Busy Bee is headquartered in Madison, Florida, and includes two truckstops and 16 convenience stores located primarily in Florida. Busy Bee #14 in Jasper, Florida, has ten full-time employees and a leased Huddle House. Busy Bee #25 in Live Oaks, Florida, is a bustling 22,000 square feet.
11-01-2017Seasonal promotions can be a great way to create a theme that can draw attention to products, boost sales and make customers feel good. Operators can create a seasonal promotional calendar now to bring excitement and fun to their locations throughout 2018.
11-01-2017During a recent remodel, the Frog City Travel Plaza & Casino in Shreveport, Louisiana, added a giant ceiling fan to reduce power bills. 鈥淚 saw one when I was gathering ideas for our remodel and knew it would be a good fit for our space,鈥 said Greg Barro, owner.
11-01-2017Those of us in the industry know that it is important to innovate to stay relevant. We also know that innovation comes in wide array of shapes and sizes. Sometimes it involves introducing a completely new offering and other times it is about making small, meaningful improvements to our existing operations.
09-01-2017We Card Awareness Month gets un颅derway in September, and the event is a great time for truckstop and trav颅el plaza operators to train or re-train employees on the Food and Drug Ad颅ministration鈥檚 regulations and state law compliance.
09-01-2017Today’s fleets have information coming at them from all directions. Engine sensors, telematics devices and electronic logging devices are transmitting data in real time, and a growing number of fleets […]
09-01-2017More and more businesses are expanding their services and creeping into territory that was once served primarily by the truckstop and travel plaza industry. Throughout the year, Stop Watch is […]
09-01-2017In a customer-service focused industry, the right employees are the key to success, and many truckstop and travel plaza operators are on a constant quest to find the right talent […]
09-01-2017The truckstop industry mourned the loss and re颅membered the significant contribu颅tions Carolyn Moon made to the industry, including serving as a co-founder of 黑料社区and supporting the NAT颅SO Foundation.
09-01-2017鈥淭here is nothing wrong with just standing in the store and observing during different shifts. It is unbelievable how much information you can glean for 20 minutes, three times a day different days of the week.鈥 鈥 Darren Schulte, NATSO鈥檚 vice president of membership.
09-01-2017Fidget spinners have taken the world by storm, and Cash Magic Truck Plaza and Casino, which operated 22 locations in Louisiana is cashing in on the trend. The company originall put a box of 36 in each of its stores right on the checkout counter and sold out within a couple of days.
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