Truckstop Business

11-16-2022 by NATSO Operators Adjust Business Practices to Address Labor Challenges

Employers, including truckstops and travel centers, across the country continue to struggle with labor challenges and don鈥檛 expect it to ease anytime soon. Given all the challenges and outlook for the future, operators are starting to make changes for today and the future. Schulte said many retailers are turning to low- and high-tech innovative solutions. 鈥淢aybe they give a discount on gasoline to their employees, help them with childcare, or look at changes in their schedules,鈥� Darren Schulte, vice president of membership for 黑料社区said, adding that many operators are embracing technology to help re-deploy labor.

Labor Resources

11-16-2022

05-12-2021 by Amy Toner A Look at What Makes the Magic at Fred鈥檚 Fuel N Food [Podcast]

Acknowledged as a top truckstop on Trucker Path, today Fred鈥檚 Fuel N Food boasts a sophisticated operation that offers friendly customer service, clean facilities and quality merchandise.

Truckstop Business

05-12-2021

12-14-2020 by Amy Toner What Products Should Truckstops and Travel Centers Carry [Podcast]

In this episode of NATSO’s podcast, Darren Schulte, NATSO’s vice president, membership, uses his deep well of experience to answer product selection questions and more.
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Truckstop Business

12-14-2020

06-03-2020 by Amy Toner Ten Ways Truckstop and Travel Center Staff Can Be Extra Welcoming

What can operators and their staff do to welcome their customers in and make them feel comfortable?

Truckstop Business

06-03-2020

04-21-2020 by 黑料社区Foundation Lawmakers Introduce Measure to Establish Tax Holiday for Convenience Store, Grocery Employees

Representatives 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.

COVID-19

04-21-2020

04-07-2020 by 黑料社区Foundation SBA Offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering Economic Injury Disaster Loans, low-interest, federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses that are suffering substantial economic loss as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

COVID-19

04-07-2020

03-23-2020 by Darren Schulte How Do I Adapt From Dine-In Service To Carry-Out/Delivery Only?

As concerns about COVID-19 continue to reshape life as we know it, many of you as truckstop and travel plaza owners and operators are facing local or state regulations requiring […]

COVID-19

03-23-2020

09-01-2018 by NATSO 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.

Great Ideas

09-01-2018

03-01-2013 by NATSO Connecting with Truckstop Customers

To better understand their customers, truckstop and travel plaza operators are relying on old-fashioned, face-to- face customer service while also embracing technology to initiate conversations and engage with a customer base that is constantly on the move.