Amongst all the chaos and the work of just trying to make it through each day, I hope that many of you are planning for the day that the world reopens. COVID-19 has brought many changes to our communities and our customers, and I think many of them will continue as the world adjusts to a new normal.
05-01-2020NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, today announced that it has partnered with the International Franchise Association (IFA) to share information with truck drivers about available food options at truckstops and travel plazas nationwide.
04-30-2020
Congressional leadership and White House officials are considering whether to propose liability protection to encourage businesses to reopen without fear of individuals claiming to have contracted the coronavirus at a business location.
04-28-2020The discussion on restaurants — which is most applicable to the travel center industry — begins on page 12.
04-27-2020The Senate on April 21 passed by voice vote the “Phase 3.5” Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. The $484 billion interim coronavirus relief measure would provide $310 billion for the Small Business Administration鈥檚 now-exhausted Paycheck Protection Program, $60 billion for disaster loans through the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and an additional $100 billion for health care provider relief ($75 billion) and coronavirus testing ($25 billion).
04-22-2020Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) introduced the Giving Retailers and Our Convenience Employees Relief Act, or GROCER Act, which would establish a federal tax holiday for grocery and convenience store employees from Feb. 15 through June 15 for individuals making less than $75,000 annually. The bill would also provide discretion to the Treasury to extend this benefit for an additional three months.
04-21-2020As thank you to their members for doing their part during the COVID-19 pandemic, AMBEST, the nationwide network of independent truckstops and service centers, has increased their weekly cash payments to truckstop employees and started a 鈥淪tories of Hope鈥� campaign.
04-21-2020Please help 黑料社区share the exceptional work of the industry.
04-20-2020President Donald Trump commended the nation’s truckstops and travel plazas for their continued service to truck drivers as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.
04-17-2020 Rex Davis, Owner of Davis Oil Co., reassigned employees across his business in order to prevent layoffs amid the downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After temporarily shutting down the location’s Denny’s restaurant, Davis transitioned employees into his Wendy’s and Popeye’s quick-serve restaurants as well as the travel center. The company also offered bonuses to full-time and part-time employees along with paid time off. Speaking about his employees Davis said, “We鈥檙e glad to have them and glad to keep them.鈥�
04-16-2020 黑料社区President and CEO Lisa Mullings said truckstops and travel plazas are open across the United States and feel a tremendous sense of pride and patriotism in serving the nation’s drivers as they deliver critical supplies amid the pandemic.
04-13-2020
