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Member Profile: Big Boy's Truckstop has Built a Legacy on Southern Hospitality and Customer Service

Member Profile: Big Boy's Truckstop has Built a Legacy on Southern Hospitality and Customer Service

For 30 years, Big Boy’s Truck- stop has provided hospitality to professional drivers and local customers in Kenly, North Carolina. Located off I-95 in Kenly, Big Boy’s uses its Southern hospitality to make everyone feel welcome. More

Pat’s Travel Center Focuses on the Customer Experience and Its Staff

Pat’s Travel Center Focuses on the Customer Experience and Its Staff

Pat’s Travel Center in La Porte, Texas, got its start in 1980, and has been expanding and changing ever since. More

Coffee Cup Travel Plaza Adds Digital Pricing, Self Checkout and More

Tom Heinz, owner and CEO of Coffee Cup Fuel Stops, worked with Paragon Solutions on the remodel, which started in the fall of 2016 and finished in the fall of 2018. More

Clearwater Travel Plaza: Serving Donuts the Size of Your Head Since 1976

Clearwater Travel Plaza: Serving Donuts the Size of Your Head Since 1976

The independent Petro franchise location Clearwater Travel Plaza, which is located in Clearwater, Minnesota, is owned by Joel Nelson. This summer Wendy Johnson, vice president of operations for Clearwater Travel Plaza, gave me a tour of this one-of-a-kind truckstop. More

Mountains and More at L.W.'s Travel Plaza

Mountains and More at L.W.'s Travel Plaza

Against a breathtaking backdrop of mountains in Logan, Utah, sits L.W.’s Travel Plaza. More

Bucky's #342 Makes a Splash in the Truckstop World

For five decades, Buchanan Energy has been offering the traveling public gasoline, convenience and a car wash. Steve Buchanan started the business in 1980 with a store in Omaha, Nebraska, where the company is headquartered and grew the business to today’s triple digit number of gas stations. They recently took the leap to the diesel side, buying and razing the former Wiedmaier’s Truck Stop in St. Joseph, Missouri, to create a brand-new Bucky's #342. Located just off Interstate 29, the location boasts a 11,500-square-foot store, a CAT Scale, B Fresh Café and car wash. The location also has 20 gasoline pumps and five diesel pumps. More

Golden Oil focused on Food and Cleanliness

Paul Bhardwaj, CEO and founder of Golden Oil, which operates four truckstops and is in the process of building its fifth, has been in the truckstop industry for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen amenities and driver preferences change, and the locations do a fantastic job of staying current and remaining relevant. More

Bowlin Travel Centers Has Been Offering All the THINGS for More Than 100 Years

Bowlin Travel Centers, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been serving the traveling public in the Southwest for more than 100 years. Today the travel center company is led by President and CEO Michael Bowlin and has grown considerably since it started as a single-store operation in New Mexico. More

Quicklee's Travel Center is Off to a Great Start

Quicklee’s Travel Center in Avon, New York, was founded by Peter Bruckel, Quicklee’s president and managing member. Bruckel started in the petroleum industry in 1995 when he opened a gas station on land adjacent to his industrial bridge painting company. More

Everything is Extra Nice at Danny's Big Rig Resort

If you are wondering if Danny’s Big Rig Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, is a truckstop or a resort, the answer is both. “It is a truckstop for owner operators with money. If you’re trying to get something for a discounted price, this isn’t the right spot,” explains the owner, Vicki Hendon. More

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