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NATSO and the NATSO Foundation provide solutions to truckstop and travel plaza challenges by providing education uniquely tailored to the industry including a number of resources on truckstop operations.

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  • Minimize Employee and Vendor Theft

    Losses from theft—also called shrink—are a part of life for retailers. Shrink will never be completely eliminated, but truckstop and travel plaza operators can take steps to minimize it.

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    • Mindy Long
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  • A Day in the Life of a Truckstop Operator: Mark Russell

    Industry suppliers know that understanding their customers increases service levels in addition to profits. While no two days are ever exactly the same for truckstop and travel plaza operators, Highway Business Matters sat down with Mark Russell, director of operations for Russell’s Truck and Travel Center 2, near Amarillo, Texas to learn about a typical day.

    • Truckstop Business
    • Amy Toner
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  • Cars, Carrots and Christian Faith in Glenrio, N.M.

    Russell’s Truck and Travel Center 2 has it all—a business built on Christian values, a one-in-a-million car museum, a family of owners skilled in grocery items and even a director of operations that sleeps on location.

    • Truckstop Business
    • Amy Toner
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  • Laplace Travel Center, Poker and Plenty More

    Michael Sibley, President of LaPlace Travel Center in LaPlace, La. talks to Stop Watch about how he has improved his business.

    • Truckstop Business
    • Mindy Long
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