 cents a gallon. The small gas stations that we delivered would charge between 2 and 5 cents more than they paid. Sometimes they would charge less than they paid just to get people in the mini Mart

 

I’m not saying that nobody artificially inflates their prices. There’s a reason prices don’t fall as quickly as they rise. Before the Loves opened in Ontario OR the Pilot was always the same price as the Boise Stage Stop and OR doesn’t collect tax at the pump. But on average they don’t profit much. When my ex wife worked in the office of a truckstop in Missoula 15 years ago they were about 5 to 7 cents per gallon profit.

I’m ignorant on how the fuel cards work and what kind of compensation the stores get. But just because I’m getting 40 cents off it doesn’t mean they’re making 40 cents off a guy paying cash.

And all stuff inside probably has at least 100% markup.

 

Making money IS their business. You think they pay taxes on 6 acres of land so you can just sleep there and go? This isn't charity and if they go out of business they will chain it off and you will lose the 40 spots they had. Why do you think they started charging in most areas now to park? Because nobody pays for anything inside anymore. You guys stock up at Walmart and sleep for free. Somebody has to pay.

 

They actually don’t make very much off the fuel...on avg.05 a gallon once all cost are accounted for

 

Real restaurants are very expensive. They require more labor and food costs are much higher than fast-food.

 

Yet almost all of the truckstops have a Subway, or chicken/burger fast food microwave garbage.

If they had an actual restaurant more people might want to eat but I can buy lunch meat or frozen nuggets and patties at the grocery store for 1/10th of the price and microwave my own #### whenever I want to eat.

 

They are making AT LEAST 50 cents a gallon off the diesel - b/c they won't give out a discount to a fuel card that will result in them selling the fuel at a loss. And with my fuel card, I'm getting an average at Loves of 50 cents a gallon, and Flying J / Pilot just increased their discount on the same card to about 42 cents average. I don't mind the difference as much now, and I tend to like PFJ better - but the Loves also gives you a drink with every fuel up where PFJ ya gotta earn it in points. PFJ does half shower credits, Loves doesn't. Always a trade off.