Dive Brief:
- Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has debuted a new truck washing service, a company spokesperson confirmed.
- The service is currently available at two Love’s locations — one in Harrisonville, Missouri, and another in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Both are open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., according to the retailer’s website.
- Love’s will soon open two more truck washes at locations in Hazen and Prescott, Arkansas, according to the retailer’s website. The spokesperson said Love’s will reveal more details on this new program later in June.
Dive Insight:
Love’s truck washing service had been in the works for over a year and was “highly requested” from customers, according to a June 14 LinkedIn post by Blake Masterson, Love’s manager of corporate development. The location in Pauls Valley marked the retailer’s first ground-up built Love’s Truck Wash, Masterson noted.
Love’s joins other travel center chains such as Pilot Co. and Fuel America Travel Center in offering truck washing services.
Truck drivers wanting to use the service pull up to the designated wash bay and let Love’s employees know what type of wash they’d like. After that, drivers pull in, park their trucks and let the automated washing system go to work.
Wash prices vary depending on the type of truck, but range from $19.99 to $69.99. Types of trucks that can be washed at the facility include tractor trailers, box trucks, regular tractors, RVs or motor homes, pickups with travel trailers and one-ton trucks. Types of packages include wash and sanitize, wash out, sweep out, acid wash, waxing, windshield treatment, degreasing, tire dressing and undercarriage wash.
Drivers can pay for the truck washing service with a Love’s Rewards card; any major credit or debit card; or Android, Apple or SamsungPay. Cash is not an accepted form of payment.
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores owns more than 610 locations in 42 states, as well as 430 truck repair locations, and has more than 39,000 employees.
